I really think that Chopin's Waltz in C minor (op.64 no.2) can really be pretty spine chilling if the interpertation is slower. Evgeny Kissin has a wonderful example here: https://youtu.be/WVsGf1ag6Us
I would definitely include the 2nd movement of Shostakovich's second piano concerto. That is sadness if I have ever heard it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHxawuDpm8&t=900s
Not to mention Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwWH1cyIo9E&index=42&list=PLu37dr4TZek9YGubdhLm3orkwfA0jCG3q
I recommend Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 aptly named ""Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" if you're into solemn/dark. Edit: Nevermind. I just noticed it's already on the list.
Id add the bruch violin concerto 1 in G minor, berg concerto, and the Bach Partita in D Minor (specifically the chaconne), from a violinist's standpoint ;)
I'll have to check out some of these. I love Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet. His 8th Symphony is really worth checking out, though it may take a couple of listens to really take. Exquisite and tragic. His 5th as well, of course, the 3rd movement. Cheers.
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I really think that Chopin's Waltz in C minor (op.64 no.2) can really be pretty spine chilling if the interpertation is slower. Evgeny Kissin has a wonderful example here: https://youtu.be/WVsGf1ag6Us
Seeing "Le Sacre du printemps" listed as "dark/sad" is unbelievable. It's anything but dark or sad!
@REDvv "The Rite of Spring" is certainly not sad. But I've always considered it dark and mysterious!
I would definitely include the 2nd movement of Shostakovich's second piano concerto. That is sadness if I have ever heard it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHxawuDpm8&t=900s
Not to mention Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwWH1cyIo9E&index=42&list=PLu37dr4TZek9YGubdhLm3orkwfA0jCG3q
I recommend Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 aptly named ""Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" if you're into solemn/dark. Edit: Nevermind. I just noticed it's already on the list.
Sibelius' 4th symphony would be on my list of dark pieces, along with the 4th and 6th symphonies by Vaughan Williams.
great list! I believe lots of Giacinto Scelsi works can be relevant for this list too
Tchaikovsky valse melancolique sounds misterious as well
@droid8622 https://youtu.be/aEO1jfF-_5w
Brahms sympony no.2 can be considered sad too
quite a good list I agree with all of these
Id add the bruch violin concerto 1 in G minor, berg concerto, and the Bach Partita in D Minor (specifically the chaconne), from a violinist's standpoint ;)
@geonver because of that T-Rex eating the Stegosaurusin Fantasia
Thanks for the list, I am spending more time with classical music.
I'll have to check out some of these. I love Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet. His 8th Symphony is really worth checking out, though it may take a couple of listens to really take. Exquisite and tragic. His 5th as well, of course, the 3rd movement. Cheers.
@REDvv First half is in daylight. Secomd half is at night so dark.
Bartok Music for strings 3rd movement (creepy)
Also Bartok Piano Concerto 3 , 2nd movement ( tranquil night with birds and insects)
Rite of spring is anything but sad!
I would put Elgar's cello concerto up there.
Martinu's "Memorial to Lidice".
@Classical_Music, I 100% think there should be more Shostakovich pieces. Maybe the last movement of his 5th symphony.
Isle of the Dead?
Tchaikovsky' Piano Trio Op50 - the violin is harrowing throughout the piece.