Can you give me some names of inspiring or melancholy classical music songs?

Question

No happy stuff... It's not that I'm a depressing kind of guy, I just think that sad and inspiring songs are the best.

Answer 1

Try Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, especially the 2nd movement. It's so depressing, it's been known to drive people to suicide. :P

Other good ones are Barber's Adagio, Brahm's Symphony No. 3 2nd movement, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Rimsky Korsakov's Song of India, Philip Glass's Violin Concert 2nd movement...

Answer 2

Barber's Adagio for Strings is probably the best I can come up with. For those unfamiliar with American composers, it is most often identified as "that sad song you always hear in the movies" (ex. "Platoon"). Personally, I've found it hard to get past both the natural and cinematic associations when listening to it. And I don't know anyone who doesn't have the same response to the music.

Another favorite is Brahms's Ballade in D Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 for piano. He borrowed a popular song with rather disturbing lyrics, a Q&A between mother and son that begins with "why are you holding a bloody knife in your hand?"

And since you've got me going, check out Charles Ives' Orchestral Set #2, the movement entitled "From Hanover Square North..." -- basically his impressions of New Yorkers on the street in the financial district as they learned of the sinking of the Lusitania and the blow to civilization, as well as the human spirit that will survive.

Answer 3

Wonderful answers so far!
I love Barber's Adagio for Strings and
also Tchaikowsky's Melancholy Serenade.
It has a lovely vioin part.

Answer 4

Bach - Partita per violino solo No. 2 in Re minore - BWV 1004 - V. Ciaccona

Vivaldi_ mandolin Concerto in G Major.....Adagio part I think

Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor, Op.72, No.2'Dumka' (Allegretto Grazioso)

Vivaldi, Antonio-Concerto, for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D Minor (L'estro armonico No. 11), Op. 3-11, RV 565........Adagio part I think

Vivaldi, Antonio-Concerto For Violin, Strings And Harpsichord in E Major, RV 256- Andante

Vivaldi, Antonio-Concerto for Strings and Harpsichord in C-major, RV-116, Andante

Vivaldi - RV 401 Cello Concerto in C minor - 2 Adagio - 08 -

Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor (or for 2 oboes & organ or for violin) Adagio...........................This is a really good one

Johann Sebastian Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 In D Minor (Or For 2 Oboes & Organ Or For Violin) BWV 1052_ Adagio

Glenn Gould - Harpsicord -Bach- The Art of the Fugue- VII

Glenn Gould Bach- Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording) 26 Variation 25.................................................................GOLDBERG VARIATIONS ROCK!

Glenn Gould Bach- Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording) 22 Variatio 21

Glenn Gould Bach- Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording) 16 Variatio 15

Glenn Gould Bach- Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording) 01 Aria.........This has much hidden meaning for me although it is not sad.

08 Kinderszenen Op15 1 Von fremden Landern und Menschen...Shumann...It is not sad but it makes me melancholy.

Answer 5

The second movements of Beethoven's 3rd and 7th symphonies are gorgeous, as is the second movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony. Also try Ravel's piano trio in a minor, and Barber's "Agnus Dei."

Answer 6

One of my personal favorites is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

Answer 7

I agree with "Moonlight Sonata"! I would also recommend Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1. I always cry!!!

Answer 8

Inspiring: Beethoven's 3rd, 6th, and 9th symphonies
Tchaikovsky's 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th

Answer 9

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Answer 10

bach's air on g string.. one of the saddest classical music ive ever heard...