Piano Quartet No. 2 (Dvořák)

The Piano Quartet No. 2 in E♭ major, Op. 87 (B. 162), is a piano quartet by Antonín Dvořák.[1] It was composed in summer 1889 at his country residence in Vysoká.[2]

Structure

The composition consists of four movements:

Allegro con fuoco (E♭ major)
Lento (G♭ major)
Allegro moderato, grazioso (E♭ major) – Un pochettino più mosso (B major)
Finale. Allegro ma non troppo (E♭ minor)

A typical performance takes approximately 35 minutes.[2]

References

Honolka, Kurt (2004). Dvořák. Haus Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 9781904341529 – via Google Books.
"Piano Quartet No. 2". antonin-dvorak.cz. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

External links

Piano Quartet No. 2 (Dvořák): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Piano Quartet No. 2 on YouTube, performed by Menahem Pressler and the Emerson String Quartet

Antonín Dvořák

List of compositions by genre
List of compositions by catalogue number

Alfred (1870)
King and Charcoal Burner (1874)
The Stubborn Lovers (1874)
Vanda (1875)
The Cunning Peasant (1877)
Dimitrij (1882)
The Jacobin (1887)
The Devil and Kate (1898)
Rusalka (1901)
Armida (1904)

No. 1 in C minor (The Bells of Zlonice)
No. 2 in B♭ major
No. 3 in E♭ major
No. 4 in D minor
No. 5 in F major
No. 6 in D major
No. 7 in D minor
No. 8 in G major
No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)

Orchestra works

String quartets	No. 1 in A major No. 2 in B♭ major No. 3 in D major No. 4 in E minor No. 5 in F minor No. 6 in A minor Andante appassionato in F major No. 7 in A minor No. 8 in E major No. 9 in D minor No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic) String Quartet movement in F major No. 11 in C major No. 12 in F major (American) No. 13 in G major No. 14 in A♭ major Cypresses
String quintets	No. 1 in A minor No. 2 in G major No. 3 in E♭ major (American)
Piano trios	No. 1 in B♭ major No. 2 in G minor No. 3 in F minor No. 4 in E minor (Dumky)
Piano quartets	No. 1 in D major No. 2 in E♭ minor
Piano quintets	No. 1 in A major No. 2 in A major
Other	Romantic Pieces Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments Bagatelles Silent Woods Violin Sonata in F major Sonatina in G major String Sextet in A major Terzetto in C major Ballade
Piano music	Humoresques Legends Slavonic Dances Suite in A major (American)
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