The most beautiful melody ever...

[eddie92099]

I think it is the second subject from Ravel's Piano Concerto for the left hand. You?
Ed

[arcadi]

too many beautiful melodies - personal favourites: schubert gflat minor impromptu, shostak. 2nd movement from piano concerto, aria from goldbergs

[eddie92099]

schubert gflat minor

Major,
Ed

[dj]

wow what a question! i personally like the middle portion of rachmaninoff's g minor prelude op 23 no 5, but as arcadi put it, there r too many beautiful melodies out there.

[amp]

For me it is the melody from Liszt: Sonetto del Petrarca 104, especially (about a page in) when the melody is in a high register and the left hand plays the slow runs.

[dreamaurora]

I have many favourites beautiful melody , both from piano and other instruments.

For Piano :
- Faure's Barcarolle no 1, middle section, simply magical
- Faure's Romanse Sans Paroles no 3
- Ravel's Menuet from Le tombeau de Couperin
- Beethoven Emperor Concerto 2nd movement
- Rachamaninov 18th Paganini Variation
- Rachamaninov's Melodie
- Ginastera's Danzas Argentinas No 2
- Albeniz's Lavapies from Suite Iberia
- Prokofiev's Prelude from Suite op 10
- Ravel's Piano Concerto 2nd movement, the oboe melody in the middle of the movement

Non Piano :
- Barber Violin Concerto 2nd movement, the first theme sung by the oboe and later repeated by the violin near the end of the movement.
- Micaela's Aria from Carmen, first theme.
- Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, the haunting melody played by oboe.
- Faure's Romance op 69 for Cello and Piano
- Faure's In Paradisum from his Requiem, first theme

[johnreef]

Favorite melodies:

The 'cello solo from the third movement of Brahms's 2nd piano concerto.
A bass aria from the end of Bach's St. Matthew's Passion.
I cant think of any others right now.

John

[lobo]

Brahms  Intermezzi Opus 118 in A major

[xenon]

The Dies Irae Chant

[johnreef]

The opening of the concerto is great, but not a melody I would put into my "beautiful" category...I would consider it more "powerful."

John

[inkiepoo]

I love many pieces but some of my favorites are:

Faure: Pavane
Chopin: Nocturne in F Minor (Op. 55 #1)
Rachmaninoff: Concerto #2

Many more too but can't remember them all.

Inki

[Rach3]

I am currently intoxicated with the second movement of Rach 3. Also the other two.

All of the Schubert impromptus, as well as his op. 94 and the Bb sonata, and other stuff too, the unfinished symphony andante also.

Rach's 2nd also. And the 18th (?) Paganini variation. 2nd and 3rd pieces of Schumann's Humoreske, and the closing one. Second movement of Liszt Eb concerto. Brahms  F minor quintet movements 4, 2, 3, 1 in no particular order. All of Brahms, including his 1st symphony and other symphonies and Mahler's 2nd (esp. 5th movement) and the Academic Festival overture and Liszt Dante fantasy and his petrarch sonnett 104 and Beethoven symphony 7 mov. 3 and symphony 6 and 2nd movement of Prokofiev's 6th and the 1st of the 9th and the... et cetera.

[eddie92099]

Brahms  F minor quintet movements 4, 2, 3, 1 in no particular order.

My favourite 19th Century chamber work. Which recording do you have?
Ed

[pianojems]

Rachmaninov's vocalise is to dye for

[allchopin]

Brahms  Intermezzi Opus 118 in A major

Indeed.

[bitus]

Speaking of Eastern Europe, I love all Rimsky-Korsakov's choral stuff, as well as Rachmaninoff's "Bogoroditse Devo". If you really want beautiful melodies, try out the russian liturgies... their harmonies are completly different from the western ones that we are used to.
I love 2nd mov. - Grieg A minor piano concerto.
Bitus.

[Noah]

try out the russian liturgies... their harmonies are completly different from the western ones that we are used to.

I agree, last year we sung Rachmaninov's Vespers and it has the most wonderful melodies and harmonies.
Otherwise, the second part of the Sinfonia in Bach's Partita n.2, the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto n.23 in A K.488, Schubert's Symphony n.8 first movement, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto n.1 2nd movement, and his Violin Concerto's 2nd movement, Ravel Violin Sonata, 1st movement, Debussy Violin Sonata, Franck Violin Sonata last movement, Bartok's Piano Concerto n.3 2nd movement, Chopin's Piano Concertos 1st movements, etc

[guven]

shostak. 2nd movement from piano concerto

Which concerto ?

[eddie92099]

Which concerto ?

An educated guess would be the second,
Ed

[guven]

I love both 2nds

[Daevren]

Most beautiful melody? I guess the melodies in the intro of Shawn Lane's "Trois Sept Cinq".

But there are too many.

[cginoodles]

Schubert Impromptu Op. 94 no 2 in Gflat major

[Emma]

I love the single note melody on the last page of Chopin's Fantasie in F minor, op 49.

[Gambit]

Mendelssohn:  Song without word Op 19-1
Chopin: Nocturne in C# minor Op posthumo

[Rob47]

Rachmaninov 2nd concerto (especially the first movement...especially the cziffra recording)

Other's include chopin conerto 1, second movemetn......the funeral march at the end of scriabin sonata 1....( definitely the rest of the sonata too tho)
Bach air on the g string...listz vallee d'obermann... that vivaldi cello duo....the tri tone in danse macabre(just joking)...
many others
Rob

[rohansahai]

Schubert's Litanei is my favorite! Beautiful and beautiful and....................!!!! I've got a performance of it by Sofronitsky. If anyone wants it, send me a message.

[comme_le_vent]

paul mccartney.... hey jude and yesterday  

[comme_le_vent]

oh....and the verse melody from buddy holly by weezer......bootiful!!  

[Rob47]

one more vote for bach air on g string

come on...no one mentioned that.

[Ecthelion]

There are just too many beautiful melodies!!! I really like the rach 2, schumann the 1. mvt of the concerto, emperor some melodies of the first and the second part, tschaikovsky 1. , ...


regards, Ecthelion

[dianna]

My favorite is Ceaikowsky 6th simphony,slow theme from first part,of course some other,but these is for long time and I still like it nometter how much i listen it.Actually i like it more and more:)

[dianna]

My favorite is Ceaikowsky 6th simphony,slow theme from first part,of course some other,but these is for long time and I still like it nometter how much i listen it.Actually i like it more and more:)

[scriabinsmyman]

chopin, nocturne op posth

[sagenwc]

There are indeed a lot of beautiful melodies.

The two most recent ones:

Dvorak: Quintet Op. 81, second movement (Dumka)
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar: 2nd movement, Adagio

I have many more, but no point putting them all here since some are mentioned already.

[bitus]

Schubert impromptu in Gb.

[zhiliang]

For me, they are,

1. Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 theme 1st movement
2. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 1st & 2nd movement
3. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 2nd movement
4. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
5. Volodo's transcription of Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata Andante
6. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 3rd movement "Cello Solo"
7. Rachmaninoff Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini 18th variation
8. Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622
9. Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 2nd movement
10. Faure Romance Sans Paroles No. 3
11. Grieg Piano Concerto 2nd movement
12. Beethoven Pathetique Sonata 2nd movement
13. Chopin Nocturnes Op 9. No. 1
14. Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No. 6
15. Mahler 5th Symphony 3rd movement
16. Massenet Thais Meditation
17. Dvorak Humoresques for Piano, Op. 101/B 187: no 7
18. Soundtracks of Hans Zimmer  

Regards,

Zhiliang

[srdabney]

#1 ... "Nessum Dorma" - Turandot (Puccini)

Puccini rocks.

[Ecthelion]

Hm I forgot the very beautiful melody from the Beethoven Sonata op. 111:  the 2.Mvt. (Arietta)!!!

regards, Ecthelion

[zhiliang]

I want to add the Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony 2nd movement.

Zhiliang

[apion]

I have many favourites beautiful melody , both from piano and other instruments.

- Beethoven Emperor Concerto 2nd movement
- Rachamaninov 18th Paganini Variation
- Ravel's Piano Concerto 2nd movement, the oboe melody in the middle of the movement

I would add Mozart's PC 21, 2nd mvt; Brahms PC #2 3rd mvt.

[musicsdarkangel]

Rachmaninoff - theme from concerto no 2 (first theme)
Rachmaninoff - i'm not kidding, but for me, pretty much every theme
Rachmaninoff - 18th variations of Rhapsody on a theme by Pagannini
Rachmaninoff - 2nd movement of sonata no 2
Brahms - violin sonata (piano accomp.) in d minor, 1st movement
Barber - violin concerto
Prokofiev - violin concerto no 2
Bartok - Romanian dances for violin, no 4 (WOW)
Mendelssohn - violin concerto
for pure coolness - Prok's 3rd PC movement 3 melody
Mozart - PC k 466 no 21 in d minor, movement 1 opening theme.
Liszt - La Campanella
Rachmaninoff- op 23 no 7 prelude
Dvorak - piano trio in f minor, movement 2 (awesome)

[Selim]

Liszt said to Chopin that if he could he would have taken 4years to write a melody like op10N°3...

[iceman]

Rach pag var 18
Chopin ballade no 1
Chopin ballade no 4
Chopin nocturne in e minor
Rach 2
Tchaik 1
Beethoven Op 90 esp 2nd mvt
Liszt E flat
Schumann concerto
Chopin Sonata no 3
Chopin piano concerto the main theme and somewhere around the 18th minute of the first mvt

not piano
Grieg suite for strings esp the slow air
The Butterfly Lover's Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Sibelius Violin Concerto

the list goes on and on

[Selim]

not piano: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

[mlsmithz]

Entirely too many to choose from, but just to name a few:

Mozart: Concerto K.467, second movement (even if it's been nearly done to death)
Beethoven: 'Emperor' concerto, second movement; Op.109, first movement
Chopin: Concerto No.1, second movement; Etude, Op.10 No.3; Nocturne, Op.15 No.1 and Op.48 No.1; Berceuse; Barcarolle
Liszt: Transcendental Etude No.3, 'Paysage'
Brahms: Concerto No.2, third movement, and also the re-appearance about five minutes into the first movement of the orchestral entrance from the introduction
Grieg: Concerto in A minor, second movement and F major interlude in finale
Lyapunov: Transcendental Etude No.5, 'Nuit d'ete'
Debussy: 'Jimbo's Lullaby' from Children's Corner; 'Reflets dans l'eau' from Images I; 'Et la lune descend sur la temple qui fut' from Images II; Reverie; Ballade in F major
Faure: Barcarolle No.6, Op.70
Rachmaninov: Sonata No.2, second movement
Bartok: Concerto No.3, second movement
Shostakovich: Concerto No.2, second movement; Preludes Op.34, No.22 and No.23; Op.87, preludes in D major, F minor, C minor, F major, fugues in B-flat minor, F minor.

Not for piano: again, too many to choose, but the slow movement of the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 ranks high on the list, as does the finale of the Mahler Symphony No.4 and the Adagietto from Symphony No.5, and the slow movement of the Rachmaninov Symphony No.2, and the slow movement of the Elgar violin concerto, and on and on and on....

[zemos]

Bartok - Romanian dances for violin, no 4 (WOW)

Indeed, it's beautiful, but it's for piano in the origin... (: the whole piece is beatiful, one of bartok's masterpieces!


My vote goes to the middle part of chopin's scherzo no. 2 in Bbm.

[Selim]

what about Dvorak's cello concerto, it has a wonderful theme.

[mlsmithz]

My vote goes to the middle part of chopin's scherzo no. 2 in Bbm.

Ah, yes, I forgot that one.  Somehow when I sit at the piano and decide to play the first thing that comes to mind, that's almost always what I choose (that or the D minor interlude from the Brahms B minor rhapsody, Op.79 No.1).  The first time I heard the scherzo done live (at an all-Chopin concert - sadly, I didn't know nearly as much Chopin then as I do now and hence didn't recognise any of the other pieces), I thought the soloist had moved on to a different piece when the A major section started.  Marvellous stuff.

[ako]

For Piano :
- Ravel's Menuet from Le tombeau de Couperin
- Rach's 18th Paganini Variation
- Rach 2 slow movement
- Ginastera's Danzas Argentinas No 2

Non-piano:
- Schumann's Widmung (voice)
- Berlioz's Le Spectre de la Rose (Voice)
- La Traviata Act I soprano aria "es strano...sempre libera" (voice)
- Corelli's La Folia (violin)

[rob47]

AIR on a damn G string