Chamber Music

Chamber Music with Piano

      (Schubert completed numerous chamber works as a teen and left fragments of many others.  

       Below is a list of his completed, mature works.  Each is highly regarded.) 

     Piano and One Instrument

                Sonata in A minor for arpeggione and piano, D. 821 (1824)  (Usually played on cello)

                Rondo in B minor for violin and piano, Rondeau brillant, D. 895  (1826, first pub. as Op. 70)

                Fantasy in C major for violin and piano, D. 934  (1827, first published as Op. posth. 159)

             And some early works:

                3 Sonatinas for Violin and Piano, Op. 137  (1816)  

                Sonata in A major for violin and piano, Duo, D.574  (1817, first published as Op. posth. 162)


     Piano Trio (piano, violin, cello)

                Trio (No. 1) in B♭ major for violin, cello and piano, D 898  (1828?, first pub. as Op. 99)

                Trio (No. 2) in E♭ major for violin, cello and piano, D. 929  (1827, first pub. as Op. 100)

                Notturno in E-flat major, Op. 148 (D. 897), also called Adagio  (1827)


     Works for Piano Quartet

                 Adagio and Rondo concertante in F major for violin, viola, cello and piano, D. 487  (1816)


     Piano Quintet (piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass)

                 Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"  (1819)


Chamber Music without Piano


     String trio - Main article: Schubert's String Trios

                 String Trio in B♭ major, D. 581  (1817, 2 versions)  Schubert's only completed string trio


     String quartet  -  the only completed string quartets after age 20:

                 String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D 804 "Rosamunde"  (1824, first published as Op. 29)

                 String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810  "Death and the Maiden"  (1824)

                 String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D 887  (1826)


     String quintet

                 String Quintet in C major, D. 956  (1828; scored for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos; 
                                                                                        first published as Op. posth. 163)


     Strings and winds

                 Octet in F major, D. 803  (1824)