Slow, quiet and sad. Classical recommendations

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C.P.E. Bach - Cello Concerto in A major Wq. 172 – Mvt II (Largo con sordini)

Handel – Sarabande

Rachmaninoff piano concerto #2, Mvt II

Liszt Concerto No. 2 in A major Mvt I

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Brahms - Clarinet Quintet - 1st movement ([URL=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jdFz2AK6I”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jdFz2AK6I).
Brahms - Intermezzo for piano op. 118/2 - The middle section is heart-breaking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iF4Rn2b4T8).
Brahms - Symphony n°3 - 3rd movement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERF45KiPOwI).

Schubert - Piano trio n°2 - 2nd movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12xe2osfq1w).

Dvorák - Piano quintet op. 81 - 2nd movement (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)
Aria - Erbarme dich (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBeXF_lnj_M)
Closing chorus - Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xzdBCA4c0)

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Anything by Arvo Part, such as Spiegel im Spiegel or Fur Alina.

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Pergolesi - Stabat Mater Dolorosa

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Dvorak - New World Symphony: Largo movement

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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.