The Quintet in A minor for Piano and String Quartet, Op. 84 is a chamber work by Edward Elgar.
He worked on the Quintet and two other major chamber pieces[1] in the summer of 1918 while staying at Brinkwells near Fittleworth in Sussex. W. H. "Billy" Reed considered that all three were "influenced by the quiet and peaceful surroundings during that wonderful summer".
The Quintet was first performed on 21 May 1919, by the pianist William Murdoch, the violinists Albert Sammons and W. H. Reed, the violist Raymond Jeremy and the cellist Felix Salmond. These players included some of the composer's musical confidantes – Reed worked with him on the Violin Concerto and the Third Symphony, and Salmond worked on the Cello Concerto with him. Albert Sammons later made the first complete recording of the Violin Concerto.
The work is dedicated to Ernest Newman, music critic of The Manchester Guardian.