Classic 100 Chamber (ABC)

The following is a summary of the Classic 100 Chamber survey conducted by the ABC Classic FM radio station during 2008.

Survey summary

Rank	Composer	Work	Key	Opus	Completed
100	Rachmaninoff	Cello Sonata	G minor	Opus 19	1901
99	Sibelius	String Quartet Voces intimae	D minor	Opus 56	1909
98	Haydn	String Quartet The Lark	D major	Hob.III:63	1790
97	Elgar	Salut d'Amour		Opus 12	1888
96	Bach, JS	The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer)		BWV1079	1747
95	Dvořák	Piano Trio No. 3	F minor	Opus 65	1883
94	Brahms	Cello Sonata No. 1	E minor	Opus 38	1865
93	Poulenc	Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano		Opus 100	1939
92	Schubert	Adagio and Rondo concertante	F major	D487	1816
91	Nielsen	Wind Quintet		Opus 43	1922
90	Pärt	Fratres for violin and piano			1977
89	Beethoven	Wind Octet	E-flat major	Opus 103	1793
88	Mozart	Horn Quintet	E-flat major	K. 407	1782
87	Hummel	Piano Quintet	E-flat minor	Opus 87	1816
86	Fauré	Piano Quartet No.1	C minor	Opus 15	1883
85	Grieg	Violin Sonata No. 3	C minor	Opus 45	1887
84	Mozart	Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Viola Kegelstatt	E-flat major	K. 498	1786
83	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 9 Razumovsky No. 3	C major	Opus 59	1808
82	Beethoven	Quintet for Piano and Winds	E-flat major	Opus 16	1796
81	Strauss, R	Violin Sonata	E-flat major	Opus 18	1888
80	Mozart	String Quartet Hunt	B-flat major	K. 458	1784
79	Boccherini	String Quintet Night Music from the Streets of Madrid	C major	G324	1780
78	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 10 Harp	E major	Opus 74	1809
77	Kats-Chernin	Russian Rag			2008
76	Shostakovich	Piano Quintet	G minor	Opus 57	1940
75	Mozart	Piano Quartet No. 1	G minor	K. 478	1785
74	Schumann	Piano Quartet	E-flat major	Opus 47	1842
73	Mozart	Flute Quartet	D major	K. 285	1778
72	Janáček	String Quartet No. 2 Intimate Letters			1928
71	Brahms	Violin Sonata No. 1	G major	Opus 78	1879
70	Hummel	Piano Trio	E-flat major	Opus 12	1803
69	Dvořák	Bagatelles		Opus 47	1878
68	Boccherini	String Quintet	E major	G275	1771
67	Beethoven	Septet	E-flat major	Opus 20	1800
66	Schubert	String Quartet No. 15	G major	D887	1826
65	Schoenberg	Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextet		Opus 4	1899
64	Mozart	String Trio	E-flat major	K. 563	1788
63	Dvořák	Serenade for Winds		Opus 44	1878
62	Beethoven	Piano Trio No. 5 Ghost	D major	Opus 70	1809
61	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 16	F major	Opus 135	1826
60	Schubert	Fantasie	F minor	D940	1828
59	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 7 Razumovsky No. 1	F major	Opus 59	1806
58	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 8 Razumovsky No. 2	E minor	Opus 59	1806
57	Beethoven	Cello Sonata No. 3	A major	Opus 69	1808
56	Barber	String Quartet		Opus 11	1936
55	Carr-Boyd	Fandango			1982
54	Mendelssohn	Piano Trio No. 2	C minor	Opus 66	1845
53	Ravel	Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet	G-flat major		1905
52	Smetana	String Quartet No. 1 From My Life	E minor		1876
51	Mozart	Oboe Quartet	F major	K. 370	1781
50	Beethoven	Violin Sonata Kreutzer	A major	Opus 47	1803
49	Beethoven	Grosse Fuge (Great Fugue)		Opus 133	1826
48	Arensky	Piano Trio No. 1	D minor	Opus 32	1894
47	Tchaikovsky	Souvenir de Florence		Opus 70	1890
46	Smetana	Piano Trio	G minor		1855
45	Mozart	Quintet for Piano and Winds	E-flat major	K. 452	1784
44	Brahms	Horn Trio	E-flat major	Opus 40	1865
43	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 12	E-flat major	Opus 127	1825
42	Pärt	Spiegel im Spiegel			1978
41	Mozart	String Quintet	G minor	K. 516	1787
40	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 13	B-flat major	Opus 130	1825
39	Haydn	String Quartet Emperor	C major	Hob.III:77	1797
38	Brahms	Sextet No. 1	B-flat major	Opus 18	1860
37	Pachelbel	Canon	D major		1694?
36	Brahms	Piano Trio No. 1	B major	Opus 8	1854
35	Boccherini	Guitar Quintet	D major	G448	1798
34	Debussy	String Quartet	G minor	Opus 10	1893
33	Brahms	Piano Quartet No. 1	G minor	Opus 25	1861
32	Tchaikovsky	String Quartet No. 1	D major	Opus 11	1871
31	Dvořák	Piano Trio No. 4 Dumky	E minor	Opus 90	1891
30	Tchaikovsky	Piano Trio A la mémoire d'un grand artiste (In memory of a great artist)	A minor	Opus 50	1882
29	Ravel	Piano Trio	A minor		1914
28	Schubert	Octet	F major	D803	1824
27	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 14	C-sharp minor	Opus 131	1826
26	Schumann	Piano Quintet	E-flat major	Opus 44	1842
25	Mozart	Serenade Gran partita	B-flat major	K. 361	1781 or 1782
24	Hoffstetter	Serenade (String Quartet – andante cantabile)	F major	Opus 3 No. 5:II
23	Brahms	Piano Quintet	F minor	Opus 34	1864
22	Messiaen	Quatuor pour le fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)			1941
21	Beethoven	String Quartet No. 15	A minor	Opus 132	1825
20	Schubert	Arpeggione Sonata	A minor	D821	1824
19	Shostakovich	String Quartet No. 8	C minor	Opus 110	1960
18	Shostakovich	Piano Trio No. 2	E minor	Opus 67	1944
17	Franck	Violin Sonata in A	A major		1886
16	Schubert	Piano Trio No. 1	B-flat major	D898	1827
15	Dvořák	Piano Quintet	A major	Opus 81	1887
14	Mendelssohn	Piano Trio No. 1	D minor	Opus 49	1839
13	Ravel	String Quartet	F major		1903
12	Beethoven	Violin Sonata Spring	F major	Opus 24	1801
11	Brahms	Clarinet Quintet	B minor	Opus 115	1891
10	Dvořák	String Quartet No. 12 American	F major	Opus 96	1893
9	Schubert	Piano Trio No. 2	E-flat major	D929	1827
8	Mendelssohn	Octet	E-flat major	Opus 20	1825
7	Borodin	String Quartet No. 2	D major		1881
6	Mozart	Clarinet Quintet	A major	K. 581	1789
5	Schubert	String Quartet No. 14 Death and the Maiden	D minor	D810	1824
4	Beethoven	Piano Trio Archduke	B-flat major	Opus 97	1811
3	Schubert	Notturno for piano trio	E-flat major	D897	1827
2	Schubert	String Quintet	C major	D956	1828
1	Schubert	Piano Quintet Trout	A major	D667	1819

By composer

The following 36 composers were featured in the countdown:

Composer	Nationality	Works
Arensky	Russian	1
Bach, JS	German	1
Barber	American	1
Beethoven	German	18
Boccherini	Italian	3
Borodin	Russian	1
Brahms	German	8
Carr-Boyd	Australian	1
Debussy	French	1
Dvořák	Czech	6
Elgar	English	1
Fauré	French	1
Franck	Belgian	1
Grieg	Norwegian	1
Haydn, J.	Austrian	2
Hoffstetter	German	1
Hummel	Austrian	2
Janáček	Czech	1
Kats-Chernin	Australian	1
Mendelssohn	German	3
Messiaen	French	1
Mozart	Austrian	11
Nielsen	Danish	1
Pachelbel	German	1
Poulenc	French	1
Pärt	Estonian	2
Rachmaninoff	Russian	1
Ravel	French	3
Schoenberg	Austrian-American	1
Schubert	Austrian	11
Schumann	German	2
Shostakovich	Russian	3
Sibelius	Finnish	1
Smetana	Czech	2
Strauss, R	German	1
Tchaikovsky	Russian	3

See also

• Classic 100 Countdowns

References

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