I find neither piece depressing (and I take it you mean just the 1st movement of the sonata).

 

And Adagio in G minor is even more depressing than Moonlight Sonata.

I'd say that Adagio in G minor > Moonight Sonata > Chopin's Nocture No 20

The least depression one of all is Chopin's Nocturne No 20.

 

Are you sure you mean 'depressing' as in making one sad or down. That wasn't the intent of the composers (to make one depressed).

 

I think Chopin's Prelude in C minor is sadder than any of his nocturnes.



How do you know that? If a composer writes to please, well, there's a great deal of pleasure in sadness and depression.

 

I'd say the OP's state of mind and inebriation has something to do with it.

 

How could they possibly depress you when you stated that you were already depressed before listening to them? Perhaps they are a different experience when you are sober, and the world takes on a brighter more serene color when you are not drinking. There are AA meetings in Turkey. Best wishes.

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Neither is more depressing than this piece:

Of course, if you insist on listening to sad music while depressed, may I suggest Tom Lehrer's Masochism Tango!

 

Neither is more depressing than this piece:

To be fair it's a good movement from an otherwise rather dull symphony.

 

The only music that is truly depressing is that written half-heartedly for money alone. And then, the music itself is hardly as depressing as the composer. Alas ....

 

I suppose the composer should have kept silent and simply starved to death, without bothering us with his/her efforts to survive. Do I have that right?

 

I challenge anyone to find a work more depressing than this:

 

I hear this in an entirely different and positive light. "He is alone in his heaven... and in his love." This is not a song of sadness and there's an unmistakable sense of peace and calm that underlies it... He's simply lost to the tumult of the world and being "alone" is not the same as being cut-off from others or isolated as another possible misinterpretation. He's completely at peace with himself and the music arises out of a serenity that can be heard in so many of his other works, including the slow movements of his symphonies. Let's not anyone project something onto the composer that has nothing to do with the poem or the peaceful calm of this lovely setting. There's no complaint in it. Being "dead to the world" means being detached and unconcerned about the world, and actually, it sounds like he's enjoying himself and the peacefulness of the moment.

 

I find the Moonlight Sonata pretty depressing too, it makes me want to hurt myself. Onother sad/depressive piece is
Bach - Komm, süsser Tod (Come, Sweet Death)

I find Mahler : " What love tells me" quite depressive too. It is probably supposed to sound beautiful, but I hear there a resignation and mourning over all things lost

 

I agree there's no depression in this music.

 

The only depressing music I know is music that I do not like.