Can anyone recommend some moving classical pieces for me?

Question

I like very sad and beautiful pieces like Bach's vitali chaccone Bach's mass in B minor or the beggining of Elgar's cello concerto (1st mov)

if you could recommend some pieces similar to those,perferably played with violin or cello,it would be very appreciated :)

Answer 1

Edward Elgar - Elegy for Strings &

Sospiri

{2 very short pieces but check out his Violin Concerto as well)



Ralph Vaughan-Williams -The Lark Ascending &

Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis



Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor



Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings



Jean Sibelius - Adagio from the Violin Concerto in D minor.



Max Bruch - Adagio from the Violin Concerto no.1



Ludwig Van Beethoven - 3rd movement from the 15th String Quartet,"holy song of thanksgiving.."



Franz Schubert - 2nd movement from the 14th String quartet known as "Death & the Maiden"



Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen (study for 23 solo strings)



Just a few of my favourite string works.,randomly chosen.

Answer 2

Bach - Violin Concerto In E major - 2nd movement.

Tchaikovsky - Meditation de Souvenir d'un lieu cher

Schumann - Langsam und mit Ausdruck

Amy Beach - Romance Op. 23

Massenet - Elegie Op. 10.

John Williams - Remembrances.

Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola K 364 - 2.Andante.

Saint-Saens - Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor.

Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor.

Caccini - Ave Maria.

Answer 3

Elgar's 2nd Symphony, the slow movement, and the close, like the passing of the Edwardian age. Try also his Piano Quintet.

Answer 4

Preludes, nocturnes & waltzes by Chopin at least, as well as Händel's Recorder Sonatas and all music written for viola da gamba/theorbo/lute!

Answer 5

Swans by Camille Saint Saens

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zNbXuFBjncw

Answer 6

rach 2, rach 3, chopin concerto no 2 second movement,

Answer 7

1st concerto for violin by Prokofiev,

Violin concerto in D by Korngold!!,

Answer 8

Bruch's Kol Nidrei. (You should probably check out his violin concerto #1 as well...)

Answer 9

chopin nocturnes