S-L-O-W music to accompany a slow computer...can you help?

Hi Hafwen,

I remember answering your previous question about our favourite "Prestissimo" pieces and this is upon getting your wireless fast connection system, and I'll be glad also of giving my favourite slow musical pieces.

You could have noticed my usual slow music list always provided to askers, including piano, violin and orchestral music, however I'll start with other wonderful slow pieces.

Bach : 2nd movement of his violin concerto in E major, 2nd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vto_49HEhlY&feature...

Mozart : Piano Concerto No. 14, 2nd movement :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLeiFIolDN8

Mozart : Violin Concerto No. 5, 2nd movement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3L025fGodk

Mozart : Symphony No. 39, 2nd movement :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6x-RVZqCLo

Beethoven : Piano Concerto No. 5, 2nd movement :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvaLDtf5JW8

Beethoven : Symphony No. 6, 2nd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCss1MOy68

Beethoven : Symphony No. 9, 3rd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKRM4VYEuuQ

Mendelssohn : Symphony No. 4, 2nd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIJ03DoUxXc

Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.2, 2nd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbwqZLNV6Oo&feature...

Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No. 2, 2nd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gesnsp4XOvo

Rachmaninov : Suite No.2 Op.17 for 2 Pianos - Romance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8QDnqG4VCQ

Grieg : Piano Concerto in A minor, 2nd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRg4-7faLg&feature...

Grieg : A Dream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufv8c4sw0lg

And here is my usual list of my favourite slow musical pieces.

-Piano Music

Liszt - Consolation No.3 in D Flat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpWirbkUjU4

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.05 'Heroide elegiaque'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrN4WJgOGPg

Liszt - Leibestraums 1 & 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RO4WBbEc18&feature...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sPxr539mts

Liszt - Cantique d'amour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6vG8a3eHXc

Liszt - Berceuse S.174b - R57b.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEQvD78yk4M

Liszt - Weihnachtsbaum Suite - Schlummerlied

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FthfiKmGkQU

Chopin - Andante Spianato.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxIwcDlxshE

Chopin - Nocturnes 1,2,8,10,14,19,21.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtjchP5NEt4&feature...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVb9998jeXI&feature...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK24pARhxZg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvwaS_tPmis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp6JtKZ-7Oc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaFNe85r72I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X30hh24okf4

Chopin - Berceuse in Des-Dur, op. 57.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkmJCNP5P3g&feature...

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata - 1st movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4b-PHPuwiM

Debussy - Clair De Lune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2XzoA94Zws

Debussy - Arabesque No. 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWpV7L4YHuU

Debussy - Reverie for Piano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5QAKup4jxM

Faure - Nocturnes 3, 4 & 6.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEIQ1TqKkx4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDjZYelHaRg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2GUjPC6Xtw

Henrique Oswald - Il neige

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0UjWoEXViw

Arensky - Suite No. 4 for 2 Pianos - The Dream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icYTDpx3yNg

Rachmaninov - Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 4, 6, 8, & 10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avu2l-iHgng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J60ufvbwaW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnLyzrHJx_I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2IeqQMXMJo

Schumann - Symphonic Etudes - Anhang variation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu9I9b4kXps

Tchaikovsky - The Seasons : April, June, December.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP-wNvwM95g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_NYMMzhAZs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cCpOSO9HJA

Tchaikovsky - Romance in F minor Op. 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QexcgZibuC0&feature...

Paderewsky - Melodie In G Flat Major

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZkbfALnRyU

Grieg - Lyric Pieces Op. 38 - 3.Melodie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7b1DBg6AbY&feature...

Erik Satie - Trois Gymnopédies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFRc6XoIjU4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM54ja7p86U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_w_lckqz8A

Isaac Albeniz - Tango in D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXz264HGqZY&feature...

-Orchestral Music :-

Albinoni – Adagio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNMwGXamT5o

Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D, BWV1068

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIRjRjwZfLw

Bizet - Carmen Suite No.1 – Intermezzo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e40ueVMHccs&feature...

Gluck - Dance Of The Blessed Spirits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGkOf64pJ5s&feature...

Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvsVSWB4TI

Offenbach - The Tales of Hoffmann – Barcarolle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2gxdC31ass

Grieg - Two Elegiac Pieces Op. 34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpfBTBuXqok

Caccini - Ave Maria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjwnWWNNeFg

Debussy - Prelude A L'apres Midi D'un Fau

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_7loz-HWUM

Pachabel - Canon in D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qm1KJRkacA

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dPDO3Tfab0

Puccini - Manon Lescout - Intermezzo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqZITVPIq2w

Masenet - Elegia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oniAM1fjMC0

-Violin Music

Massenet - Thaïs, Méditation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdkfQAFLQOI&feature...

Beethoven - Violin Romance in F

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepSowYQFpg

Kreisler - The Old Refrain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6uGZUOalz0

Dvorak - Songs my mother taught me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZMRk1MdNDM

Franz Drdla - Souvenir

Saint-Saens - Violin Concerto No. 3 2nd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9GsRLcF8ks

Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqjF4B9FU_g

Joachim Raff – Kavatina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZK1s5Jhd5M

Amy Beach - Romance Op. 23

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K9m2bd662s&feature...

Elgar - Salut D'amout Op 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWrs5sGun-Y

Ponce – Estrellita

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp-Gl-70dSo

Shostakovich – Romance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQ5iSz-ch4&feature...

Well, you could of course pick just about any old slow movement from one of Mozart's symphonies or concertos, for they are all without exception beautiful beyond compare. But if you want to listen to a piece that not only is of sublime beauty, as well as dramatic, but also has the power to make grown men cry, or so they say, when they know the story behind it, I would suggest the slow movement from Haydn's 98th symphony. Apparently, and you probably know this already, Haydn wrote this movement just after receiving the news that his beloved friend Mozart had died. And it is written as a homage to Mozart's own great slow movement (perhaps his greatest?) to his last symphony. Listening to this piece you can not but feel Haydn's pain and sadness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTSL-OPAg4o

Vocalise - Rachmaninoff

Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 - Gorecki

Prelude in the Dorian Mode - Grainger

Horkstow Grange, a movement from Lincolnshire Posy - Grainger

Fugue in C - Ives

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Try some of the slow movements from Mozart's 'Gran Partita.' They are slow enough and hesitant enough to accompany the poor lame machine, but oddly upbeat emotionally, and so fit to comfort you.

But why don't you ask Humphrey? He knows you better than I do - and he can sing.

A favourite of mine of late would be the 2nd movement "Andantino"from Schubert's Sonata No.20

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4iP486F0d0

Oh Hafwen! That's too bad!

Well, I love playing (your friend) Handel's "Largo"... so, let me sit down and begin playing for you, okay?

Handel : Largo - The London Symphony Orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq1Iv3DkwVs

Best wishes,

tucomena

Adagio for Strings is not only slow, but it enhances the sadness of your slow computer!

Beethoven's Seventh, second movement.