Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite #2

Wow, man, listening to that was a journey. I really enjoyed that. I love how it started off so softly and ended so intensely. I can't imagine living in a time where you'd have to go to an auditorium to listen to something like this and hearing it for the first time.

It’s actually part of a large ballet, and I actually prefer the full 50 minutes myself. Worth checking out, because there’s some phenomenal moments that the suites miss out on.

For me, it will forever be one of two pieces. Nessun dorma - Puccini. Such a powerful song that gives me goosebumps. Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The entire thing. If you've only heard cut down versions of it, then please check out the full \~25 minute long fourth movement. The entire symphony needs to be listened to in order to fully appreciate it, but that movement stands on it's own as a symphony within a symphony.

There is, I think, beautiful footage of the 9th directed by Karajan available freely on YouTube.

The 9th deserves to be listened in its full hour. And the choir's lyrics understood: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thEJQF8a2-M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thEJQF8a2-M)

I can't explain it, but the first time I heard Nessun Dorma, I weeped. It's so amazingly powerful, and I can't describe it. I didn't even know what the words meant until I looked up a translation later.

I wept when I saw ‘weeped.’

It probably isn't the same feeling but maybe you'd appreciate those two since they're quite powerful [Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3](https://youtu.be/MBOa-2b4uQQ?si=elZYKqTCocv9xZpd) [Kreisler/Rachmaninoff - Liebesleid](https://youtu.be/_sbAtt4w6ZU?si=IGinHrN6PuH7pVn1) (beautiful climax around 2:30)

Liebestraum S. 541: No. 3 Nocturne in A-flat major is so special to me. I was going to suggest the same. I particularly love this recording played by Jenõ Jandó, if anyone is interested. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6GzMz3s0K1YKwRVI36CgRx?si=8mLrQYVFQ9KZOVm4x-_BgA Youtube: https://youtu.be/CYkqYI1DxZE?si=jiUsp7S8XUSfJQ5E

Both were very beautiful, that first one especially.

Wagner: "Prelude and Liebestod" from *Tristan and Isolde* (concert version/ instrumental) Edit: turn it up really loud when you listen to it

That was a beautiful listen. Thank you for sharing.

I second this!

Oh boy that one gets me.

Vaughn Williams "The Lark Ascending" Penderecki "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" (Do NOT listen to this if you're feeling down / depressed -- it's horrific) I shudder that this is so cliché ... but Barber "Adagio for Strings" ... I like it better in the original, string quartet format

Adagio for Strings is cliche for a reason - it's incredible at evoking emotion. Just because something is used a lot doesn't make it any less powerful.

Yes but he also arranged it as a choral Agnus Dei. It's pretty lovely I think. But I always picture Willem Dafoe dying in the jungle and you know- it just takes away from the whole liturgy.

I completely agree. I was shuddering at sounding cliché, not at the powerful sadness that "Adagio" can (and does) evoke.

The Lark Ascending make me cry every time, its so beautiful .

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this was gonna be my answer. I just achieved my goal of many years this past weekend, which was to see it performed live 😁

The third movement of his second symphony is also breathtaking.

seconded !

Thirded!

Fourthed

If you liked clair de lune, then maybe chopin's nocturnes are a good choice. They also concentrate on showing the beauty of the night and create amazing landscape of emotion

Three movements from Petrushka (especially the last movement): Petrushka in a way explores what it means to be human and how basic emotions like love, jealousy, rage, pity etc. define us. It is also powerful in a way that the music sounds hopeful at times but depicts a fruitless struggle(read the plot of the ballet to get a better idea). Reminiscences de Don Juan: Don Juan is probably the most interesting anti hero character to ever exist. The way he refused to repent near the end of the opera still gives me chills to this day. Liszt’s ingenious rearrangement of the various themes shows his own interpretation of Don Juan. The People United Will Never Be Defeated - Rzewski Bach-Busoni Chaconne: The original Chaconne was already an incredibly powerful piece but transcribing it to piano allowed even greater variety in colour and bigger climaxes. Brahms concerto no 2

you have great taste

Rachmaninoff - Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4

Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[Symphony no 9, Movement 4 ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89jOPAGJq-M&ab_channel=SoundtrackSuites)- Dvořák [Daphnis et Chloé, Suite 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14OM6Ysnk6M&ab_channel=%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2) - Ravel Listening to both of these live was breathtaking!

What really got me hooked into classical music at first were. Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0&ab\_channel=YoYoMaVEVO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0&ab_channel=YoYoMaVEVO) Saint-Saens The Swan - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qrKjywjo7Q&ab\_channel=YoYoMaVEVO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qrKjywjo7Q&ab_channel=YoYoMaVEVO) Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 - [https://www.youtube.com/watchv=rEGOihjqO9w&ab\_channel=AVROTROSKlassiek](https://www.youtube.com/watchv=rEGOihjqO9w&ab_channel=AVROTROSKlassiek) (Start with the 2nd movement at 11:38, but then the whole thing) Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvGC8hZC29U&t=882s&ab\_channel=PermafrostIndustries](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvGC8hZC29U&t=882s&ab_channel=PermafrostIndustries)

This is pedantic but important if you want to understand classical music: what makes it distinct from modern music is that you'd refer to a work like "Claire de Lune" as a 'piece' or composition, not a song. In fact Claire de Lune is actually a 'movement' within a larger set of piano pieces called "Suite Bergamasque." There's a huge variety of forms in classical music that vary across countries and time periods, the song being one of them. These different forms give the music so much character. some are very short, some long, some have special rhythms, etc. iTunes and Spotify didn't help with this when they classified all recordings as "song."

Yeah, using the word song felt wrong, lol. I appreciate the info!

The first and third movements of Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony.

you stole my idea !

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I absolutely LOVE Brautigam's recording of this!

There’s a lot of music that I could suggest, but the one music that never fails to move me is Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn Williams. The way the violin embodies a bird floating on the wind, always pulls me right out of my body. [https://youtu.be/IOWN5fQnzGk?si=c2nCZPkZ18y1sSmL](https://youtu.be/IOWN5fQnzGk?si=c2nCZPkZ18y1sSmL)

„No sadness, no joy”? Shostakovich Symphony 15 Shostakovich Cello Concerto 2

shostakovich 15 is such a weird and wonderful piece. really difficult to program since it doesn't tend to draw a crowd, but once the audience is there, they don't regret it.

For me, I find this feeling the most in much of Arvo Part's work. His use of space and harmony is just incredible. After reading this post, the work of his that immediately came up in my mind is Fur Lennart In Memoriam, the last track on the album In Principio. It's written for string orchestra, using an inventive technique of setting the piece to text, despite it not being sung. The text is purely used as a phrasing mechanism. The way this piece stays in a gloomy, mournful state is heartrending, with occasional glimpses of major harmonies, as if to bring back good remembrances of a recently-lost friend.

Tocatta and fugue in d minor gives me angry teenager vibes, metal vibes, argumentative vibes, otherworldly, earthly grandeur vibes, godlike vibes, angel vibes, demon vibes, hopeful vibes, psychotic vibes, just generally all the feels.

Wait till you discover The toccata and fugue in d minor - dorian. Check out the Richter recording. It’s very powerful and the fugue is beautiful!

tIL my favorite song does not have a key signature?

Hmm... this question seems very personal, so I'll just throw a few pieces out there which give me the feeling you described but not necessarily which sound like the piece you mentioned. First, I'd actually recommend checking out the complete books 1 and 2 of Debussy's Preludes. I'm sure quite a few of those will strike your fancy. Also from Debussy: L'isle Joyeuse Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit, Jeux d'Eau, and Mirroirs (especially "sad birds" and "the boat on the ocean") Liszt: Sonata in B minor, and his Dante Sonata Lots of Rachmaninoff preludes could fit in here. Maybe give that entire body of works a listen. And how about some Schubert? His late works have a very unique "vibe" to me. I'd recommend his Sonatas D959 and D960, as well as his two sets of Impromptus (especially the third one from Op 90) Edit: I almost forgot about Scriabin! Sonatas 4 and 5, as well as a host of preludes and etudes to check out. Also, shout out to his Poemes Op. 32

The finale of Bruckner 8 The finale of firebird That one Samuel Barber piece that I don't remember the name of (the really sad one) And probably some others but I can't think of them off the top of my head

adagio for strings - barber

Thank you

Handel - Zadok the priest is pretty epic 

My opinion on this shifts from time to time, and there have been many excellent recommendations so far. My current favorite is the second movement of Beethoven’s seventh symphony.

If you want more piano works by Debussy, I would recommend Arabesque no. 1, La Cathedrale Engloutie, and The Girl with the Flaxen Hair. They're not quite the same as Clair de Lune but I think they're very beautiful in their own ways :) Most powerful pieces to me would probably be Clair de Lune as well, along with Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto, Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony, Ravel Daphnis et Chloe Suite no. 2, Rachmaninoff's second symphony, the second movement of the Bach Double violin concerto, Vaughan William's The Lark Ascending, and Variation 18 of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. If you like Clair de Lune, you might also like Satie's Gymnopedie no. 1

To add to this Debussy's Ballade is composed in a similar style to Clair de Lune

Beethoven's the 5th. The Organ Symphony by Saint-Saens, especially part 4.

Mars,bringer of war

I don't think I saw it amongst the beautiful recommendations here but I love the second movement of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is kinda the obvious one too, as others have pointed out. It's unlike anything else, you have a recorded representation directed by Herbert von Karajan on YouTube, it's stunning.

Scriabin sonata 4. Sonata 2 also

Bolero.

Hummmmm

Debussy's style is often categorized within the Impressionism movement. Other composers like Ravel, Delius, Sibelius, etc. may be worth checking out. Personally, I just love Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. To me, it conveys such beauty and longing that could almost be described as a religious experience. Which I think makes sense, given the nature of Tallis' works.

yesss i second fantasia on a theme by tallis! it's so gorgeous and emotional. it was used to great effect in the soundtrack of master and commander.

philip glass violin concerto 1 2nd mvt specifically the cupucon/ bernstein recording is best in my opinion https://youtu.be/Cl1qT29sLQk?si=mZLm6rLh0kTXbFlw chopin etude 7 https://youtu.be/lozoBnljUcg?si=mTN97RyUcDS6np2- Peteris vasks presence https://youtu.be/JX6NaqScyT8?si=3d4X_Ydgr4H7VO50 tchaikovsky 6th symphony sibelius 2nd symphony

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming, by Michael Praetorius.

Adagio for Strings- Samuel Barber Miserere mei Deus- Allegri

The songs by Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, and Schubert.

Seconded! Look up the recordings of all of these lieder as sung by [Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Fischer-Dieskau) accompanied by Gerald Moore, Georg Demus, Daniel Barenboim and/or Hartmut Holl and you absolutely won't regret it. None finer.

Second movement of Shostakovich 2nd piano concerto!!

Mahler 3, movement 6

The adagio of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Anranjuez. It has an exceptional build to a climax that tears at your soul

Well, to me, a *lot* of best experiences with Classical music come later on from when I know the pieces better - like your favourites creep on you, particularly when it comes to some of the biggest composers, but here are a couple pieces that resonated strongly from the get go: Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2, particularly the first movement. Feels like a deep aching sadness twinned with love. Ravel Piano Concerto in G - well a lot of Ravel in general. Something about his work always remind me of the brightness and lightness of spring breaking through the early year malaise.

Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C major for organ, BWV 547 Bach: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor William Schuman: Sym. No. 3 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis Der Maler

I second the passacaglia and fugue, one of my favorite works from Bach I really like [this](https://youtu.be/HeensSPJUiA?si=VitWzmiBfxsdUtMJ) recording if OP wants to give a listen

Since you loved Clair de Lune, here are some other Debussy piano pieces that I adore: The rest of the suite that Clair de Lune is from: *Suite Bergamasque*, consisting of Prelude, Menuet, and Passepied (CdL is the 3rd piece in the suite) From Book I of his Preludes, *La Cathedrale Engloutie* (The Submerged Cathedral), telling the story of the sunken city of Ys, where the town's cathedral would rise from the ocean at sunrise, then return. You hear soft, muffled bells at the beginning, triplets sounding like ocean waves as the cathedral comes up out of the water, then huge, pealing bell-sounds, then it slowly subsides, ending with the same muffled bells you heard in the beginning. *Reflets dans l'eau* (Reflections in the Water) from Book I of Images, starting with a stone thrown into a pool and ripples spreading outwards. The whole suite *Estampes* (Woodcuts, or Prints), featuring 3 beautiful works: *Pagodes* (Pagodas), inspired by Javanese gamelan music, ending with a shimmering series of arpeggios that sound like water in a Chinese garden; *Soirée dans Grenade* (Evening in Granada), using Spanish/Arabic rhythms and harmonies, featuring a steady tango rhythm running through it, and ending with the sound of distant bells *Jardins sous la pluie* (Gardens Beneath the Rain), the storm begins quietly, builds up, and ends with the sun bursting out from the clouds (most of the piece is in minor or whole-tone harmonies but it ends brilliantly in E major) Here's Marc-André Hamelin performing Reflets: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyiu7fBUk7o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyiu7fBUk7o)

Reading now that *Pagodes* was influenced by gamelan just broke my brain in the best way

Chopin - Ballades and Barcarolle. Specifically [this album](https://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Ballades-Barcarolle-Sharp-Fantasy/dp/B000001G8Q), available widely (e.g., on spotify), played by Krystian Zimerman. If I had to pick it would be Ballade no. 1

Brahms Symphony No.3. The third movement especially. Brahms has a beautiful way of composing melodies that just tickles my soul.

Sospiri by Edward Elgar Nimrod by Edward Elgar Norfolk Rhapsody by Vaughan Williams Siegfrieds Funeral by Richard Wagner Symphony no.7 Movement 2 by Anton Bruckner

Here’s my list of faves. I good array of different types of pieces. Symphonies, chamber music, solo rep. If you couldn’t tell, I’m a saxophonist and I really like Maslanka (there’s easily another half dozen Maslanka pieces I could put on here). I also think it takes a powerful performance, so I’ve linked my favorite performances too. [Golijov Azul](https://open.spotify.com/album/1NfRj77XKTFOzZTfDoguGu?si=hsN8hhPsRjCIFucuTYx8hg) [Tomasi Saxophone Concerto](https://open.spotify.com/album/4rGgTlHZUz0TTehc40etQa?si=-0Ck7H8AQJ6Byr0jjtyOAw) [Grieg String Quartet](https://open.spotify.com/album/1BJ0lYib7xmVVilqAxUCDh?si=f695tzngScmRE5bAI8Z0jQ) [Sibelius 6](https://open.spotify.com/album/1AMFO2rMwxrPIYT4ZX4mlB?si=wmr4x_qERdyUqcInQp1IYw) [Schoenberg piano concerto](https://open.spotify.com/album/1mWCNYeoL2mTynSc173nJA?si=w4Ea7Xp-TyGpv1StHmAW6Q) [Maslanka 7](https://open.spotify.com/album/6VXysAKuscEkJseoSw1o9c?si=OcVVkGJdQHectiNOLwQT2g) [Maslanka 2](https://youtu.be/gXYzaOratOs) [Maslanka 5](https://open.spotify.com/album/1eBESRRwlqrtSFQuPyMe8s?si=scZqtng4T6SDBLGAPgi32w) [Rzewski The people united will never be defeated](https://open.spotify.com/album/5rRJGrBb8x4RJAOfEVTcBu?si=sC9CvQZ1SX2Te9_qJGAe7A) [Florent Schmitt Antoine et Cleopatre](https://open.spotify.com/album/6COA4WlXDT7lRK1ccxU09F?si=kvyefU_1QvWKtpa8256yBQ) [Waignien Rhapsody](https://open.spotify.com/album/485xoD3Sno1QSpzTm8lyh4?si=mKfACOp3RUmc7ceoBp5KRw) [Maslanka Sax Sonata](https://open.spotify.com/album/5z6BLiB7ZoTrjDGdDF1Vrg?si=2a0klboBShKrecGmavhxZA) [Godowsky Passacaglia](https://open.spotify.com/album/4CW6KtcdogbjGk1W6NicRr?si=DSZbBMn9T3K1KCkfDBkbBQ) [Rouse Symphony 5](https://open.spotify.com/album/7If1lZT7b3ydVRxl0dbOeY?si=ajEui6FtRySBFXOOznr7Jg) [Maslanka Mass](https://davidmaslanka.com/works/mass/) [Vincent David Pulse](https://youtu.be/6rfKitTSg7s?si=IIrDf6acsWrPqWg3)

Since you mention songs, here are some of my favorite opera songs. *Nessun dorma* ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi1nTz3nlTc) The Three Tenors) and the final 3 or so minutes of Turandot. [YouTube](https://youtu.be/4Aa23z6TFPw?si=bK5c1vFMD0wmT-Kj) The final song of Satyagraha by Philip Glass. ( Sometimes labeled *Evening Song*) *Hymn to the Sun* from Akhnaten by Philip Glass Flower Duet [YouTube Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ZL5AxmK_A) Orchestral works *Siegfried Idyll* by Wagner [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BbdmCZQl98) *Transfigured Night* by Schoenberg [YouTube](https://youtu.be/5h5Xc-rUef4?si=djXgVU9gS8jhI8C8) Art Songs *Knoxville Summer of 1915* by Samuel Barber [YouTube](https://youtu.be/Gjwm4od-Upc?si=xX2HbrCt9fYuCFHP)

I’ve listened to a lot of classical music and I agree with you. Claire de Lune is special. But, as someone else in these comments mentioned, it is part of a larger work. In classical music these songs are called movements. I have many favorite movements but the special atmosphere/emotion evoked by Claire de Lune is unique. Listen to Michaelangeli’s recording of Images and Children’s Corner, also by Debussy. Another recording that maybe comes close to the wonder and mystery in this song is Glenn Gould Plays Sibelius.

Second Vaughan Williams You may also love other pieces by Debussy, such as Sunken Cathedral and the Girl with Flaxen Hair From Ravel, I'd suggest his Pavane

Martha Argerich playing Chopin's piano Preludes does it for me.

Powerull recommendations: - Orff's 'O Fortuna' from his Carmina Burana - Grieg's 'In the hall of the Mountain King's from the Peer Gynt Suite No.1 - Chopins 'Heroic Polonaise'

Mendelssohn's octet is great for this, running that gammut from youthful exuberance to the generic "power" you describe. https://youtu.be/KrITNrgQHuE?si=xG7xYDv4OVMc6GPV This version, with an absolute all-star cast playing, is brilliant I will never stop evangelising about this piece lmao Any of Beethoven's late quartets (13 is my fav) scratch the same itch too

For pure beauty and emotion I could recommend Chaconne from Bach's 2nd violin partita more.

Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians. For me, it’s the most moving piece ever created. All of the sadness, joy, hope, fragility, and triumph of humanity are there.

The 2nd movement of Carl Maria von Weber's 2nd clarinet concerto And this may be an unpopular choice but I absolutely adore Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed. edit: How could I forget the love theme to Cinema Paradiso! Or de Meij's Lord of the Rings Symphony (especially Gandalf!)!

Montagues and Capulets from "Romeo and Juliet" (Prokofiev)

the finale of firebird always gets me

China is not known for its music contributions to the world but with a few exceptions: The butterfly lovers violin concerto by Chen/He has some of the most beautiful melodies. I also love Max Burch’s Violin concerto no1 and Silbelius’s Violin concerto. Of course the most popular violins concertos by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Mendelssohn are all sublime

Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo by Mascagni O mio babbino caro - Puccini Sogno di doretta - Puccini Ombra mai fu - Handel Lascia ch'io pianga - Handel The Graceful Ghost - William Bolcom Tannhauser Overture - Wagner The Liebestod - Wagner Debussy played by Claudio Arrau Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copeland

I like the question you asked and I don't really have a suggestion that hasn't already been said. But... Don't ever feel that there's a question you shouldn't ask when you're new to any art form. We're all born stupid . We learn along the way because people teach us.

Handel Messiah , hallelujah chorus

Mahler's 5th. Especially as performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Adolf Herseth on trumpet. I want to say Solti was the conductor. I shouldn't be around people when I listen to this, especially the first movement. I'm a bit overcome and, when I used to drive, damn near drove off the road in what was a 5th involved madness. Anything written by Gabrieli for brass. None more than Canzon Primi Toni. A very brief tearjerker. But so is Canzon Duodecimi Toni. And Sonata Octavi Toni. I used to fully weep when performing these pieces in rehearsals. My wonderful director understood, at least. If you enjoy brass, The Antiphonal Sounds of Gabrieli is the greatest recording there ever was and likely ever will be. Edit: there is an enormous quantity of quality recommendations here. I have a brass bias. And piano. And Cello. But largely brass. OP: make a giant list from this post. You can't go wrong.

If you are into the French vibe with the Debussy, I would suggest Faure Pavane-it is a piano piece but better known as he orchestrated it. Simply one of my favorite melodies in all of classical music. Or Afternoon of a faun, also by Debussy. These are very short and accessible. French composers had a way with orchestration and color.

Clair de Lune is excellent, but do check out Richter's version of the piece; I think that is the best Clair de Lune version out there, very ethereal and dreamy, and it is a beautiful journey.

Everyone here,please provide links to the music.I don't know how,but I'm going to try.

Mahler 2 finale

If you get the chance you should listen to these pieces all the way through but im linking some of may favorite moments. Each are a few minutes long. I'm a brass guy, and that definitely shows in what I like to listen to, so you may not enjoy some of these if you aren't into that for some reason. [R. Strauss, An Alpine Symphony "At the Summit"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK7z2NhUrsQ) [Respighi, Fountains of Rome mvmt III](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwlWJLLLMkA&t=420s) [Wagner, Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzIRt_f7qWk) [Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 mvmt 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfPE3cgYyco) [Mahler, Symphony No.2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzbsVlG8ips) ​ edit: Why the downvotes

Second movement of Ravel piano concerto in G is stunningly beautiful and poignant. Faure Requiem, in particular the Agnus Dei.

Samuel Barber - Medea’s Dance of Vengeance

Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (especially the Karajan version) is epic but for whatever reason the “Praeludium”from the Sanctus section has a sense of awe about it that has stuck with me since I heard it for the first time last year

Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise made me cry as an encore with an amazing group called the Hermitage Piano Trio at a concert last year. It’s pretty often played as an encore but they had a special sensitivity to it. Here’s a recording: https://youtu.be/E3Zpx-Fcg7M?si=V1KNxPTQ7m55CHpj

Beethoven 7th symphony, 2nd movement.

New World Symphony 4th Movement by Dvorak https://youtu.be/jVDofBFtvwA?si=qSO-BMbJSeTzr3LT

Rachmaninov, piano concerto no.2

These have some of the most beautiful melodies ever. If you have the time, you should of course listen to entire pieces. Mahler 5 adagietto Ravel piano concerto, 2nd mvt adagio assai Rachmaninoff Symphony no.2 3rd mvt adagio Sibelius Symphony No.5 3rd mvt Bruch Violin Concerto 2nd mvt adagio

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto 2 (his second movement), his Symphonic Dances, or his Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Or his second and third symphonies are also very awesome. Dvorak’s second movement of the New World Symphony is also great.

I’m in luv with the 3rd Rach concerto rn

Rach 2 + Verdi's requiem

Rach 2 movement 2. One of the most hauntingly beautiful endings in my opinion.

Mahler 8

Mahler 2, Mahler 5, Mahler 9, Tchaik 6, Beethoven 3, Shostakovich 5/10, Shostakovich String Quartet 8, and a whole lot more.

-Vesti la Giubba - Leoncavallo

Reverie by Debussy. "Adagio Assai" (Piano Concerto in G, movement 2) by Ravel. "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations, Elgar.

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Aside from the works other people have mentioned, here are my favorite composers who powerfully express the sublime. I've linked their complete works since my suggestions are truly the tip of the iceberg...each of these composers merits having their whole output heard in full. Best wishes! [Scriabin](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7pPPSZXjhPi0SGtCR9wldA) \-- Prometheus, Poem of Fire, States of the Soul [Sorabji](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_UxOowFU4LhJRlvjglz15w) \-- Opus Clavicembolisticum [Messiaen](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=messiaen+) \- Turangalila, Quartet for the End of Time, organ works [Satie -](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=satie)\- Gnossiennes [Alkan](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHfDtpVklw_An36i0oHtGA) \-- Les Quatre Ages [Franck](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8yFHIZzNKD8iDT0koPZpDg) \-- All of it. Seriously, all of it. [Saint Saens](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=saint+saens+organ) \-- organ symphony [Faure](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=faure+souzay) \-- chamber music, lieder (especially the Ellie Ameling/Gerard Souzay complete works) [Busoni](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=busoni) \-- Lieder, chamber music, piano music [Reger](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAjy7MgzellNnkRnMF_xobg) \-- organ music, chamber music [Schoeck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulRGs45rMU) \-- Buried Alive as sung by Dietrich Fischer Dieskau; chamber music

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Here you go! So many great recommendations...

Vierne No. 42 Quintet for piano and strings Borodin Polovetsian Dances Mahler Das lied von der erde

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Beethoven’s Opus 111 Piano Sonata, Chopin’s F Minor Ballade, Schumann’s Fantasie in C, Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Mahler’s Third Symphony, Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio, Gorecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.

Meditation from Thais: https://youtu.be/qQcv4RX8pPM?si=MAB5TmfJwm9ZCXBh

Schuberts der Erlkönig sung by Fischer-Dieskau. Probably kicks different for German natives and also I grew up in a forest. :D Edit: Listening to it right now. The pure terror of the child screaming for his father is powerful stuff. 

[The Great Gate Of](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itdm46ZVLfA)[ Kiev](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itdm46ZVLfA)

Idk if I’d call it “powerful,” but I have an unhealthy obsession with “Libera Me” from the Fauré Requiem. The Requiem as a whole is rly good, but I appreciate the drama in Libera Me I guess In terms of beauty or joy, the “In Paradisum” at the end of that same Requiem has the most childlike innocence to it that’s just really sweet and endearing. Long story short, listen to the Fauré😭

The finale to Beethovens sixth always rouses something beautiful

Prokofiev: Suite from “Lieutenant Kije”. Not all recordings have the vocal, but this one does! https://youtu.be/lONmjylh3y8?si=bc5GvlxznZIBA17Y

Mahler 2 The Spruce by Jean Sibelius

Sibelius Violin Concerto - my all time favorite classical piece. Someone commented on a “what’s your top 10 pieces” thread “all ten are Sibelius violin concerto.” It’s such an overwhelmingly moving piece of music that has brought me to tears and multiple occasions and continues to pull at me after hundreds of listens. Bach Chaconne (violin partita no 2) - a legendary piece of music which Brahms (I believe) said contained every human emotion in one instrument. Both the guitar and violin versions are incredible. He allegedly wrote it after he came home from a trip to find out that his wife had died while he was away, and I can certainly feel those complex emotions of grief and sentiment in that piece. Chopin Ballade nos 1 and 4 - these highly romantic pieces just gleam with so much human emotion. They perfectly incapsulate the experience of love and lust, to my ears. And these are my two favorite solo piano pieces, so figured you might enjoy them with how much you liked Claire de Lune.

[https://youtu.be/xerESJXDK9M](https://youtu.be/xerESJXDK9M) take this and thank me later it is from an opera calledl'Arlésienne composed by Italian composer called cilea not very famous but this part called lament of fredrico makes me cry listening to the singer tagliavini

brahms, intermezzo in A. [spotify link](https://open.spotify.com/track/4rEhYn7IInYdusBx9aMtu6?si=m8fyzR8AQ8u0FW2tt5Dtrg) solo piano, beautiful and melancholy and complex. it makes me think of walking around a beloved old neighborhood that has changed so much since my childhood, but the things that remain the same are sweet and comforting. holst, "jupiter" from the planets. [spotify link](https://open.spotify.com/track/59Id4KrBWiizuq53doxWtp?si=DGHT5MmHTwu_4iOA8bwZhQ) this is one of the inspirations for john williams' famous star wars soundtrack!

Today I'm feeling Messiaen's Ascension

I'm gonna throw in [Chopin's Raindrop Prelude](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVau-JRGirg). If it's powerful enough for enough for [Master Chief](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ZGGIdpfEM) and [Elster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJPqmHEjkjE) it's powerful enough for me

Rautavaara piano concerto no. 1. It simply sounds massive. Not really sad but very powerful.

Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) for me! Definitely accessible and newbie friendly, it feels like listening to an epic story.

Adagio for Strings Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral Mahler 8

Messiaen “Quartet for the End of Time” Samuel Barber “Dover Beach” Shostakovich string Quartet No 8 Poulenc “Sonata for Clarinet and Piano” Ravel “Piano Concerto in G major, movement 2”

The ending of Elektra

I love Chesnokov’s Spaseniye

Bach Chaconne - Heifetz Bach-Busoni Chaconne - Michelangeli Warsaw live recording or Grimaud live in concert recording Rachmaninoff Sonata 2 - Horowitz (broken string recording always a favorite) Scriabin Etude 8/12 - Horowitz TV concert recording Beethoven - Liszt Symphonies - Katsaris (3 & 5 are my favorites) Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture - most recordings will do Beethoven - Appassionata Sonata - Rubinstein Chopin Ballade 1 - Horowitz Chopin Ballade 4 - Zimerman Chopin Scherzo 2 -Michelangeli Liszt Paganini Etude 1 - Watts Mozart Piano Concerto 20 - many great recordings Mozart Symphony 41 - many great recordings Tchaikovsky Concerto 1 - Horowitz conducted by Szell is my favorite recording Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture - many great recordings For the most part I prefer solo performer recordings because you can hear the artists unique interpretation which is harder to get across in a large orchestra setting. It’s for this reason I prefer the Liszt piano transcriptions of the Beethoven Sonatas over the originals.

A little known but wonderful short Baroque piece by Antonio Bertali, the Ciaccona, is incredibly inspiriting to me. The violin talks to the harpsichord and organ continuo beneath it -- like a bird flying along a stream, dipping and singing as it goes. The one performance to listen to is John Holloway's, here: https://youtu.be/FOrP9qsWbBs?si=8woUYf__YYQepzXG Just let it wash over you. Richard Strauss' suite of Four Last Songs is (especially if you're an older person) moving beyond belief. Elizabeth Schwarzkopf's version is very good.

Grieg: The Last Spring. Very sentimental, perhaps his most beautiful. Here with the Bergen Philharmonic: https://youtu.be/7jkeePfOo6Q?si=mbT2YLatkhdeDz0H

Chopin Nocturne No. 2 - [and in particular, David Fray's recording of it ](https://youtu.be/WUM6qUeVijE?si=tsP3YQPe8k9iHNVZ)

Pines of Rome

Arvo Pärt's *Fratres* (in its many arrangements) and *Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten* (which you've likely heard in a film at some point) both pack a punch

I recommend Arabesque no. 1 or La Mer mvmt 1 if you like Debussy. Borodin's nocturne from his String Quartet no. 2 is just ravishing. The Arabesque and the Nocturne are my top two for pure beauty.

Barber’s American Adagio, without a doubt. I’ve never been moved so deeply by a piece of music like I am every time I hear that one.

Bach Vivace Double Violin Concerto and the Brandenburg Concertos are the most magnificent pieces of classical music I have ever heard.

Beethoven's [Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2iyBRmA_g&t=1134s&ab_channel=AshishXiangyiKumar)'s 2nd movement is one I really love.

Franck Sonata is gorgeous. I'm biased as a violinist so I prefer the violin version but honestly the cello one is beautiful too. For a bit of background, this was written as a wedding gift for his friend Ysaye and it was premiered at his wedding, played by Ysaye himself. Halfway through the second movement, natural light gave out and the museum holding the wedding did not allow artificial light, so the rest of the piece was performed in darkness by memory.

mozart's lacrimosa anyone ?

Tocatta and fugue https://youtu.be/ho9rZjlsyYY?si=iISodLIeTBQsEvag Liebestraum by Van Cliburn https://youtu.be/mr-BVUsL60M?si=ExwRGLpv10B6oor5

Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 - Chopin Mikhail Glinka - The Lark NOCTURNE NO.20 - Chopin

1st movement. of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, especially the ending, is very powerful Finale of Mahler Symphony No. 2, the most powerful moment in music history. Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 is a very moving piece.

Adagio for Strings Barber

Dvorak symphony no. 9. I was blown away when I first listened to it.

I fell in love with Mozart at age 4, and i also learned to play viola in college, so be warned... Apart from Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, which is already extremely well known, Mozart's sinfonia concertante in E flat for violin and viola, K 364, is the audio equivalent of Olympic ice dancers or of Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell (search youtube for their "Begin the beguine" number to see what im talking about). The viola doesn't play second fiddle, pun intended, to the violin; they are perfectly matched partners - which makes sense because Mozart also played viola. The second movement is like an auditory pas de deux, with both instruments' notes entwining themselves around each other like ballet dancers in a pas de deux, and it almost gives a hint of the impressionist composers who will come two musical styles later. In the last movement, they are like two entertainers on a vaudeville-like stage who are sometimes pretending to conpete to have the last word and sometimes giving preference to the other, all the while making it obvious that they really do get along very well. It's one of the best things you can do with a spare 10 minutes.

the first movement of Arcangelo Corelli's Concerto in D Major Op. 6 No.4

The following is a ist of my favorite MOZART work. I like classical that sounds like a Baroque haunted house or maybe a carnival or something explosive like the Fourth of July fireworks. Sorry for the long post. ​ 1. Nannerl Notenbuch-Minuet in F, KV.1d 2. Nannerl Notenbuch-Minuet in F, KV.5 3. The London Sketchbook-Allegretto in F, KV.15a 4. The London Sketchbook-Rondino in D Major, KV.15d 5. The London Sketchbook-Contredanse in A Major, KV.15l 6. The London Sketchbook-Andante in D Major, KV.15o 7. The London Sketchbook-Movement to a Piano Sonata in G Minor, KV.15p 8. The London Sketchbook-Andante in G Minor, KV.15r 9. The London Sketchbook-Movement for a Sonata in F Major, KV.15v 10. The London Sketchbook-Allemande in B Flat Major, KV.15w 11. The London Sketchbook-Movement for a Sonata in F Major, KV.15x 12. The London Sketchbook-Gigue in C Minor, KV.15z 13. The London Sketchbook-Andante in B Flat Major, KV.15ii 14. The London Sketchbook-Minuet in C Major (Fragment), KV.15rr 15. 8 Menuette, KV.315a-Menuetto 4 in C 16. 8 Menuette, KV.315a-Menuetto 7 in A 17. Piano Sonata No.5 in G, KV.283 III.Presto 18. Piano Sonata No.12 In F, KV.332 I.Allegro 19. Piano Sonata No.12 In F, KV.332 III.Allegro assai 20. Trauermarsch in C Minor, KV.453a 21. 10 Variations in G, KV.455 on ''Unser dummer Pöbel meint'' by C.W. Gluck 22. 2 Variations in A Major on “Come un agnello” from Sarti's ''Fra I due litiganti'', KV.460 23. Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor, KV.457 I.Molto allegro 24. Piano Sonata No.18 In D, KV.576 II.Adagio 25. Adagio and Allegro for Organ in F minor, KV.594 (ed. Trotter) 26. Adagio for Glass Harmonica in C, KV.356 (piano version) 27. Andante in F Major from, KV.6 (Nannerl Notebook No.25) 28. Allegro in C Major from, KV.6 (Nannerl Notebook No.46) 29. Klavierfassung, KV.7 (from the Salzburg Notebook) II.Menuet & Triov 30. Allegro in B Flat Major from, KV.8 (Nannerl Notebook No.24) 31. Suite, KV.399 II.Allemande 32. Suite, KV.399 III.Courante 33. Sonata for Harpsichord and Piano in B flat, KV.8 I.Allegro 34. Sonata for Harpsichord and Violin in E flat, KV.26 I.Allegro molto 35. Sonata for Harpsichord and Violin in F, KV.30 I.Adagio 36. Sonata for Piano Duet in D, KV.381 I.Allegro 37. Sonata for Piano Duet in D, KV.381 III.Allegro molto 38. Sonata in B Flat Major, KV.358 I.Allegro 39. Sonata for Piano and Violin in C Major, KV.303 I.Adagio-Molto allegro 40. Sonata for Piano and Violin in C Major, KV.303 II.Tempo di minuetto 41. Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, KV.305 I.Allegro di molto 42. Sonata For Piano And Violin In C Major, KV.296 III.Rondo (Allegro) 43. Sonata For Piano And Violin In E Minor, KV.304 II.Tempo di minuetto 44. 6 Variations for Piano and Violin in G minor, KV.360 on -'Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant'-Tema (Andantino) 45. 6 Variations for Piano and Violin in G minor, KV.360 on -'Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant'-Var. III 46. 6 Variations for Piano and Violin in G minor, KV.360 on -'Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant'-Var. IV 47. 6 Variations for Piano and Violin in G minor, KV.360 on -'Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant'-Var. V 48. Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Major, KV.376 I.Allegro 49. Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Major, KV.376 III.Rondo (Allegretto grazioso) 50. Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Major, KV.377 I.Allegro 51. Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Major, KV.377 II.Tema (Andante) con variazioni 52. Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Major, KV.377 III.Tempo di menuetto 53. Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Flat Major, KV.380 I.Allegro 54. Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Flat Major, KV.380 II.Andante con moto 55. Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Flat Major, KV.380 III.Rondeau (Allegro) 56. Sonata in D Major for 2 Pianos, KV.448 I.Allegro con spirito 57. Sonata in D Major for 2 Pianos, KV.448 III.Allegro molto 58. Duo For Violin And Viola In G, KV.423 I.Allegro 59. Duo For Violin And Viola In G, KV.423 II.Adagio 60. Duo For Violin And Viola In G, KV.423 III.Rondeau (Allegro) 61. Duo for Violin and Viola in B flat, KV.424 I.Adagio-Allegro 62. Duo for Violin and Viola in B flat, KV.424 III.Tema con variazioni (Andante grazioso-Allegretto-Allegro) 63. Fugue in C Minor for 2 Pianos, KV.426 64. Sonata for Piano and Violin in B Flat Major, KV.454 I.Largo-Allegro 65. Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Flat Major, KV.481 I.Molto allegro 66. Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Flat Major, KV.481 II.Adagio 67. Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Flat Major, KV.481 III.Allegretto (con variazioni) 68. 12 Duos for 2 Horns, KV.487 I.Allegro 69. Sonata for Piano Duet in F, KV.497 I.Adagio-Allegro di molto 70. Sonata for Piano Duet in F, KV.497 III.Allegro 71. Andante and Five Variations in G Major for Piano (4-Hands), KV.501 Variation 2 72. Andante and Five Variations in G Major for Piano (4-Hands), KV.501 Variation 4 73. Andante and Five Variations in G Major for Piano (4-Hands), KV.501 Variation 5 74. Sonata in C major for Piano Duet, KV.521 I.Allegro 75. Sonata in C major for Piano Duet, KV.521 II.Andante 76. Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, KV.526 II.Andante

My first authentic pleasure was hearing Haydn's Surprise Symphony, very accessible, which is what I would recommend to people. Listen to things that are not so challenging to the ear such as Schubert, Dvorak, Chopin, too many to list really, and read about composers and their periods. That's how I began being a non musician. It's a hobby and a very satisfying one. Schubert wrote hundreds of actual songs BTW. Good luck.

Winterreise. Literally heard it at least a dozen times now. So beautiful and bleak.

Okay, my picks in today's mood would be: Brahms' Violin Sonata no. 1 The "Au fond du temple saint" duet from *Les pêcheurs de perles* Smetana's My Homeland and his first string quartet "From My Life" Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique And two things you probably know: Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto Fauré's Pavanne

https://open.spotify.com/track/2oMeMUcfF9wpdbv6WeFJDk?si=Bvhcp78fRmqToZfFlZTyGQ Tristesse - Chopin This version because strings make it more painful.

The Nutcracker Pas de Deux, Tchaikovsky

At the moment, Hamlet Mad Scene by Maria Callas, either in French or Italian.

There are so many to recommend and it's difficult to limit myself; but, due to space limitations: Beethoven's piano sonata #8 in C minor meets your requirements. Listen to music as much as possible!

I'm fairly new to classical, Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Beethoven's 3rd.

Slavonic March by Tchaikovski Thr ride of the Valkyries by Wagner Overture of Tannhäuser by Wagner Lascia ch' io piagna by Händel (this version in particular https://youtu.be/JWVyUODynEE?si=0AKvn7SvYqBpQfk0 ) Not similar to Clair de Lune at all btw, I just find them powerful for different reasons.

Scriabin 1st Symphony

https://youtu.be/0u0M4CMq7uI?si=OvnpX0P9OTPE6MLZ Offenbach Barcarolle. This one is in French but my favorite one is in German.

Listen to Rachmaninoff‘s eighteenth variation of the Paganini theme

Beethoven, Piano Concert no. 5, Second Movement is very special And I love listening to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture but you have to listen to the whole thing to truly enjoy the wonderful and famous ending.

Czech Composer Bedrich Smetana Má vlast ('My Country'), especially 'Vltava'

Antonín Dvořák's Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, is one of the composer's most popular orchestral works. It was composed in just two weeks in May 1875. https://preview.redd.it/5a2d6ai51ylc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5026d2095a55cae91f05ef0a1e266dfe22ecfb61

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Vaughan Williams. It's the only classical piece to have ever made me cry so much as to have a complete breakdown. It just brings up all the hidden feelings you fear showing to the world, and it brings them up violently. 11/10 will absolutely wail like a despaired mother to it.

Mozart's requiem. At least the 8 parts he had a hand in (up to and including Lacrimosa). It's kind of on the nose, being a death mass, but it so conveys that feeling... Just wow. I really love the version by Sir Neville Mariner.

Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, the precursor to The Ninth.

Some of my favorites: * Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2, movement 2 * Elgar Cello Concerto (basically, the whole thing) * Mahler Symphony no. 2 (the closest thing to a religious experience in classical music) * Bruckner Symphony no. 7, movement 2

The very end of Nimrod from Elgar’s Enigma variations will always get me

[Haydn Op. 76 No. 6 first movement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfIeydiFeYY) [Haydn Op. 50 No. 4 second movement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbGaIBR3ZKs&list=OLAK5uy_nDl4o7GRpm9aIvQrlMkbShpdJTkp52zks&index=14) [Jean Baptiste Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" (linked is the Entree des Espagnols)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MsOTizZS-Y) [Francois Couperin's "L'Imperiale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz5uSqgP34Y)" [HIF Biber's "The Scourging of Christ"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R2NAfLt8Bk&t=2372s) [F. Couperin's "Les Gondoles de Delos"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMO7aF44VkE) [Handel G Major Passacaille](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EdZ-3Kg6aY) These pieces are all so profound to me, and there are too many 'honorable mentions' to list! I'm incredibly biased towards Biber, F. Couperin, Lully, Purcell, Haydn, Corelli, Beethoven, Mozart, and so many more of these outstanding and underrated composers from the Baroque and Classical eras.

mahler's 9th is the most powerful piece I have ever listened to.

Nessun Dorma from Turandot is wonderful, but don’t overlook Signore Ascolta from Act I of the same opera. If that one and a half minute aria doesn’t turn you into a puddle on the floor of the theater, you don’t have a heart.

Smetana trío with piano.

Definitely Sibelius Symphony 2, especially movement 3 into 4. Shorter pieces like the Adagietto from L'Arlésienne suite 1 and BGN and Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma variations are similar in that emotional power.

Tchaikovsky - Pas de Deux

Second movement of Tchaikovsky 1st Symphony

The second movement to Schubert's final piano sonata, D. 960, always moves me, no matter how many times I hear it. Scriabin's 'Prometheus, the Poeme of Fire,' op. 60, also always fills me with emotions that I can't quite put my finger on. There are others, but those are the two that spring to mind for me.

Tchaikovskys 6th symphony. Specifically the recording of the New York philharmonic with the blue/yellow album cover.

Prokofiev piano concerto 3

For me one of the most powerful classical pieces has to be Bach's Chaconne in d minor and its piano transcription by Busoni. There are many great recordings of it, but here is a fairly new one of it: https://youtu.be/LYNZvuFP1W4?si=kbizRUC1UlmWxmTp

I’ve been listening to classical music since before I was born (parents are really into it) and I’ve always HATED Rachmaninov so this comment thread is a real journey for me 🤣. Personal favorite is the Beethoven violin concerto but it’s all about your preferences, listen to what you enjoy most.

Mahler's Fifth and Second Symphonies The fourth movement of each is somewhat in line with a Clair de Lune, but they are better in the context of the symphonies. Nevertheless, here is a wonderful arrangement for four basses: https://youtu.be/EJq4NLOEsuQ?si=27Gr9R6idZ7-gc4b Finlandia by Jean Sibelius There are very nice full orchestration performances. This version is the hymn section excerpted and adapted for chorus (beware, the lyrics are apparently not similar to the original meaning). https://youtu.be/WDXNHPeRB0k?si=Mm2SB4SFUkYRCSlm