160 Greatest Classical Chamber Music Works

Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms
Criteria: Classical Chamber Works are ranked for their innovation and influence, as well as their aesthetic importance, historical significance and lasting popularity.

Last Updated: 2017-06-27
1. String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Ludwig van Beethoven

2. Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in C major, D 956
Franz Schubert

3. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115
Johannes Brahms

5. String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden", D 810
Franz Schubert

6. Piano Quintet in A major "Trout", D 667
Franz Schubert

7. String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major and Grosse Fugue, Op. 130 and Op. 133
Ludwig van Beethoven

8. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Johannes Brahms

9. String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Ludwig van Beethoven

10. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in G minor, K 516
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

11. String Quartet No. 12 in F major "American", Op. 96
Antonín Dvořák

12. String Quartet No. 19 in C major "Dissonance", K 465
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

13. Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke"
Ludwig van Beethoven

14. String Quartet No. 2 in D major "Nocturne"
Alexander Borodin

15. Octet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 20
Felix Mendelssohn

16. String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor"
Joseph Haydn

17. Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Robert Schumann

18. Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Johannes Brahms

19. Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D 898
Franz Schubert

20. String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz 91
Béla Bartók

21. String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Dmitri Shostakovitch

22. String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven

23. Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4
Arnold Schoenberg

24. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in C major, K 515
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

25. Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D 929
Franz Schubert

26. String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 "Sunrise"
Joseph Haydn

27. String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2 "Quinten"
Joseph Haydn

28. String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major "Hunt", K 458
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

29. String Quartet No. 9 in C major "Hero", Op. 59 No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven

30. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven

31. String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven

32. String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Claude Debussy

33. String Quartet in F major, M 35
Maurice Ravel

34. Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Olivier Messiaen

35. String Quartet No. 13 in A minor "Rosamunde", D 804
Franz Schubert

36. String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp major, Sz 85
Béla Bartók

37. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor "Dumky", Op. 90
Antonín Dvořák

38. Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114
Johannes Brahms

39. String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From My Life", JB 1:105
Bedrich Smetana

40. Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, D 803
Franz Schubert

41. Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Antonín Dvořák

42. String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Sz 102
Béla Bartók

43. String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
Ludwig van Beethoven

44. String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5 "Largo"
Joseph Haydn

45. Lyric Suite for String Quartet, Op. 3
Alban Berg

46. String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters", JW VII/13
Leos Janácek

47. Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

48. String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

49. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Felix Mendelssohn

50. String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
Johannes Brahms

51. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
Anton Webern

52. String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata", JW 7/8
Leos Janácek

53. String Quartet No. 6 in D major, Sz 114
Béla Bartók

54. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in D major, K 593
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

55. Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

56. Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

57. Italian Serenade in G major, WW XV / 3
Hugo Wolf

58. Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Dmitri Shostakovich

59. String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K 421
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

60. Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
Johannes Brahms

61. Octet for Wind Instruments
Igor Stravinsky

62. Divertimento for String Trio in E flat major, K 563
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

63. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
Anton Arensky

64. String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K 387
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

65. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Sz 67
Béla Bartók

66. Piano Trio in A minor, M 67
Maurice Ravel

67. String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33 No. 2 "The Joke"
Joseph Haydn

68. String Sextet No. 2 in G major "Agathe", Op. 36
Johannes Brahms

69. Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann

70. String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K 464
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

71. Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40
Johannes Brahms

72. String Quartet No. 3
Elliott Carter

73. Trois Pieces Breves for Woodwind Quintet, IJI 42
Jacques Ibert

74. Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Felix Mendelssohn

75. Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Gabriel Fauré

76. String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D 887
Franz Schubert

77. String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4
Joseph Haydn

78. Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Johannes Brahms

79. Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Dmitri Shostakovich

80. Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op. 100
Francis Poulenc

81. String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105
Antonín Dvořák

82. String Trio, Op. 45
Arnold Schoenberg

83. Piano Quintet in F minor, M 7
Cesar Franck

84. String Quartet No. 2
Elliott Carter

85. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Johannes Brahms

86. String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5 "Lark"
Joseph Haydn

87. String Quartet No. 16 in E flat major, K 428 (K 421b)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

88. Kleine Kammermusik for Wind Quintet, Op. 24 No. 2
Paul Hindemith

89. Keyboard Trio in G major, Op. 73 No. 2 "Gypsy"
Joseph Haydn

90. String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 7
Béla Bartók

91. Woodwind Quintet, Op. 43
Carl Nielsen

92. Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
Ludwig van Beethoven

93. Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet, M 46
Maurice Ravel

94. Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, CD 145
Claude Debussy

95. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 "Werther"
Johannes Brahms

96. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9
Anton Webern

97. Piano Trio No. 4 in D major "Ghost", Op. 70
Ludwig van Beethoven

98. String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 no. 2
Joseph Haydn

99. String Quartet No. 12 in C minor "Quartettsatz", D 703
Franz Schubert

100. String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
Johannes Brahms

101. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Arnold Schoenberg

102. String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K 575
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

103. String Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 1
Joseph Haydn

104. Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43
Francis Poulenc

105. String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major "Harp", Op. 74
Ludwig van Beethoven

106. Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms

107. Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K.493
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

108. Black Angels for Electric String Quartet
George Crumb

109. String Quartet in D minor "Voces Intimae", Op. 56
Jean Sibelius

110. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 "Spring"
Johannes Brahms

111. String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1
Joseph Haydn

112. String Quartet No. 11 in F minor "Serioso", Op. 95
Ludwig van Beethoven

113. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in F major, WAB 112
Anton Bruckner

114. Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Bedrich Smetana

115. Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 87
Antonín Dvořák

116. String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
Edvard Grieg

117. Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 115
Gabriel Fauré

118. String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Joseph Haydn

119. Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

120. String Quartet No. 2
Charles Ives

121. String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K 590
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

122. Septet in E flat major, Op. 65
Camille Saint-Saens

123. Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Sz 110
Béla Bartók

124. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in E flat major, K614
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

125. Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16
Ludwig van Beethoven

126. Horn Quintet in E flat major, K 407 (K 386c)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

127. Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Gyorgy Ligeti

128. String Quartet No. 15, Op. 144
Dmitri Shostakovich

129. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
Robert Schumann

130. Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70 No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven

131. String Quartet, Op. 28
Anton Webern

132. Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano in E flat major "Kegelstatt", K 498
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

133. Quintet No. 2 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in B flat major, Op. 87
Felix Mendelssohn

134. String Quartet in E minor, IGV 29
Giuseppe Verdi

135. Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major "Fandango", G 448
Luigi Boccherini

136. Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Gabriel Fauré

137. String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Felix Mendelssohn

138. String Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No. 3 "The Bird"
Joseph Haydn

139. Quintet No. 3 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in E flat major "American", Op. 97
Antonín Dvořák

140. Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 87
Johann Hummel

141. String Quartet No. 1
Elliott Carter

142. Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
Edward Elgar

143. String Quartet, Op. 3
Alban Berg

144. Sextet for Wind Quintet & Bass Clarinet "Mládi", JW 7/10
Leos Janácek

145. String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
Benjamin Britten

146. Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish Theme, for Piano Trio
Aaron Copland

147. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
Gabriel Fauré

148. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Felix Mendelssohn

149. Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34
Carl Maria von Weber

150. Overture on Hebrew Themes in C minor, Op. 34
Sergei Prokofiev

151. String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K 499 "Hoffmeister"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

152. String Quartet In G minor, Op. 74 No. 3 "Reiterquartett"
Joseph Haydn

153. Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E major, Op. 13 No. 5
Luigi Boccherini

154. String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106
Antonín Dvořák

155. String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
Dmitri Shostakovich

156. String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50
Sergei Prokofiev

157. String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51
Antonín Dvořák

158. String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major "La Malinconia", Op. 18 No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven

159. String Quartet
Witold Lutoslawski

160. Woodwind Quintet in G minor, Op. 56 No. 2
Franz Danzi
composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

composer Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn composer Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms

composer Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvořák

composer Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert


1. Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. Franz Schubert
4. Joseph Haydn
5. Johannes Brahms
6. Béla Bartók
7. Antonín Dvořák
8. Felix Mendelssohn
9. Dmitri Shostakovich
10. Robert Schumann
11. Maurice Ravel
12. Arnold Schonberg
13. Leos Janácek
14. Elliott Carter
15. Luigi Boccherini