Greatest Classical Chamber Music Works

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

Edited By: Brian
Last Updated: 2017-06-27

1. String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor - Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in C major, Op. 163 - Franz Schubert
3. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - 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" - Franz Schubert
6. Piano Quintet in A major "Trout" - Franz Schubert
7. String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major and Grosse Fugue - Ludwig van Beethoven
8. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 - Johannes Brahms
9. String Quartet No. 15 in A minor - 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" – Antonin Dvorák
12. String Quartet No. 19 in C major "Dissonance" - 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 – Felix Mendelssohn
16. String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor" - Joseph Haydn
17. Piano Quintet in E flat major - Robert Schumann
18. Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 - Johannes Brahms
19. Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major - Franz Schubert
20. String Quartet No. 4 in C major - Béla Bartók
21. String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 - Dmitri Shostakovitch
22. String Quartet No. 16 in F major - 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 - 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" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
29. String Quartet No. 9 in C major "Hero" - Ludwig van Beethoven
30. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor - Ludwig van Beethoven
31. String Quartet No. 7 in F major - Ludwig van Beethoven
32. String Quartet in G minor - Claude Debussy
33. String Quartet in F major – Maurice Ravel
34. Quatuor pour la fin du temps – Olivier Messiaen
35. String Quartet No. 13 in A minor "Rosamunde" - Franz Schubert
36. String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp major - Béla Bartók
37. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor "Dumky" - Antonin Dvorák
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" - Bedrich Smetana
40. Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major - Franz Schubert
41. Piano Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 81 - Antonin Dvorak
42. String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major - 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 - Alban Berg
46. String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" – Leos Janácek
47. Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
48. String Quartet No. 1 in D major - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
49. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor - Felix Mendelssohn
50. String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 no. 1 - Johannes Brahms
51. Five Movements for String Quartet - Anton Webern
52. String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata" - Leos Janácek
53. String Quartet No. 6 in D major - 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 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
56. Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
57. Italian Serenade in G major - Hugo Wolf
58. Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich
59. String Quartet No. 15 in D minor - 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 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
63. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor - Anton Arensky
64. String Quartet No. 14 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
65. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor - Béla Bartók
66. Piano Trio in A minor - 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” - Johannes Brahms
69. Piano Quartet in E flat major - Robert Schumann
70. String Quartet No. 18 in A major - 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 - Jacques Ibert
74. Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor - Felix Mendelssohn
75. Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor - Gabriel Fauré
76. String Quartet No. 15 in G major - 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 - Dmitri Shostakovich
80. Sextet for Piano and Winds - Francis Poulenc
81. String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major - Antonin Dvorák
82. String Trio - Arnold Schoenberg
83. Piano Quintet in F minor - 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 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
88. Kleine Kammermusik for Wind Quintet - Paul Hindemith
89. Keyboard Trio in G major, Op. 73 No. 2 “Gypsy” - Joseph Haydn
90. String Quartet No. 1 in A minor - Béla Bartók
91. Woodwind Quintet - Carl Nielsen
92. Septet in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven
93. Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet - Maurice Ravel
94. Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp - Claude Debussy
95. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 “Werther” - Johannes Brahms
96. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet - Anton Webern
97. Piano Trio No. 4 in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven
98. String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 no. 2 - Joseph Haydn
99. String Quartet No. 12 in C minor "Quartettsatz" - Franz Schubert
100. String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 - Johannes Brahms
101. String Quartet No. 2 - Arnold Schoenberg
102. String Quartet No. 21 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
103. String Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 1 - Joseph Haydn
104. Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano - Francis Poulenc
105. String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major “Harp” - 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” - 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" - Ludwig van Beethoven
113. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in F major - Anton Bruckner
114. Piano Trio in G minor – Bedrich Smetana **
115. Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major - Antonin Dvorák
116. String Quartet in G minor - Edvard Grieg
117. Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor - Gabriel Fauré
118. String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5 - Joseph Haydn
119. Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K.478 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
120. String Quartet No. 2 - Charles Ives
121. String Quartet No. 23 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart **
122. Septet in E flat major - Camille Saint-Saens
123. Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion - Béla Bartók **
124. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in E flat major, K.614 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
125. Piano Quintet in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven **
126. Horn Quintet in E flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart **
127. Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet - Gyorgy Ligeti **
128. String Quartet No. 15 - Dmitri Shostakovich **
129. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor - Robert Schumann
130. Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70 No. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven **
131. String Quartet - Anton Webern **
132. Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano in E flat major “Kegelstatt” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
133. Quintet No. 2 for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello in B flat major - Felix Mendelssohn **
134. String Quartet in E minor - Giuseppe Verdi
135. Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major “Fandango” - Luigi Boccherini **
136. Piano Trio in D minor - 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” - Antonin Dvorák **
140. Piano Quintet in E flat major - Johann Hummel **
141. String Quartet No. 1 - Elliott Carter
142. Piano Quintet in A minor - Edward Elgar
143. String Quartet - Alban Berg **
144. Sextet for Wind Quintet & Bass Clarinet “Mládi” - Leos Janácek
145. String Quartet No. 2 in C major - Benjamin Britten
146. Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish Theme, for Piano Trio - Aaron Copland **
147. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor - Gabriel Fauré **
148. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor - Felix Mendelssohn **
149. Clarinet Quintet in B flat major - Carl Maria von Weber
150. Overture on Hebrew Themes in C minor - 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 - Antonin Dvorák **
155. String Quartet No. 3 in F major - Dmitri Shostakovich **
156. String Quartet No. 1 in B minor - Sergei Prokofiev
157. String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major - Antonin Dvorák
158. String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major “La Malinconia” - Ludwig van Beethoven
159. String Quartet - Witold Lutoslawski **
160. Woodwind Quintet in G minor, Op. 56 No.2 - Franz Danzi

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