Top 25 Chamber Music Works

Chamber Music: Top 25 Works

Chamber music is a form of classical music composed for a small group of instruments, traditionally a group which could fit in a palace chamber. This list was comprised by taking the top 25 chamber music works as determined by their overall ranking in the Dave’s Music Database. Check out other best-of-genre/category lists here. Composer Name of Work (year composition was finished) 1. Johann Pachelbel Canon in D major (1694) 2. Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major (“Trout”) (1814) 3. Johann Sebastian Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Violin (1720) 4. Giovanni Gabrieli Canzona Noni Toni (Canzoni for Brass Choirs) (1612) 5. Claudio Monteverdi Madrigals of Love and War (Madrigali Guerrieri ed Amorosi) (1638) 6. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor (1826) 7. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major (1825) 8. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (1825) 9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major (Stadler) (1789) 10. Felix Mendelssohn Octet for Strings in E flat major (1825) 11. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F major (1826) 12. Franz Schubert String Quintet in C major (1828) 13. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F major (Razumovsky) (1806) 14. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 in C major (Hero) (1806) 15. Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor (Death and the Maiden) (1824) 16. Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major (1842) 17. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major (1824) 18. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in E minor (1806) 19. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 10 in Eb major (Harp) (1809) 20. Johann Sebastian Bach Musikalisches Opfer (The Musical Offering) (1747) 21. Franz Josef Haydn String Quartet No. 3 in C major (Emperor) (1797) 22. Johann Sebastian Bach The Art of the Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge) (1750) 23. Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major (Kreutzer) (1803) 24. Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F major (1903) 25. Antonin Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F major (American) (1893) Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Classical Works: Top 100” Dave’s Music Database: other best-of-genre lists First posted 10/4/2023.