Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musical_composition
gptkbp:characteristics complex rhythms
lyrical themes
dramatic contrasts
contrasting moods
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkbp:critical_reception widely acclaimed
gptkbp:dedication to the memory of the victims of fascism
gptkbp:duration approximately 30 minutes
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Leningrad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:Alfred_Schnittke
gptkb:Leonid_Desyatnikov
gptkbp:influences Russian folk music
gptkbp:instrumentation gptkb:musician
gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkbp:movement gptkb:5
gptkbp:notable_performers gptkb:Mikhail_Pletnev
gptkb:Borodin_Quartet
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:Royal_Concertgebouw_Orchestra
gptkb:Vienna_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:Philharmonia_Orchestra
gptkb:Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkb:Los_Angeles_Philharmonic
gptkb:New_York_Philharmonic
gptkb:Royal_Liverpool_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:Berlin_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:Cleveland_Orchestra
gptkb:Orchestre_de_Paris
gptkb:Philadelphia_Orchestra
gptkb:San_Francisco_Symphony
gptkb:Gustav_Mahler_Jugendorchester
gptkb:Academy_of_St_Martin_in_the_Fields
gptkb:London_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkb:Boston_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkb:Chamber_Orchestra_of_Europe
gptkb:St._Petersburg_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:Emerson_String_Quartet
available on streaming platforms
available on CD
Borodin Quartet with Mikhail Pletnev
Takács Quartet with Marc-André Hamelin
Danish String Quartet with Christian Tetzlaff
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:performed_by concert halls worldwide
major music festivals
gptkbp:premiere_date gptkb:1944
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:DSCH_Publishing
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:Piano_Quintet_No._1_in_G_minor,_Op._57
gptkbp:style gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:year_composed 1943
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antonín_Dvořák
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4