The Takács Quartet began their exclusive association with Decca in 1988 and one of their first recordings was the disc containing Brahms's 2 Quartets, op.51. This was followed by a disc containing the only other string quartet by Brahms - op.67 - and this was coupled with the Piano Quintet, op.34, in which the Takács Quartet was joined by a fellow-Hungarian, pianist András Schiff.