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Dvorak – Quintet No. 2 – Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major 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.

Brahms - Piano Quintet - Yuja Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Brahms – Piano Quintet – Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

The Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, by Johannes Brahms was completed during the summer of 1864 and published in 1865. It was dedicated to Her Royal Highness Princess Anna of Hesse.

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Schumann – Piano Quintet – Grimaud, Capuçon, Shoji, Tomter, Maisky

The Piano Quintet by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. Noted for its “extroverted, exuberant” character, Schumann’s piano quintet is considered one of his finest compositions.

Schubert - Trout Quintet in A major - Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

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Schubert – Trout Quintet – Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

The Trout Quintet (Forellenquintett) is the popular name for the Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, by Franz Schubert. The piano quintet was composed in 1819, when he was 22 years old; it was not published, however, until 1829, a year after his death.

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Schumann – Piano Quintet – Argerich, Piano; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

The Piano Quintet by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. It is considered one of his finest compositions and a major work of nineteenth-century chamber music.

Yuja wang and the Shanghai Quartet play Schumann's Piano Quintett in E-Flat Major

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Schumann – Piano Quintet – Wang, Shanghai String Quartet

The Piano Quintet by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. Noted for its “extroverted, exuberant” character, Schumann’s piano quintet is considered one of his finest compositions.

Itzhak Perlman, violin, and Pinchas Zukerman, viola, perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Viola / Violin

Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante – Perlman, Violin; Zukerman, Viola

Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, was written in 1779 while Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was on a tour of Europe that included Mannheim and Paris. …