Absolute favourites: Shostakovich 8, Borodin 2, and...can't decide between Haydn, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Even choosing 3 is difficult. =/
One I don't like: Janacek 1
Sticking with strings only -- certainly Mendelssohn's Octet and Schubert's Quintet. I know, hardly original.
Since you said stick with one or at most two, I won't mention Beethoven's Quintet Op. 29, the Mozart Quintets (when their perfection doesn't make me fall asleep), and the Brahms Sextets. And numerous pieces for string orchestra, of course!
Sure, I'm a youngin' to classical music, but I'm usually familiar with at least one piece by a relatively unheralded composer. Here, I (embarrassingly) admit I do not recognize many of these.
Quartet:
Beethoven Op. 130 in B-flat major (with Grosse Fuge)
Berg's Lyric Suite
Brahms's Piano Quartet in G minor
Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
Quintet
Bruckner's String Quintet in F major
Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp minor (which includes a soprano)
My favourite string quartets are Beethoven's No. 9 and Mozart's No. 17, closely followed by any and all of Beethoven's late quartets (especially No. 15).
OK, one or two each then: quartets: Haydn Op. 76 No. 4 ("Sunrise"); Beethoven Op. 131; Quintets: Mozart K. 516 (viola quintet); Schubert D. 956 (cello quintet); honorable mention, Brahms clarinet quintet; Sextets: Brahms Op. 36; Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht; honorable mention, Poulenc Sextet for piano and winds; Septets: Stravinsky Soldier's Tale; Beethoven Op. 20; honorable mention: Ravel Introduction and Allegro; Octets: Schubert and Mendelssohn. Nonet: Dvorak Serenade for winds.
Trio: Mozart's Divertimento for String Trio K. 563 (wonder this doesn't get more attention)
Quartet: Beethoven's 15th SQ
Quintet: Brahms's Piano Quintet
Sextet: Brahms's 2nd SS
Octet: Mendelssohn's
Mozart trio K563
Mozart piano quartet K478
Mozart piano quartet k493
Mozart K464
Mozart K465
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