String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 51 no. 2
Johannes Brahms' String Quartet No. 1 in C minor and String Quartet No. 2 in A minor were completed in Tutzing, Bavaria, during the summer of 1873, and published together that autumn as Op. 51. They are dedicated to his friend Theodor Billroth. He only published one other string quartet, String Quartet No. 3, in 1876.
Most recent recordings
- Brahms: String Quartet No.2 in A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2: III. Quasi minuetto, moderato — Johannes Brahms, Tokyo String Quartet (2026) Spotify
- Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2: III. Quasi menuetto. Moderato – Allegretto vivace — Johannes Brahms, Zehetmair Quartett (2025) Spotify
- Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34, String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 — Johannes Brahms, Camerata Quartet (2022) Spotify
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