Piano Quintet No. 2 (Dvořák)

Antonín Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81, B. 155, is a quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola, and cello. It was composed between August 18 and October 8, 1887, and was premiered in Prague on January 6, 1888 by Karel Ondříček, Jan Pelikán, Petr Mareš, Alois Neruda, and Karel Kovařovic. The quintet is acknowledged as one of the masterpieces in the form, along with those of Schumann, Brahms and Shostakovich.

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