GMG Favorite Chamber Works

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DavidW

Quote from: Wanderer on June 24, 2011, 03:00:48 PM
Forgot the negative vote is now mandatory. I'll remember next time.

Go ahead and take a negative vote now. :)  Or I'll do it using a random number generator! >:D

Wanderer

OK, if you insist, strike one off the Brahms op.114.  $:)

DavidW

 :'(  Well time to update the list!

Revised for Wanderer:

Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 3
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: Clarinet Trio, Op.114 1
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18  1
Carter: String Quartet No.3 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 2
Franck: Violin Sonata 2
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 6
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 1
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 6
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 5
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 1
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 5
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D.956 12
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2

Conor71



+2 Schubert String Quintet
+1 Ravel Piano Trio
-1 Brahms Clarinet Trio (removed)
I'll leave it to someone else to add a new work :)


Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 3
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18  1
Carter: String Quartet No.3 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 2
Franck: Violin Sonata 2
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 6
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 1
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 6
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 5
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 1
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 6
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D.956 14
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2



mc ukrneal

After Mooyai

+2 Haydn Lark
+1 Schubert (makes this 15 vs 8 in 2nd, so it joins the pantheon and gets removed from the list)
-1 Debussy Violin Sonata


Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 3
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18  1
Carter: String Quartet No.3 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 1
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 2
Franck: Violin Sonata 2
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 8
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 1
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 6
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 5
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 1
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 6
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2

Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D.956 with 15 votes is elected to the GMG CHOF (chamber hall of fame).

There are now two free spaces to elect new works.
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Lethevich

After: ukrneal

Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" +2
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" +1
Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 -1

Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 2
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18  1
Carter: String Quartet No.3 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 1
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 2
Franck: Violin Sonata 2
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 10
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 1
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 6
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 5
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 2
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 6
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

karlhenning

After: Lethe

Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Double Bass, Op. 39 +2 [new]
Debussy: Violin Sonata +1
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18 -1 [drop out]

Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 2
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Carter: String Quartet No.3 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 2
Franck: Violin Sonata 2
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 10
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 1
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 6
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 5
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 2
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, & Double Bass, Op. 39 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 6
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2

Wanderer

After: Karl

Alkan +2
Medtner +1
Mozart Clarinet Quintet -1

Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 4
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Carter: String Quartet No.3 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 2
Franck: Violin Sonata 2
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 10
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 1
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 7
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 4
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 2
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, & Double Bass, Op. 39 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 6
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2

kishnevi

After: Wanderer

New:Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18  + 2
Old: Mozart Dissonant Quartet +1
Neg: Prokofiev Quintet -1

Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 4
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18 2
Carter: String Quartet No.3 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 2
Franck: Violin Sonata 2
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 10
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 1
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 7
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 4
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 3
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, & Double Bass, Op. 39 1
Ravel: Piano Trio 6
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2

That leaves one slot open for a new nomination.

not edward

New: Schnittke piano quintet +2 = 2
Old: Franck violin sonata +1 = 3
Old: Dvorak piano trio #3 -1 = 1


Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 4
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18 2
Carter: String Quartet No.3 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 1
Franck: Violin Sonata 3
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 10
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 1
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 7
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 4
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 3
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, & Double Bass, Op. 39 1
Ravel: Piano Trio 6
Schnittke: Piano Quintet 2
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

DavidW

Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 24, 2011, 10:50:55 PM
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D.956 with 15 votes is elected to the GMG CHOF (chamber hall of fame).

Thanks for catching that!  The list has been updated with it's first entry. :)

DavidW

After Edward:

Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" +2
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" +1
Carter: String Quartet No.3 -1

Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 4
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18 2
Carter: String Quartet No.3 1
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 1
Franck: Violin Sonata 3
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 12
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 2
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 7
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 4
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 3
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, & Double Bass, Op. 39 1
Ravel: Piano Trio 6
Schnittke: Piano Quintet 2
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2

Drasko

#132
after DavidW

Ravel: Piano Trio +2
Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht' +1
Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, & Double Bass, Op. 39 -1

Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 4
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18 2
Carter: String Quartet No.3 1
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 1
Franck: Violin Sonata 3
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 12
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 2
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 7
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 4
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 3
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 8
Schnittke: Piano Quintet 2
Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht' 1
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2

karlhenning

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 25, 2011, 04:53:30 AM
Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Double Bass, Op. 39 +2 [new]

This was an experiment, to test the suggestion of coincidence.

Thanks to those who have confirmed my own hypothesis: behold! the Quintet has vanished! And within six posts!

No surprise here. Not in the least.

DavidW

I've never heard of that work before... got a recording I can check out Karl? :)

Conor71

After Drasko:


+2 Franck: Violin Sonata
+1 Ravel: Piano Trio
-1 Carter: String Quartet (removed)



Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 4
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 1
Franck: Violin Sonata 5
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 12
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 2
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 7
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 4
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 3
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 8
Schnittke: Piano Quintet 2
Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht' 1
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2


1 Spot free for a new nomination

karlhenning

Quote from: DavidW on June 25, 2011, 10:47:58 AM
I've never heard of that work before... got a recording I can check out Karl? :)

On this one, Davey, the Hindemith Octet is also cool.

karlhenning

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 25, 2011, 11:06:33 AM
On this one, Davey, the Hindemith Octet is also cool.

That is, the Hindemith will give the haytas the vapors, too, je-je-je!

Amfortas

After: Mooyai

Dvorak: Piano Quintet, op.81 +2



Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21 4
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion 7
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97 "Archduke" 3
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132  2
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18 2
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp 8
Debussy: Violin Sonata 2
Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3 1
Franck: Violin Sonata 5
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.64/5 "Lark" 12
Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" 2
Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44 7
Mendelssohn: Octet 2
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet 4
Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant" 3
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 2
Ravel: Piano Trio 8
Schnittke: Piano Quintet 2
Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht' 1
Schumann: Piano Quintet 4
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50 2
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" 2
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kishnevi

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 25, 2011, 10:44:39 AM
This was an experiment, to test the suggestion of coincidence.

Thanks to those who have confirmed my own hypothesis: behold! the Quintet has vanished! And within six posts!

No surprise here. Not in the least.


You deleted Brahms entirely from the list to achieve that.  If it had been Janacek, one could allow it, but Brahms?
Nein, nein, und nyet! And no, non and lo, for that matter.
And it's not a particularly good piece of work.  In fact, I don't think it's a particularly good piece of Prokofiev.

So stop whining.  Your beloved Bartok is currently tied for the third position, after all.

Quote from: DavidW on June 25, 2011, 10:47:58 AM
I've never heard of that work before... got a recording I can check out Karl? :)
I have it on the Arte Nova label, in a peformance by an ensemble called the "Russian String Quartet".   It has the String Quartets 1 and 2, and Overture on Hebrew Themes, all of which are considerably better.