longing

[pjaul]

What are some of your favorite pieces that express the emotion of longing?  I know this is very subjective, but I've been feeling this emotion a lot lately so I am interested in anyone's and everyone's perspective.

[cluey]

Un Sospiro - Liszt.  The opening measures, gives a sense of yearning.

Nocturne in D Flat Major - Chopin

Bach's Prelude and Fugue no. 22 in B Flat Minor, book 1

[JCarey]

Godowsky -- "Yearning" from Four Poems

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Everything by Rachmaninoff.

[asiantraveller101]

Many of Schubert's music, especially his slow music and movements, encapsulates sehnsucht and in Chopin's music, especially his mazurkas, the Polish zal. One of my favorite by Schubert is the Grazer Fantaisie.
I discover recently that many of Benjamin Godard's works also contains a tinge of longing and bittersweet sadness.

[ale_ius]

[g_s_223]

If unrequited:

If requited, but absent:

[j_menz]

If unrequited:

Why leave it unrequited: