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. The quintet is acknowledged as one of the masterpieces in the form, along with those of Schumann, Brahms and Shostakovich. The work was actually composed as the result of the composer’s attempt to revise an earlier work, Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 5. The new quintet is a mixture of Dvořák’s personal form of expressive lyricism as well as a utilization of elements from Czech folk music. – Yuja Wang
Others Quintets by Wang and Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker
Schubert, Trout Quintet
Piano Quintet in A major
Brahms, Quintet
Piano Quintet in F Minor
