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    Top 5 -

    Elgar piano quintet (my favourite by a country mile),
    Bridge piano quintet,
    Mozart G minor string quintet K516,
    Mendelssohn 2nd string quintet op 87,
    Bliss clarinet quintet.
    "Music is the best means we have of digesting time".

    W. H. Auden

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    Quote Originally Posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
    Miles Davis I & II
    what about 2 to 10?......not worth bothering with ?!

    Might give these a go anyway !

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    Mozart String Quintet in C, K. 515
    Brahms Piano Quintet op. 34
    Schubert Trout Quintet

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    Quote Originally Posted by JFLL View Post
    Mozart String Quintet in C, K. 515
    Brahms Piano Quintet op. 34
    Schubert Trout Quintet
    The Brahms is wonderful.
    Sadly the trout just falls into that "I have heard it too many times " category. I really hope I get over it at some point, but I fear I won't.

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    Just for starters:

    Mozart K. 581
    Schubert D956
    Feldman Piano and String Quartet

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flay View Post
    Shosty Piano Quintet
    First quintet by anyone I ever knew, love it still.

    Can't believe no one's mentioned the Fauré Piano Quintets
    "The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
    The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9

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    Mozart string quintet K614
    Weber Clarinet quintet
    Schumann piano quintet
    Brahms string quintet op 111
    Dvorak string quintet op 97

    and many of those already mentioned

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    3 favourite quintets:

    Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
    Schnittke: Piano Quintet
    Schoenberg: String Quartet No 2

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    Another vote for the Brahms Piano Quintet as someone has observed - wonderful.

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    i am also particularly fond of the Beethoven op16 for piano and wind quintet. Just lovely.

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