The following is a summary of the Classic 100 Chamber survey conducted by the ABC Classic FM radio station during 2008.
Survey summary RankComposerWorkKeyOpusCompleted100RachmaninoffCello SonataG minorOpus 19190199SibeliusString Quartet Voces intimaeD minorOpus 56190998HaydnString Quartet The LarkD majorHob.III:63179097ElgarSalut d'AmourOpus 12188896Bach, JSThe Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer)BWV1079174795DvořákPiano Trio No. 3F minorOpus 65188394BrahmsCello Sonata No. 1E minorOpus 38186593PoulencSextet for Wind Quintet and PianoOpus 100193992SchubertAdagio and Rondo concertanteF majorD487181691NielsenWind QuintetOpus 43192290PärtFratres for violin and piano197789BeethovenWind OctetE-flat majorOpus 103179388MozartHorn QuintetE-flat majorK. 407178287HummelPiano QuintetE-flat minorOpus 87181686FauréPiano Quartet No.1C minorOpus 15188385GriegViolin Sonata No. 3C minorOpus 45188784MozartTrio for Piano, Clarinet and Viola KegelstattE-flat majorK. 498178683BeethovenString Quartet No. 9 Razumovsky No. 3C majorOpus 59180882BeethovenQuintet for Piano and WindsE-flat majorOpus 16179681Strauss, RViolin SonataE-flat majorOpus 18188880MozartString Quartet HuntB-flat majorK. 458178479BoccheriniString Quintet Night Music from the Streets of MadridC majorG324178078BeethovenString Quartet No. 10 HarpE-flat majorOpus 74180977Kats-CherninRussian Rag200876ShostakovichPiano QuintetG minorOpus 57194075MozartPiano Quartet No. 1G minorK. 478178574SchumannPiano QuartetE-flat majorOpus 47184273MozartFlute QuartetD majorK. 285177872JanáčekString Quartet No. 2 Intimate Letters192871BrahmsViolin Sonata No. 1G majorOpus 78187970HummelPiano TrioE-flat majorOpus 12180369DvořákBagatellesOpus 47187868BoccheriniString QuintetE majorG275177167BeethovenSeptetE-flat majorOpus 20180066SchubertString Quartet No. 15G majorD887182665SchoenbergVerklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextetOpus 4189964MozartString TrioE-flat majorK. 563178863DvořákSerenade for WindsOpus 44187862BeethovenPiano Trio No. 5 GhostD majorOpus 70180961BeethovenString Quartet No. 16F majorOpus 135182660SchubertFantasieF minorD940182859BeethovenString Quartet No. 7 Razumovsky No. 1F majorOpus 59180658BeethovenString Quartet No. 8 Razumovsky No. 2E minorOpus 59180657BeethovenCello Sonata No. 3A majorOpus 69180856BarberString QuartetOpus 11193655Carr-BoydFandango 198254MendelssohnPiano Trio No. 2C minorOpus 66184553RavelIntroduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String QuartetG-flat major190552SmetanaString Quartet No. 1 From My LifeE minor187651MozartOboe QuartetF majorK. 370178150BeethovenViolin Sonata KreutzerA majorOpus 47180349BeethovenGrosse Fuge (Great Fugue)Opus 133182648ArenskyPiano Trio No. 1D minorOpus 32189447TchaikovskySouvenir de FlorenceOpus 70189046SmetanaPiano Trio G minor185545MozartQuintet for Piano and WindsE-flat majorK. 452178444BrahmsHorn TrioE-flat majorOpus 40186543BeethovenString Quartet No. 12E-flat majorOpus 127182542PärtSpiegel im Spiegel197841MozartString QuintetG minorK. 516178740BeethovenString Quartet No. 13B-flat majorOpus 130182539HaydnString Quartet EmperorC majorHob.III:77179738BrahmsSextet No. 1B-flat majorOpus 18186037PachelbelCanon D major1694?36BrahmsPiano Trio No. 1B majorOpus 8185435BoccheriniGuitar QuintetD majorG448179834DebussyString QuartetG minorOpus 10189333BrahmsPiano Quartet No. 1G minorOpus 25186132TchaikovskyString Quartet No. 1D majorOpus 11187131DvořákPiano Trio No. 4 DumkyE minorOpus 90189130TchaikovskyPiano Trio A la mémoire d'un grand artiste (In memory of a great artist)A minorOpus 50188229RavelPiano TrioA minor191428SchubertOctetF majorD803182427BeethovenString Quartet No. 14C-sharp minorOpus 131182626SchumannPiano QuintetE-flat majorOpus 44184225MozartSerenade Gran partitaB-flat majorK. 3611781 or 178224HoffstetterSerenade (String Quartet – andante cantabile)F majorOpus 3 No. 5:II23BrahmsPiano QuintetF minorOpus 34186422MessiaenQuatuor pour le fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)194121BeethovenString Quartet No. 15A minorOpus 132182520SchubertArpeggione SonataA minorD821182419ShostakovichString Quartet No. 8C minorOpus 110196018ShostakovichPiano Trio No. 2E minorOpus 67194417FranckViolin Sonata in AA major188616SchubertPiano Trio No. 1B-flat majorD898182715DvořákPiano QuintetA majorOpus 81188714MendelssohnPiano Trio No. 1D minorOpus 49183913RavelString QuartetF major190312BeethovenViolin Sonata SpringF majorOpus 24180111BrahmsClarinet QuintetB minorOpus 115189110DvořákString Quartet No. 12 AmericanF majorOpus 9618939SchubertPiano Trio No. 2E-flat majorD92918278MendelssohnOctetE-flat majorOpus 2018257BorodinString Quartet No. 2 D major18816MozartClarinet QuintetA majorK. 58117895SchubertString Quartet No. 14 Death and the MaidenD minorD81018244BeethovenPiano Trio ArchdukeB-flat majorOpus 9718113SchubertNotturno for piano trioE-flat majorD89718272SchubertString QuintetC majorD95618281SchubertPiano Quintet TroutA majorD6671819
By composer The following 36 composers were featured in the countdown: ComposerNationalityWorksArenskyRussian1Bach, JSGerman1BarberAmerican1BeethovenGerman18BoccheriniItalian3BorodinRussian1BrahmsGerman8Carr-BoydAustralian1DebussyFrench1DvořákCzech6ElgarEnglish1FauréFrench1FranckBelgian1GriegNorwegian1Haydn, J.Austrian2HoffstetterGerman1HummelAustrian2JanáčekCzech1Kats-CherninAustralian1MendelssohnGerman3MessiaenFrench1MozartAustrian11NielsenDanish1PachelbelGerman1PoulencFrench1PärtEstonian2RachmaninoffRussian1RavelFrench3SchoenbergAustrian-American1SchubertAustrian11SchumannGerman2ShostakovichRussian3SibeliusFinnish1SmetanaCzech2Strauss, RGerman1TchaikovskyRussian3
See also Classic 100 Countdowns
References
Official ABC Classic FM Classic 100 Chamber site