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chamber

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Description

Chamber music emphasizes intimate, intricate arrangements originally designed for small ensemble performance in private spaces rather than concert halls. The tag encompasses both classical chamber works and contemporary indie artists who adopt similar approaches through delicate instrumentation, careful dynamics, and often orchestral elements like strings or woodwinds. It prioritizes nuanced interplay between musicians and creates an atmosphere of closeness and emotional depth.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
37		1938	Charles Ives	White Man Sleeps	chamber classical
61		1965	Franz Joseph Haydn	Haydn: The Complete Symphonies	chamber classical instrumental symphony
76		1965	Joshua Rifkin	The Baroque Beatles	baroque chamber classical
67		1970	Pavel Josef Vejvanovský	Vejvanovský (Musica Florea)	baroque classical czech	czech classical # 45
56		1974	Bohuslav Martinů	Excerpts Vol.2 (Chamber Music)	instrumental classical composer	czech classical # 54 classical composer # 89
89		1975	Kay Gardner	Mooncircles	ambient chamber chillout flute
75		1978	Heitor Villa-Lobos	VILLA-LOBOS: Chamber Music	chamber
48		1980	Alois Hába	Chamber Music	classical microtonal czech czech classical	czech classical # 73 classical composer # 80 microtonal # 86
43		1982	The Galliard Ensemble	Harrison Birtwistle: Refrains and Choruses	chamber classical
45		1982	Galliard Brass Ensemble	Carols for Brass	chamber classical
85		1983	Johannes Brahms	Brahms: String Sextets	chamber classical german instrumental
10		1988	Antonín Dvořák	Dvořák: The Complete String Quartets	chamber classical string quartet
15		1988	Leoš Janáček	Complete Chamber & Orchestral Works	classical instrumental orchestral
69		1989	Various Artists	BEST OF BAROQUE MUSIC (COLOGNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA)	baroque	baroque # 18
32		1989	Various Artists	Музика за Плашење Деца и Нервирање Возрасни, II
23		1990	Bohuslav Martinů	Fantasia for theremin	chamber classical czech czech classical instrumental
66		1992-10-06	Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax	Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano
81		1993	Béla Bartók	Bartók: Complete String Quartets	chamber string quartet	string quartet # 15
57		1994	John Ireland	IRELAND: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / The Holy Boy	chamber classical instrumental
59		1995	George Walker	Chamber Music	chamber classical piano
88		1996	Aaron Copland	COPLAND: Piano Sonata / Piano Fantasy / Piano Variations	chamber classical piano piano sonata	classical piano # 35 sonata # 95
72		1997	Jupiter	Vivaldi	baroque chamber classical
35		1998	Leoš Janáček	String Quartets No.1 & 2 (Pavel Wallinger Quartet)	classical string quartet instrumental	string quartet # 79 czech classical # 89
22		1999	Quatuor Debussy	Lekeu - Complete works for string quartet	chamber
2		1999	Christian Benda	Martinu: Works For Cello And Piano, Vol. 1
29		2000	Tõnu Kaljuste	Schnittke: Psalms Of Repentance	chamber
9		2000-02	Kreutzer Quartet	Reicha - Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
97		2000-03-13	Silver Mt Zion	He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Still Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms...	chamber neoclassical post-rock
19		2001	Vasks	Works With Violoncello	chamber
41		2001	Johanna Beyer	Sticky Melodies - CD 1	chamber
7		2002	New Music Studium	Poulenc: La Bal Masqué, Suite Française, Rapsodie Nègre, Le Bestiaire, Cocardes & Aubade		impressionism # 1
30		2002	The Galliard Ensemble	Opus Number Zoo - Twentieth Century Wind Quintets	classical
54		2003	Cédric Vuille	Des Pas Rayes	avant-prog switzerland	avant-prog # 45 prog-rock # 69 switzerland # 70
95		2005	Antonio Vivaldi	Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni	baroque chamber classical instrumental
73		2006	Iretsu	The Moon And Stars Remain In The Morning Sky	alternative chamber chamber pop dream pop indie pop indie rock portland	portland # 11
28		2006	Ensemble MidtVest	Holmboe: Chamber Music, Vol. 1
52		2008	Mikael Karlsson	Battlefield: Bad Company OST	chamber classical
64		2008	Mt. Moon	A Burial In Seven Births	american chamber country diy folk freak folk indie folk organ portland soundtrack
80		2008-05	Mt. Moon	Bless Those Sleepy Sleepy Lights	american chamber country diy folk freak folk indie folk organ portland soundtrack	portland # 26
55		2008-06-24	Scallion	Will-o'-Wisp	chamber chamber pop clarinet experimental pop folk folk pop harp indie folk indie pop new wave organ philadelphia pop synthesizer	philadelphia # 9
82		2008-08-04	NEIZAN	Beijing 2008	acoustic alternative ambient chamber darkwave downbeat downtempo drone drum electroacoustic english espanol ethnic ethno flamenco freestyle funk fusion grindcore grunge hardcore industrial instrumental jazz jazzcore latin metal metalcore musical noise percussion psytrance roots soul soundtrack spain spanish spiritual synthesizer traditional trance tribal world	downbeat # 2 percussion # 23 ethno # 25 espanol # 33 synthesizer # 34 jazzcore # 43 drum # 45
74		2008-11-10	NEIZAN	Broken Toys	acoustic alternative ambient chamber darkwave downbeat downtempo drone drum electroacoustic english espanol ethnic ethno flamenco freestyle funk fusion grindcore grunge hardcore industrial instrumental jazz jazzcore latin metal metalcore musical noise percussion psytrance roots soul soundtrack spain spanish spiritual synthesizer traditional trance tribal world	espanol # 14 jazzcore # 21 drum # 23
51		2009	Jesse J. Smith	Madrona	bass chamber choir classical instrumental keyboard oboe orchestra piano pop strings trombone	trombone # 3 oboe # 10 keyboard # 57
96		2009	Robert Schumann	Schumann	chamber classical quartet	quartet # 99
77		2009	Natasha Luna	N	adult contemporary alternative chamber piano strings
90		2009-01-07	A Journey Down the Well	Sorry Monsters, I Have To Grow		strings # 49 choir # 58
94		2009-09	The Last Dinosaur	Wholeness	alternative ambient chamber folk orchestral post-rock
49		2009-11-30	B for Brontosaurus	Home EP	chamber chamber pop indie pop indie rock pop rock
44		2010	Cédric Vuille	Faire	switzerland	prog-rock # 34 switzerland # 41
100		2011-06-07	Esmerine	La Lechuza	art pop chamber chamber pop neoclassical post-rock
92		2011-08	Raphaël D. Hardy	Looking at Them from the Top of the Hill	chamber classical neoclassical
17		2011-11-27	McGuffin Electric	Brightelephant	acoustic chamber folk jazz
53		2012	George Enescu	Enescu: String Quartets, Op. 22, Nos. 1 & 2		quartet # 59
16		2012-10-14	Chamber of Horrors	Burning Screams Holocaust	chamber death metal goregrind metal
99		2012-10-21	The Irrepressibles	Nude	chamber pop	chamber pop # 25 cabaret # 69
79		2013	Sinister Device	Torture Chamber	aggrotech alternative chamber ebm electronic industrial metal
70		2013-07	Kaija Saariaho	Kaija Saariaho: Chamber Works for Strings, Vol. 2
50		2013-08-01	fydhws	Film	chamber orchestral soundtrack strings
78		2013-09-19	Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows	Poetica: All Beauty Sleeps	chamber classical darkwave germany
86		2014-06-28	Disemballerina	Undertaker	chamber dark folk neoclassical neofolk
47		2015	Arvo Pärt	A Portrait: PART	chamber
63		2015-08-12	Philippe Meyohas	Alvíssaras	acoustic brazil chamber folk singer-songwriter
91		2016-09-23	Marcela Bovio	Unprecedented	acoustic alternative chamber
1		2017	Petr Limonov, Laura van Der Heijden	1948: Russian Works For Cello And Piano
98		2017-06-16	Flotation Toy Warning	The Machine That Made Us	art rock chamber chamber pop dream pop indie pop neo-psychedelia
14		2018-11-12	Reinhold Quartett	Reinecke: Complete String Quartets	chamber classical
4		2019	Busch Trio	Dvořák: Complete Chamber Music for Piano & Strings	chamber classical piano
27		2019	The Primrose Piano Quartet	Brahms: The Piano Quartets	chamber classical piano
84		2020-07-20	Gregory Uhlmann	Neighborhood Watch	chamber folk jazz
40		2021	Paganini Ensemble Vienna	Paganini: Quartets for Strings & Guitar Nos. 1, 2 & 9
5		2021-01	Nightingale String Quartet	Holmboe - String Quartets, Vol.1
71		2021-07-25	Melissa Grey	Psychodrama: 13 Variations	chamber contemporary classical
39		2022-04-22	Acacia Quartet	Blue Silence: Complete Works for String Quartet	chamber neoclassical
36		2022-09	Rudersdal Chamber Players	Ruders: Clarinet Quintet, Throne & Piano Quartet
3		2023-04	Arcadia Quartet	Weinberg - String Quartets, Volume 1
38			浜渦正志	Masashi Hamauzu: Opus 4 - Piano and Chamber Music Works	chamber classical contemporary classical impressionism japanese piano	impressionism # 39
58			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica N.12	baroque chamber classical classical composer composer contemporary classical contemporary instrumental instrumental italian italian baroque italy keyboard oboe orchestra quartet string quartet strings symphony	oboe # 34 keyboard # 63 quartet # 69 classical composer # 75 italian baroque # 85
62			SFIAS	SFIAS vs Betty Boop pt 2	alternative ambient american bossa nova chamber classical composer contemporary classical downtempo drone drone rock electroacoustic electronic electronica folk freak folk french funk fusion glam rock greek grunge indie pop indie rock instrumental japan japanese jazz krautrock math rock microsound minimalism mpb musique concrete new wave new weird america noise orchestral paris piano pop post-punk post-rock power pop progressive rock proto-punk psychedelic rock samba shoegaze singer-songwriter soul soundscape space rock tango usa	drone rock # 2 microsound # 42
65			SFIAS	SFIAS vs The Anchorites	alternative ambient american bossa nova chamber classical composer contemporary classical downtempo drone drone rock electroacoustic electronic electronica folk freak folk french funk fusion glam rock greek grunge indie pop indie rock instrumental japan japanese jazz krautrock math rock microsound minimalism mpb musique concrete new wave new weird america noise orchestral paris piano pop post-punk post-rock power pop progressive rock proto-punk psychedelic rock samba shoegaze singer-songwriter soul soundscape space rock tango usa	drone rock # 11 microsound # 47
68			SpyFox	SPYFOX Monsters	acoustic alternative alternative rock ambient art rock baroque british britpop chamber chillout classic rock dream pop electro electronic electronica english experimental rock france french pop grunge indie electronic indie pop indie rock ireland irish jazz metal new wave orchestral pop pop punk post-punk post-rock progressive rock psychedelic rock rock singer-songwriter trip-hop	ireland # 6
83			D-D-Praz	D-D-Praz Christmas	baroque chamber classical dance flute instrumental organ piano techno	organ # 15
87			Camera Sintetica	New Releases	accordion chamber classical soundtrack	accordion # 64
93			Godspeed You! Black Emperor	f#a# (infinity)	ambient chamber drone field recordings post-rock spoken word	field recordings # 51
6			Mezzetin	Odd Scene	acoustic pop chamber electronic folk musique concrete noise proto-punk spoken word
8			平野義久	吟遊黙示録マイネリーベ オリジナルサウンドトラック Capriccio	chamber classical contemporary classical requiem
11			Eric Scott (Day For Night)	Day 011. "Reprise"	chamber classical jazz piano
12			Eric Scott (Day For Night)	Day 041. "_Underscore."	chamber classical jazz piano
13			Arion Ensemble	SCHUBERT: Complete Chamber Music for Piano and Strings	chamber
18			Richard Pohl	Mozart: Concerto in E flat major KV449 - Andantino	chamber classical orchestra piano
20			twyaen	keep on waiting	american chamber chillwave danish darkwave downtempo electro electronica english jazz lo-fi rnb synthpop trip-hop usa
21			Kenneth Cox & Ricardo Iznaola	Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey)	chamber classical classical guitar concert
24			Poliça + S T A R G A Z E	Music For The Long Emergency	alternative chamber electronica orchestra pop
25			Ernest Chausson	Ravel/Chausson: Piano Trios	chamber piano
26			Eric Scott (Day For Night)	Day 031. "50 Minutes From Paris"	chamber classical jazz paris piano
31			Eric Scott (Day For Night)	Day 021. "Paris: A Musical Overpass"	chamber classical french jazz musical paris piano
33			Eric Scott (Day For Night)	Day 001. "3 Mains"	chamber classical jazz minimalism piano
34			Riccardo Masahide Minasi	Corelli's Legacy	chamber classical
42			DeciBel ChamBer	DeciBel ChamBer - MaladJust (Pre-Pro Demo)	chamber hard rock percussion rock
46			Chamber 502	unreleased	chamber dark industrial electro industrial
60			Buskers Valley	Errantry	chamber instrumental neoclassical piano
			Various Artists	Музика за Плашење Деца и Нервирање Возрасни	dark ambient drone experimental rock industrial neo-psychedelia no wave noise rock psychedelic rock

Related genres

• classical
• piano
• instrumental
• jazz
• ambient
• alternative
• folk
• contemporary classical
• strings
• string quartet