Your favorite chamber music composer

[Wanderer]

Beethoven, by a long shot.


Other favourites with exquisite chamber music output: Brahms, Schubert, Alkan, Dvořák, Korngold, Medtner, Prokofiev, Schumann, Skalkottas, Fauré, Dohnányi, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, ... (I'll stop here).

[Jo498]

I voted Beethoven, but I love a lot of chamber music. Of course Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Fauré, Dvorak, Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Berg, Shostakovich and many others. I often prefer chamber music to orchestral music (e.g. in cases like Ravel and Debussy, although they are more famous for their orchestration etc.) and except for Mahler and Handel all of my favorite composers wrote quite a bit of great chamber music (Handel's is not bad, just comparatively minor).

[mc ukrneal]

Brahms always beckens to me on any chamber list, but Bartock is a serious ommision. I certainly would exchange him for Shosty.

[The new erato]

Brahms always beckens to me on any chamber list, but Bartock is a serious ommision. I certainly would exchange him for Shosty.

Bartok or Bantock?

[mc ukrneal]

Bartok or Bantock?

Man, You are on my butt lately!!! Bartok, of course!

[some guy]

With a slight adjustment of what "chamber music" means....

Last week, I probably would have said Michael Schumacher.



http://vimeo.com/58362180

Or maybe Christina Kubisch.

http://vimeo.com/54846164

But then I found this video on vimeo, which I posted on another thread, and now I think perhaps that Simon Steen-Andersen is my favorite chamber music composer.

http://vimeo.com/17403233

[prémont]

I presume "chamber music" means Vienna classical or later, and then my vote goes for Beethoven.

[EigenUser]

I do love Shostakovich's E minor Piano Trio.

BUT, my favorite chamber music composer would have to be Morton Feldman, easily.

[Madiel]

Faure. 10 sublime masterworks.

Plenty of other composers not far behind, mind you, but a few months ago on my blog I described how I spent a period of time - a difficult period at that - listening to those 10 pieces, or 34 movements, and being completely caught up in them. I'd be hard pressed to find a single movement that seems weak to me.

[Florestan]

Who is your favorite composer of string quartets

Haydn, Dittersdorf, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich

quintets

Strings: Mozart
Whatever instrument and strings: Brahms, Dvorak, Faure

trios

Strings: Mozart, Beethoven
Whatever instrument and strings: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Ignaz Lachner, Dvorak, Faure

and so forth

Sextets: Brahms
Septets: Beethoven
Octets: Schubert, Mendelssohn
Dixtuors: Enescu

[Brahmsian]

For overall chamber output, Brahms is my favourite.

[The new erato]

For overall chamber output, Brahms is my favourite.

If it hadn't been for Beethoven's late quartets I would have said the same.

[Mandryka]

I presume "chamber music" means Vienna classical or later, and then my vote goes for Beethoven.

If it hadn't been for Ferneyhough's quartets, I'd have said the same.

[Brahmsian]

If it hadn't been for Beethoven's late quartets I would have said the same.

If it was purely string quartets, I would have chosen Beethoven. 

[The new erato]

If it was purely string quartets, I would have chosen Beethoven. 

Yes, and if was purely monophonic song, I would have chosen Oswald von Wolkenstein. 

[Sergeant Rock]

If it was purely string quartets, I would have chosen Beethoven. 

Beethoven 16 vs Haydn 68 ....Haydn wins 

Sarge

[North Star]

If it was purely nonets for wind quintet & string quartet, I would have voted Martinů

[Florestan]

If it was serious, I would have chosen BANANA!

[Mookalafalas]

Beethoven 16 vs Haydn 68 ....Haydn wins 

Sarge

  I have to agree. Even if LvB's top 6 are better than Haydn's top 6, Haydn has just so many other good ones.  One could start listening to only Haydn quartets and remain satisfied for a looong time. 
   The same is true for trios, and...

    OK, I vote Haydn.

[Florestan]

LvB's top 6 are better than Haydn's top 6

See? That's why BANANA was invented!