I haven't kept up with this thread, so if someone has already mentioned it bear with me. I have to add "Nimrod" from Elgar's Enigma Variations as a choice here, as well. It may not be from a symphony, but it is part of a larger work, hence my contribution.

Mahler's unfinished tenth: the adagio.

The first movement of Tchaikovsky's Sixth symphony.

Beethoven Op. 59 No. 1, Mvt. 3

Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony 2nd Movement
Shostakovich 5th Symphony 3rd Movement
Rachmaninoff 2nd Symphony 3rd Movement (cheesy, but lush!)

Beethovens 7th symphony 2nd movement.
Barber - adagio for strings

Howard Hanson - adagio from symph.2 (also end theme of Alien movie)
Mahler's 4th's adagio
Mahler's 3rd's adagio
Mahler's 6th's adagio
Mahler's 9th's adagio
Mahler's 10th's adagio
R.Strauss - Tod und Verklärung

2nd movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Shostakovich... simple and very effective...
2nd movement of the Barber piano concerto...
Adagio from the Concierto de Aranjuez...(Rodrigo)
Second movement of the Piano Concerto in F (Gershwin)
I love the second movement from the Piano Concerto of Khachaturian!

and finally... the second movement of Dvorak 9...

I have to add to my growing list the second movement of Shostakovich's cello concerto. It's among those extraordinarily haunting, atmospheric pieces of music that just doesn't let you go. And the transition to the cadenza is absolutely spellbinding, just magical.

the slow movement of the ravel piano concerto is also very very good

I thought I'd mentioned this before, but it must have been in some other thread. Anyway, one of the loveliest slow movements I know is the 3rd movement of Parry's second (Cambridge) symphony (though it may seem too treacly for some). This may not be the greatest symphony ever written, but by golly it is packed with tunes and is one of my personal favourites.

You can hear the first minute of the Andante 3rd movement here (click on the little yellow quaver next to track 3):
http://www.theclassicalshop.net/deta...er=CHAN%208961

Mahler - Symphony No.1 3.movement
Mahler - Symphony No.5 4.movement
Mahler - Symphony No.6 2. or 3. movement (depends on conductors choice but the one with the title andante moderato)
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3 2.movement (the fantasia in it is music worth living for)
Brahms - Symphony No.3 3. movement
Brahms - Symphony No.2 2. movement

My absoulte favourite-Beethoven - Symphony No.7 2.movement (I know it is marked allegretto,but Furtwangler takes it adagio and his interpretation is head and shoulders above any other i heard)

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 2.movement
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.20 2.movement
Shostakovich - Symphony No.8 1.movement (It is marked Adagio)
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.1 1.movement
Shostakovich - Symphony No.7 2.movement
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.2 2.movement
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 2.movement

I just love the slow movement of Shostakovich's fifth symphony. One of the most moving things I've heard from the great composer. Haunting.

the last movement( Adagio) to Tchaikovsky's 6th.

I always get goosebumps listening to it, so haunting and chilling yet beautiful. Especially when you put in the context of the movement that came before.

You can definetly feel the anguish and pain that Tchaikovsky was going through in his life.




Gosh, I love Tchaikovsky's 6th.

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I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.

I'm not going to read all 89 replies to see if anyone's mentioned the slow movement from Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (but I bet they have ), so I'm just going to stick in another good word for it.

FK