Your top 8 (or any number of) chamber works (or any other kind)

Maciek · June 19, 2007, 01:24:54 PM

This one is to complement the Top 9 String Quartets thread.

By "chamber works" I mean any piece for between 3 to 9 instruments.

Please do not include String Quartets in your lists - they should go to the afore mentioned thread.

Cheers,
Maciek

[Edit: this thread was previously known as Your Top 8 Chamber Works (other than SQs), and then for a while it was Your top any number of works for whatever ensemble]

not edward · June 19, 2007, 02:01:52 PM

Randomly:

Franck Violin Sonata
Brahms Horn Trio, Clarinet Trio, Clarinet Quintet
Ligeti Horn Trio
Schnittke Piano Quintet
Mozart String Quintet in C major (forget K number)
Schubert String Quintet

... this is a terrible list, really -- no space for the Brahms piano quartets or quintets, nor the Debussy sonatas, nor the Ravel sonata for violin and cello? I give up!

Drasko · June 19, 2007, 02:27:04 PM

How about this:

Martinu - Nonet (wwind quintet, violin, viola, cello, double bass)
Stravinsky - Octet for winds
Tchaikovsky - Sextet for strings 'Souvenir de Florence'
Schumann - Quintet for Piano and Strings op.44
Messiaen - Quatour pour la fin du temps
Shostakovich - Piano Trio No.2 op.67
Enescu - Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 op.25
Ysaye - Sonata for solo violin No.3 op.27 'Ballade"

Maciek · June 19, 2007, 02:41:41 PM

Quote from: edward on June 19, 2007, 02:01:52 PM
... this is a terrible list, really -- no space for the Brahms piano quartets or quintets, nor the Debussy sonatas, nor the Ravel sonata for violin and cello? I give up!

Ha ha ha! The whole point of starting these threads is to stand on the side and watch everyone despair!

O Delvig · June 19, 2007, 03:24:30 PM

Mozart - K563
Schoenberg - String Trio
Prokofiev - Violin Sonata #1
Bach - Art of Fugue, Saxophone Quartet

Bartok - Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion
Shostakovich - Cello Sonata
Ligeti - horn trio

Maciek · June 19, 2007, 03:37:41 PM

OK, guys. I can tell when my initial post is being skipped...

Quote from: MrOsa on June 19, 2007, 01:24:54 PM
By "chamber works" I mean any piece for 3 to 9 instruments.

karlhenning · June 19, 2007, 04:21:57 PM

Woof! No one brings the hammer down, the way Maciek brings the hammer down!

My -- and I do mean my

-- top 8 chamber works:

Counting Sheep (or, The Dreamy Abacus of Don Quijote) : piano & woodwind quintet
Radiant Maples : flute, clarinet, harp & piano
Journey to the Dayspring : unpitched percussion sextet
Night of the Weeping Crocodiles : clarinet, violin & piano
Mirage : clarinet, violin & piano
The Improbable Harmonica : clarinet, soprano & baritone saxophones
Moonrise : brass quintet
Sinfonietta : brass quintet

Maciek · June 19, 2007, 04:28:19 PM

I like that list, Karl!

O Delvig · June 19, 2007, 04:42:50 PM

Quote from: MrOsa on June 19, 2007, 03:37:41 PM
OK, guys. I can tell when my initial post is being skipped...

pffft.........Oh yeah, I forgot one

Schoenberg - 1st Chamber Symphony

Gurn Blanston · June 19, 2007, 04:43:59 PM

I'm sorry, Matcheek, but an accompanied sonata is as much a chamber work as a string quartet, and in many cases nearly as irresistible!

String Trio in Eb K 563 - Mozart
String Quintet in g K 516 - Mozart
Sonata in A/a for Piano & Violin Op 47 - Beethoven
Sonata in d for Violin & Piano - #1 - St. Saëns
Quartet in g for Piano & Strings - #1 - Brahms
Quintet in A for Piano & Strings - #2 Op 81 - Dvorak
Trio in e for Piano & Strings - #4 Op 90 - Dvorak
Trio in c for Piano & Strings - #2 Op 66 - Mendelssohn

Those will do nicely to get by with.

Maciek · June 19, 2007, 04:47:31 PM

I was meaning to start 2 more threads for accompanied and unaccompanied sonatas but now the matter has gotten out of hand completely...

You may as well cite SQs now, I don't care. Hmph!

hornteacher · June 19, 2007, 04:50:14 PM

1 - Mozart Clarinet Quintet
2 - Beethoven Archduke Trio
3 - Dvorak Piano Quintet
4 - Mozart Clarinet/Viola/Piano Trio
5 - Brahms String Sextet in Bb
6 - Schubert Trout
7 - Mozart String Trio
8 - Brahms Horn Trio

Gurn Blanston · June 19, 2007, 04:51:42 PM

Quote from: MrOsa on June 19, 2007, 04:47:31 PM
I was meaning to start 2 more threads for accompanied and unaccompanied sonatas but now the matter has gotten out of hand completely... You may as well cite SQs now, I don't care. Hmph!

Well, that'll teach you to avoid grandiose thread-starting schemes!

PSmith08 · June 19, 2007, 05:04:21 PM

Now we're talking:

Schubert Piano Trios, D. 898 and D. 929
Ligeti's 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet and 10 Pieces for Wind Quartet (I'll count them as two works)
Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Boulez: Sur incises and Messagesquisse
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

quintett op.57 · June 19, 2007, 11:31:34 PM

Shostakovich : Piano quintet
Beethoven : Kreutzer sonata
Schubert : String quintet
Schnittke : Sonata for cello and piano
Beethoven : Piano trio after Sy2
Beethoven : Cello sonata n°3
Schumann : Piano trio n°3
Bruckner : String quintet

No particular order. Could have included Mendelssohn Octet and Brahms 1st Sextet

val · June 20, 2007, 01:15:05 AM

I cannot make a list of the top 8.
I can only mention some masterpieces that I deeply love:

MOZART, String Quintet K 516 in G minor

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio opus 97 / 3rd Sonata for cello and piano

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio opus 100 / String Quintet in C major

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet

CESAR FRANCK: Sonata for violin and piano

DVORAK: Piano Trio opus 65

71 dB · June 20, 2007, 05:47:21 AM

Elgar - Piano Quintet
Fauré - Piano Quintet 1
Fauré - Piano Quintet 2
Fauré - Piano Quartet 1
Fauré - Piano Quartet 2
Elgar - Violin Sonata
Taneyev - Piano Trio
Shostakovich - Piano Quintet

karlhenning · June 20, 2007, 05:53:21 AM

If we write in a vibraslap, the Elgar Violin Sonata will have three players . . . .

Mind you, I like the Elgar Violin Sonata as it is, and should not normally suggest adding anything.

Only I thought Maciek did it clear (and part of the ensuing discussion underscored) a guideline of "from 3 to 9 players."

71 dB · June 20, 2007, 06:30:49 AM

Quote from: karlhenning on June 20, 2007, 05:53:21 AM
If we write in a vibraslap, the Elgar Violin Sonata will have three players . . . .

Mind you, I like the Elgar Violin Sonata as it is, and should not normally suggest adding anything.

Only I thought Maciek did it clear (and part of the ensuing discussion underscored) a guideline of "from 3 to 9 players."

Pardon me, others have Cello sonatas and Violin sonatas too, but if you want a list for 3-9 players it is:

Elgar - Piano Quintet
Fauré - Piano Quintet 1
Fauré - Piano Quintet 2
Fauré - Piano Quartet 1
Fauré - Piano Quartet 2
Taneyev - Piano Trio
Shostakovich - Piano Quintet
Mendelssohn - Octet

Guido · June 20, 2007, 09:45:45 AM

Unbelievable that people were still posting 2 player sonatas after your second post Maciek!

Couldn't come up with a proper list of eight but some of my favourites:

Ives Piano Trio, Adagio Cantabile, Adagio Sostenuto, Largo Risoluto no.1 and 2
Dvorak Piano Trio op.65
Barber Summer Music
Beethoven piano trio no.7 (Archduke) (though I haven't yet heard the Ghost or no.6).
Zimmerli Piano trio no.1

Your top 8 (or any number of) chamber works (or any other kind)

Drasko

karlhenning

hornteacher

karlhenning