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What are your favorite musical pieces for a Chamber Orchestra?

I have become fascinated recently by chamber orchestras. I like the fact that a small number of players in a chamber orchestra efficiently produce a nearly symphonic sound. I'd like to hear more examples of chamber orchestra music.

But first, what is a Chamber Orchestra?

According to the Indiana State Contemporary Music Festival, a Standard Chamber Orchestra has the following instrumentation or some component of it:
Woodwinds: 2 Flutes (plus Piccolo), 2 Bb Clarinets (plus Eb Clarinet), 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons
Brass: 2 French Horns, 2 Trumpets, 1 Trombone, 0 Tubas
Timpani + 1 percussion instrument (such as the Glockenspiel)
Harp
Strings (6 First Violins, 4 Second Violins, 4 Violas, 3 Cellos, 2 Double Basses).

The above instrumentation could be written in shorthand as follows, designating the number of each type of instrument:
2 [pic], 2 [Eb], 2, 2 - 2, 2, 1, 0 - timpani +1 - harp - 6, 4, 4, 3, 2. (Extra points go to people who don't just mention their favorite Chamber Orchestra pieces, but also include the instrumentation!)

However, Chamber Orchestras can be larger or smaller than the "Standard Chamber Orchestra" and can also include additional instruments (such as a piano, contrabassoon, or saxophone).

Below is a nice example of a Chamber String Orchestra. The number of instruments is a violin soloist plus "3, 2, 2, 2, 1" (meaning 3 first violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, and 1 double bass). That combination of strings creates a remarkably lush, full sound. I like listening to the feeling of the music made by different types of chamber orchestras, and this one is very nice:

John Williams - Schindler's List - Chamber Orchestra Version
André Rebacz (violin) with the French Chamber Orchestra under Horst Sohm.
Arranged for chamber string orchestra (soloist plus 3, 2, 2, 2, 1) by Christian Raverdel.
A beautiful melody!

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