concerto slow movement

[Kapellmeister27]

what do you think is the most beautiful slow movement in a piano concerto.

my vote: Rach 2

[SteinwayTony]

Great idea for a thread.  I'm very passionate about slow movements.  Brahms said that from a compositional standpoint, the most difficult thing to write is a long adagio.

Rach 2 is one of the best in the repertory.  That is for sure.  Other greats in my book are Beethoven 4 (as short as it is), Grieg, Litolff 4 (best known for the virtuosic scherzo movement), Chopin 1 and 2, and most of the Mozart concertos.

[shasta]

Chopin's E minor
Saint-Saens's 5th

[abe]

I really like Rach 3 slow movement. There are others, but that stands out. It rivals the Rach 2 slow movement, IMO.

[sharon_f]

Beethoven 5th

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

There are just too many to choose!

Rach 2, 3
Chopin E Minor
Beethoven 5 - Emperor

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

Hmm, everything I've mentioned has already been said...

[Troldhaugen]

Grieg A minor

[anda]

khatchaturian!

[musik_man]

Beethoven 5
Brahms 2 (esp the opening cello bit)

[donjuan]

I fourth Beethoven's 5th

[fnork]

khatchaturian!

Absolutely! I love the whole concerto, but the 2nd movement is so perfect after the quite violent (at times) first movement. It really speaks to me.


His violin concerto has a really good slow movement too. Although I like the faster movements even better

[Etude]

Ravel's G major Piano Concerto wins the title IMO.  Especially when the flute solo comes in after the long piano section.

Closely followed by Rach 2, then Rach 4.  I don't think the third concerto is one of the most beautiful really, because it opens so melancholic.

[senecalakeguy]

there really are so many that are beautiful...

i have been swept away lately by the Shostakovich No. 2

[steinwayguy]

Mozart 23, Rachmaninoff 2, Bartok 3, Ravel, both Chopin, Beethoven 4 and 5 (and 2 isn't so bad either) are the ones that immediately come to mind...

[anda]

Ravel's G major Piano Concerto wins the title IMO.  Especially when the flute solo comes in after the long piano section.

of course, how could i forget about this one! i love especially the "long" piano solo introduction.

[ravel]

ravel , grieg, rach 1,2,3,4, hehe, prokofiev 1, 4,5  ( his other concertos as you know dont really have any "slow" movements as such, they have slow sections , though, ),
khachaturian, shostakovich 2,chopin both concertos,   are SOME  of the greatest concerto slow movements

[pianopoet]

Here I gotta give my humble opinion. I think that Dvorak's piano concerto slow mvt is sublime. As is Scriabin's. Something that has always put me off Rach2 slow mvt (eben though im learning it) is performers habit of slowing down at the end of each bar! how trivial?! anyway, Saint Saens 1 slow mvt is also nice

[e60m5]

Chopin E Minor
Chopin F Minor

[Pumpkinhead]

Couldn't agree more on the Shostakovich 2, my personal favorite!

[theodopolis]

My vote must be for the Grieg.

That first ornament in the theme is the most ecstatic moment in the piano concerto repertoire, in my opinion.

Thanks
Theodopolis

[klavierkonzerte]

rach 3, i LOVE the valse like part around the end of it
litolff4
beethoven 4,the slow movment is one of the greatest orchestral works ever written.
beethoven 5
hummel A minor and B minor