# Slow, quiet and sad. Classical recommendations

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 11, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-quiet-and-sad-classical-recommendations/660688 "2013-06-11T02:03:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
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C.P.E. Bach - [Cello Concerto in A major Wq. 172 – Mvt II](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlC4AIZ2CA0) (Largo con sordini)

Handel – [Sarabande](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAd3NpDi6Q)

Rachmaninoff [piano concerto #2, Mvt II](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znlUBaLH2zY)

Liszt [Concerto No. 2 in A major Mvt I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xfxoE9pN7o)

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**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-quiet-and-sad-classical-recommendations/660688/42 "2013-06-17T13:35:00Z")

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**Brahms** - _Clarinet Quintet_ - 1st movement ([[URL=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jdFz2AK6I”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jdFz2AK6I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwj_nAB3xI)).  
**Brahms** - _Intermezzo for piano op. 118/2_ - The middle section is heart-breaking ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iF4Rn2b4T8](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iF4Rn2b4T8)).  
**Brahms** - _Symphony n°3_ - 3rd movement ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERF45KiPOwI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERF45KiPOwI)).

**Schubert** - _Piano trio n°2_ - 2nd movement [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12xe2osfq1w](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12xe2osfq1w)).

**Dvorák** - _Piano quintet op. 81_ - 2nd movement ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlzwGy5gEAI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlzwGy5gEAI)).

**Debussy** - _Des Pas sur la Neige_.

And I’ll second **Barber** ’s _Adagio_.

Sure you don’t want voices? Because **Bach** ’s _Matthäus-Passion_ is stunning.

Opening chorus - _Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen_ ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6As1Pvz-mHs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6As1Pvz-mHs))  
Aria - _Erbarme dich_ ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBeXF\_lnj\_M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBeXF_lnj_M))  
Closing chorus - _Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder_ ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xzdBCA4c0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xzdBCA4c0))

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**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-quiet-and-sad-classical-recommendations/660688/43 "2013-06-17T14:36:46Z")

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Anything by Arvo Part, such as [Spiegel im Spiegel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8qg_0P9L6c) or [Fur Alina.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYXkunzWeSM)

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**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-quiet-and-sad-classical-recommendations/660688/44 "2013-06-17T15:00:34Z")

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Pergolesi - _Stabat Mater Dolorosa_

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**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-quiet-and-sad-classical-recommendations/660688/45 "2013-06-17T20:27:42Z")

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Dvorak - New World Symphony: Largo movement

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**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-quiet-and-sad-classical-recommendations/660688/46 "2013-06-17T21:27:43Z")

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Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E Flat - well known as the theme from Barry Lyndon and the Hunger.

Also the Swan Theme from Act II of Swan Lake - dark and used as background music in many classic horror films of the 1930s.

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