Your Desert Island Chamber Work

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A follow-up to the "Your Desert Island Symphony" thread, which has seen widespread acclaim. Anyway, same as before, please think about your choice and if you want to explain why you chose the work, then that is perfectly fine and certainly encouraged. Have fun!

[vandermolen]

Ernest Bloch: String Quartet No.1
An epic work of symphonic dimensions. I find it powerful, brooding, eloquent and moving, all qualities that I greatly admire in music. It's also very long so I'm sure that I would keep hearing new things in it:

[Biffo]

Brahms Clarinet Quintet - played by the Melos Ensemble

[Florestan]

Mozart - Divertimento (String Trio) in E-flat major KV 563.

Despite its innocuous title this is a spiritual journey from darkness to light perfectly fit for a desert island.

[Brahmsian]

This is a very easy one for me:

Schubert - String Quintet in C major

The trio section of the schrezo moves me unlike any other music.

Honourable mention:

Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence String Sextet.

[Jo498]

Impossible for me, I'd probably settle for Beethoven's op.131 or 132.

[Sergeant Rock]

Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor D.804 (Op.29) "Rosamunde"

Quatuor Terpsycordes is my favorite performance:



Sarge

[Florestan]

Impossible for me

Honestly, for me too but as of late I've been listening to mostly Mozart so it had to be one of his works. Had I been in a Schubert phase, my choice would have been different (possibly the Arpeggione Sonata). But really there are so many chamber works I love from so many composers that it's impossible to make an immutable choice.

[Florestan]

Schubert - String Quintet in C major

Honourable mention:

Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence String Sextet.

Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor D.804 (Op.29) "Rosamunde"

I considered all three as well before setting to Mozart for the reason stated above. 

[ritter]

Easy one for me: Le Marteau sans maître!

Best wishes for 2022 to all...

[Mirror Image]

My vote goes to Martinů's Chamber Music No. 1, H. 376, which is written for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano. This is one of Martinů's last works and it is tinged with melancholy and a yearning quality. There are several performances of it now, but my favorite is this one on Supraphon:

[André]

Mozart - Divertimento (String Trio) in E-flat major KV 563.

Despite its innocuous title this is a spiritual journey from darkness to light perfectly fit for a desert island.

Same here.

[springrite]

Hard to choose among:

Beethoven Op 131
Kodaly Duo Op 7
Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Brahms Piano Quintet

[springrite]

Mozart - Divertimento (String Trio) in E-flat major KV 563.

Despite its innocuous title this is a spiritual journey from darkness to light perfectly fit for a desert island.

That last movement is heavenly!!!

[Brian]

This is a very easy one for me:

Schubert - String Quintet in C major

Ditto - really easy choice for me.

[Madiel]

I only get one?

Good grief. 2022 is already bringing the tough decisions.

Faure, piano quintet no.1. Because it's the best work for capturing this magical midpoint in Faure's career where everything has a yearning to soar, and it made me hooked on Faure, and Susan Tomes/Domus, and heck the Hyperion label in general.

Honorable mentions to half the damn genre.

[Florestan]

That last movement is heavenly!!!

[Florestan]

I only get one?

Of course not, just pretend that you do --- and only today. 

[classicalgeek]

This is a very easy one for me:

Schubert - String Quintet in C major

The trio section of the scherzo moves me unlike any other music

That's my choice for #1 as well! That slow movement is otherworldly...

Second choice? Hmmm... Ravel's Introduction and Allegro? Brahms' Piano Quintet? Beethoven's Cello Sonata in A major? So many choices...

[amw]

I could break it down by genre, but I'm not going to bother, since it's Brahms's String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36