Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2

Album by Johannes Brahms & The Hollywood String Quartet

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 is a string quartet by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1873. Rooted in Romantic chamber music, it combines dense, Beethoven-influenced harmonic language and contrapuntal textures with expressive lyricism, and marks Brahms's consolidation of his mature chamber style following his return to chamber forms in the early 1870s.

Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2 by Brahms - album cover

First released: 1952

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Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2: First Movement - Allegro non troppo
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Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2: Second Movement - Andante moderato
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Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2: Third Movement - Quasi minuetto, moderato
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Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2: Fourth Movement - Allegro non assai