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Sep 1, 2023 · We asked listeners to tell us their favorite chamber music pieces. Here are the top 20 vote-getters. 20. Nielsen: Woodwind Quintet. This work embodies a conversation, with composer Carl Nielsen putting in his program notes that he "attempted to render the characters of the various instruments. At one moment they are all talking at once, at ...
1 Responses. I think Ligeti and Saint-Saëns should be on this list. Also, if it were up to me, I would add more Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc because French chamber music, I would say, is the best of 20th-century chamber music.
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The heart of chamber music is the string quartet and Haydn is the father of the genre. He wrote so many string quartets and they are nearly all engaging masterworks and important models if not beloved favorites. But, there is always the crème de la crème. There are several lists of Haydn's "great" or "famous" quartets.
- Giovanni Gabrieli (1551–1612): Canzona noni toni for three brass groups (12 players). The Italian word canzona means “song.” A master of the Renaissance era, Gabrieli wrote many pieces like this one for the warm, generous acoustics of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Serenade no. 12 in C Minor for winds. Mozart created this intense, four-movement wind serenade for an evening’s background entertainment.
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): String Quartet in C Major, Opus 59, No. 3. This piece is one of the three “Razumovsky” Quartets, dedicated to a rich Russian guy.
- Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Quintet in A Major (The Trout). Schubert wrote this piece for one each of piano, violin, viola, cello, and bass. It’s in five movements, the fourth of which is a set of variations on one of Schubert’s best-loved songs, called (logically enough) “The Trout.”
Apr 10, 2006 · 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.
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Listen to The 50 Most Famous Chamber Music Works on Spotify. Various Artists · Compilation · 2021 · 50 songs.
