I have to say some of the pieces you mentioned in the beginning (Brahms 4, Schubert B-flat sonata) belong to the very saddest if you just used the 2nd movements. I mean come on, the 2nd movement of Schubert's D960 is absolutely heart wrenching.

@enoilemiranda4048

Жыл бұрын

it'd be awesome for another video, 2nd mov edition

@sandrobirnbaumer5444

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't really call the second movement of Brahms' 4th symphony sad, but rather just beautiful and relaxing (for the most part)

@MrDSCH-ib2mx

7 ай бұрын

The 2nd movement of Schubert's D959 Sonata is also very heart wrenching in my opinion!

@fritz_hun8137

6 ай бұрын

Man, these are not even close to the saddest: listen to the Gloomy sunday: in the early-middle 20th century, thousands of peiple committed suicide because of it, and the other name is The anthem of suicides.

@Alix777.

14 күн бұрын

2nd movement of d.959 is worse

1. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 0:00 2. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor 0:07 3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 0:17 4. Brahms: Intermezzo No. 6 0:31 5. Shubert Piano Sonata in B-flat Major 0:47 6. Chopin: Nocturne in E minor Op. 72 1:15 7. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 1:57 8. Schumann: Kinderszenen 2:22 9. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in B Minor 2:43 10. Chopin: Prelude in E Minor No. 4 3:07 11. Mahler: Kindertotenlieder 3:24 12. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major 3:45 13. Gorecki: "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" 4:21

@Dinooo1234

Жыл бұрын

Pepe

@Dinooo1234

Жыл бұрын

And Funaral March?

@dis1488pear

Жыл бұрын

Needed to add a lot of Michael Nyman here

@archibald-yc5le

Жыл бұрын

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.7, II. Largo e mesto - is one of the saddest and soul-crushing tunes ever written for piano

I appreciate the inclusion of the Chopin Nocturne in E minor. It's doubtlessly one of the most tragic pieces I've listened to, and often overshadowed by C sharp minor.

@alexandernoethiger5338

Жыл бұрын

this piece isnt overshadowed imo. it gets played a shit ton.

@mrcuteseal322

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandernoethiger5338definitely not, compare it to the e flat Major one, not even close. It’s one of my fav nocturnes and one of the most tragic as Chopin lost many family members when writing it.

@alexandernoethiger5338

Жыл бұрын

@@mrcuteseal322 yeah but it's by Chopin lol. Not underrated or overshadowed by anything considering the amount of piano repertoire.

@mrcuteseal322

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandernoethiger5338 true, but there is well known Chopin and less well known Chopin. The e minor one is one of the less well known pieces, overshadowed by the more well known C sharp minor

@barcarolleenjoyer

Жыл бұрын

Tbh I think all of Chopin's posthumous stuff is overplayed. It overshadows the work he actually wanted to be published. For example the Nocturne in F sharp minor (op 48 no 2) is quite underrated, it's not played that often.

mister incredible getting happy: epic pieces

@acactus2190

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

I'd also put tchaikovsky symphony 6 finale since it has a pretty depressing theory, you could feel the heart wrenching emotions as you listen and I listen to it when I cry

Schubert's "Der Doppelgänger" is the darkest and saddest piece I know.

I think something that makes that particular Chopin prelude so sad is the fact that he requested it be played at his funeral.

@zelop9632

Жыл бұрын

It was the op.28 no.6 b flat minor prude that was played at his funeral not the e minor one in the video. And i believe that piece along with his funeral march was played for chopin at his funeral without his request. But he did request mozarts requiem to be played. Also the prelude was played on am organ i believe.

@trinity9803

Жыл бұрын

@@zelop9632 thanks for this, I’m terrible with the numberings and tend to get them confused easily

I couldn't agree more with the inclusion of Shostakovich's 3rd movement from Symphony no.5, it's absolutely devastating (even more if you know what's the story of the composition)

@littlewing9997

Жыл бұрын

What's the story? I do not find info in spanish, yep I can search it in english but... 🙏

@bigpapamagoo8696

Жыл бұрын

@@littlewing9997 I think it was written in response to the suffering under the Soviet Union.

@DmitriShostakovichDSCH

Жыл бұрын

yea

@floris812

Жыл бұрын

I also think Shostakovitch's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante could've been included.

Tchaikovsky : Am I a joke to you ?

@Lisztito1811

2 ай бұрын

Yes, he forgot Valse Sentimentale.

@Lisztito1811

2 ай бұрын

Or None but the lonely hearts.

@Alix777.

14 күн бұрын

Valse sentimentale is the saddest thing ever

Whoever is in the mood for listening to sad masterpieces, I've got a few recommendations from the top of my head. Beethoven - Hammerklavier slow movement (some of the most profound, contemplative and transcendent music out there); 9th symphony, mov. 3 Schubert - Ständchen, Der Leiermann Chopin - Nocturne in c# no. 20 Tchaikovsky - Symphony 5 movs. 1, 2; Symphony 6 movs. 1, 4

@saldana7395

Жыл бұрын

Hammerklavier is a masterpiece

@ulysse__

Жыл бұрын

+Second movements of both brahms concertos, arvo part's tabula rasa + spiegel im spiegel

@ulysse__

Жыл бұрын

Like, seriously, listen to this. kzread.info/dash/bejne/poujqMOJp8Xgoag.html

@makaan699

Жыл бұрын

@@ulysse__ Big fan of the Brahms concerti, his VC as well. But I find the slow movements too hopeful to make it to this list 😀

@saldana7395

Жыл бұрын

@@ulysse__ interesting 🧐

The third movement of prokofiev's 9th piano sonata is surprisingly emotional considering his usual style. Also I love the inclusion of the Schubert, it's such an ethereal and almost distant feeling piece

Nice choice, would add these piano pieces somewhere in a part 2 aswell: - Beethoven Hammerklavier mov 3 (Adagio sostenuto) - Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux op 39 no 2 - Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Gryaznov transcription) - Ravel une barque sur l'ocean (somewhere towards the end)

@thequietkid365

Жыл бұрын

I would also add Ravel's "Pavane for a dead princess"

@sammcgee8726

Жыл бұрын

Ravel's Kaddish, as well Also Strauss' metamorphosen and schostakovich's string quartet no. 8. Strauss' Morgen! also gives me sad vibes, though it might just be me.

@ecksdee9768

Жыл бұрын

i'd probably add rachmaninoff's vocalise

@HYP3RK1NECT

Жыл бұрын

El adagio para cuerdas.

Mr. Incredible Becoming Sad is even spookier than Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny. Change my mind. Also, some of you may have heard the name Shostakovich somewhere. He composed the music from Trollge: Le Industrial Society Also, "Kindertotenlieder" means "children's death song" in German

@Rushyesgenesis

Жыл бұрын

Just the skulls always get me

The second movement of Ravel's Piano Concerto is similar to Schubert's D.960 in that their sadness is of a type that somehow cleanses your soul in the process. Truly profound music.

The first two movements of Schubert's last piano sonata are pure magic.

I'd like to add these too: Josef Suk - Symphony No. 2 Lili Boulanger - Pie Jesu Schnittke - Requiem Mahler - Symphony No. 10 Liszt - Nuages gris Chopin - Prelude in B minor Schubert - Der Leiermann Tchaikovsky - Sentimental waltz Ravel - Le gibet from Gaspard de la Nuit Pärt - Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten Holst - Ode to death Schubert - Piano sonata No. 8 Shostakovich - Viola sonata Gubaidulina - Viola concerto Shostakovich - Symphony No. 14

@arvaborelius7269

Жыл бұрын

The shostakovich viola sonata is brutal, it's his last words.

@trongdung1306

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he died 2 days after revising it

Barber's Adagio for Strings and Tschaikowsky's symphony 6: I or IV have to be in part 2

Mvt. 2 of the Ravel Piano Concerto has always made me well up. It’s like a very sad person reminiscing about a time, many years ago, when they were truly happy.

Good list, but it really needed "When I am Laid in Earth" by Purcell. We listened to that in class years ago and I swear every single person was crying by the end of it

never thought of nocturne in e minor as sad, it always calmed me down and made me feel like im in peace

@williammanning5066

Жыл бұрын

Agree, other nocturnes are much sadder

@k.k.1

11 ай бұрын

They are mentally ill , its the saddest one

Thank you for putting Gorecki on this list :)

BTW, keep them coming. I love this series.

I would have put Mozart’s Sonata n. 8 somewhere, one of my favorites and very sad, especially the second movement

Some pieces that come to my mind: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 Mahler Symphony No. 9 Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1

Gliere has very sad pieces. His Romance and his Nocurne, both for horn and piano, are phenomenal

Wow, great Mahler's choice, although the name seems scarier (Songs on the Death of Children). I also think about excerpts from Mahler's 5th symphony, especially Part I, the first two movements. And, of course, the Finale of the Ninth. These are my suggestions for a next video :) But this one was great, thanks!

@acactus2190

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!

もう最近はここへ来るのが楽しみになりましたよ。 素晴らしいのですがこれらの楽譜は所有されているのでしたら本当にマニアですね。 いつも素晴らしい編集をありがとうございます。 ＊I've been looking forward to coming here lately. It's wonderful, but if you own these scores, you're really a maniac. Thank you for your wonderful editing.

I would maybe like to add the last part of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet ballet. It is absolutely heartbreaking, even more if you know a bit of the backstory. Especially the musical climaxe! (Act 4: Juliet’s funeral)

currently learning the rach op32 no 10 prelude and yh listening to it is one thing playing it really tears you up man

Another classic song to cry to is Raindrops by Chopin. It is said to be written when he was in bed from an illness and the endless rain was all he heard everyday. You can really feel the notes hitting like a pounding headache as it gets more frantic, it kinda reminds me of insanity. It gets hopefully in some parts, but it just kinda haunts me. Great song choice, btw!

I would add some Scriabin pieces like prelude no 12, vers la flamme, impromptu in b flat minor Chopin's ballade in g minor strikes me as his saddest piece even though all the triunfant parts Rachmaninoff sonata in b flat minor is a very dramatic piece with a second movement that just push you into that burst of emotions, like resentment of things you cannot change and have to leave behind. Bach second cello suite in d minor is very sorrowfull as he has written it while dealing with his first wife death. Shostakovich 8th string quartet, no words needed just despair and a sense of being chased constantly. Ginastera danzas argentinas, the second one is very sorrowfull Piazzola's invierno porteño, adios nonino (goodbye father technically), and mostnof his works are very depressing. Sorry for spelling mistakes, I am not a native speaker :)

Great video, you inspire me friend

This good list lacks the piece that Wagner called "The saddest thing ever conceived by sounds ever": the first movement of string quartet Op. 131 in C Sharp minor from Beethoven.

In my opinion it would also be nice to include Mozart's Lacrimosa, Schubert's Standchen & Gretchen am Spinnrade, Chopin's Waltz in B Minor, Nocturne in B♭ Minor & Marche Funèbre and Mendelssohn’s Venetian Gondola Song in F# Minor. Anyways please continue posting such wonderful videos !

If you want some modern sad pieces... and are willing to do band: John Mackey's Places we can no longer go. It tells a story in reverse of someone with dementia. Read the program notes to really understand. While I've never had a loved one with dementia (that I know of) it's... Just... It'll remind you of a loved one somehow. For me, when I lost my grandmother 10 and a half years ago, I felt the emotions in the piece. But also... You kind of forget it's telling a story backwards. First time I ever cried listening to music.

@codascheuer8426

Жыл бұрын

Also John Mackey's Some Treasures are Heavy with Human Tears is also very sad

@nathanielwilson1292

Жыл бұрын

@@codascheuer8426 I was thinking of that one too! My band played it for our winter concert. Yeah, it hits, especially when you know the story. Plus the ending... The audience wasn't even sure about clapping at the end. Took my director saying "you can clap" to break the tension

i feel like when you know shostakovich's string quartet no. 8 mvt 2 is a suicide note, that's pretty sad (i know it's not a piano piece but you did do hardest violin pieces one time)

The list is pretty good and I can agree with most of them. However you can't make a compilation of sad classical works without mentioning Barber Adagio for Strings, Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, Chopin's Funeral March, Mahlers 9th last movement, or Tchaikovsky 6 finale. Thats just my opinion. Other than that good video, sir.

@jacksonloftis6832

Жыл бұрын

The Adagio is a must. Crushing.

@ikmarchini

7 ай бұрын

About nails it.

I don't know if I'd call it sad, but the ending of Saturn, from Holst's "Planets" suite always brings tears to my eyes

@pablodesarasate499

Жыл бұрын

same hear

I always get chills on hearing that 'kubyyyyyyyyy' from the Gorecki 3

would you consider doing a video about the angriest pieces? all the emotions would be cool

The finale of Mahler 6 (by Bernstein) brings me to tears every time for its pure tragedy, when the 3rd blow of hammer finally stuck after minutes of triumph, absolutely heartbreaking.

Otra pieza trágica sería la Sinfonía No. 7 se Dvorák, la compuso de perder a sus hijos.

Where's Pergolesi's Stabat Mater Dolorosa....? That's piece actually makes me cry..

Lol I now noticed, that sad music is actually incredibly beautiful

thank you for including rach’s prelude in b minor, chopin’s prelude in e minor, and ravel’s piano concerto! personally i would like to include tchaikovsky’s none but the lonely heart & nutcracker pas de deux and schubert’s der doppelganger (especially liszt’s piano arrangement) :)

Good list! But I feel that it is definitely missing Chopin's 'Marche Funebre' , maybe even Ravel's 'Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte'!

Mahler 9 adagio always seems sad in the way that you can hear a sense of death as the music is slowly fading away from start to finish

Prokofiev`s first violin sonata has some of the saddest moments at the end of the first movement end of the second movement and the second half of the 4 movment.

My favourite composition which I love listening to when I feel sad is Rachmaninoff's vocalise, was hoping to find it here

I honestly didn’t find any of these saddening, just peaceful

@Lisztito1811

2 ай бұрын

Same but Chopin's pieces...

Thanks for putting Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, II movement

the 3rd mvmnt of Shos 5 is j amazing

Oh god the e minor nocturne is so beautiful I have to listen to it again

Don't quite agree with some but I see where you're coming from. Traumerei for instance isn't really sad imo, more dreamy, calm, relaxed, peaceful. And how was there no Tchai 6 mvmt 4!?!?!?!? The epitome of sad classical music!!!

내가 초등학생이었을 때 하굣길에 있던 피아노 학원에서는 매일매일 같은 곡만 들려오곤 했어. 그 때는 정말 질린다고 생각했지만.. 이제 내게는 그게 가장 슬픈 피아노 곡이야.

Henselt's Op 5 No 8 (romance) gets me every time

How depressing do you want it to be? Gorecki: yea (my dad -who happened to be a pseudo intellectual- listen to his music a lot)

Anybody who hasn't listened to that Rach prelude in full is missing out. Go listen; it's only a couple of minutes long! I can play it, and it's one of the most rewarding pieces I've ever learned.

Of all the sad music I have listened these two have stuck with me the most, 1.Maurice Ravel - Pavane for Dead Princess 2.Erik Satie - Gnossiennes

I HAD A SOLO FOR BEETHOVENS 7TH SYMPHONY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL GOD THIS BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIESSSS

@ssaamil

Жыл бұрын

Nice^^

2nd movement of Kabalevsky's 3rd piano concerto is also very sad ngl

i reccomend you listen to any of the kabalevsky concerto's second movements

I'll add some modern classical sad pieces since there's so many good ones: Max Richter: Infra 5, Mercy, On the Nature of Daylight Christopher Cerrone: High Windows, South Catalina Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings David Bruce: The Consolation of Rain: V Caroline Shaw: the Beech Tree Arvo Part: Silentium David T. Little: Am I Born Part III. A Picture Quite Curious John Mackey: Some Treasures are Heavy with Human Tears

You forgot to put married life from up, that song makes me cry every time

I felt something

Ik it’s not exclusively a piano piece, but the Ghost piano trio (specifically, its 2nd movement) is the saddest piece, just within the first 2 minutes alone. And it’s arguably one of my favorites of Beethoven’s works.

Two words, Mahler 10

Very sad. Saddest thing for me is the andantino of Schubert d.959. Chostakovitch can be very depressing too.

Where’s Barber’s adagio for strings?!? That is the saddest for me. I always cry.

El primer intermezzo de Manuel M. Ponce hubiera quedado perfecto y también el Nocturno op. 48 de Ricardo Castro Buen video

I like how we go from Kinderszenen (Childhood scenes) to Kindertotenlieder (Children’s funeral dirges)

May I also suggest Der Abschied from Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.

I think liszt's hungarian rhapsody no. 5 would fit greatly in this list, I find this piece one of the most sad and melancholic pieces over there and it's very underplayed imo

You should do hardest double bass

A few that come to mind for me include: Rachmaninoff - piano concerto no. 2 Chopin - nocturne in C# minor no. 20 Liszt - romance S169/R66a Ravel - pavane for a dead princess

another suggestion: Shostakovich Piano Concerto no.2 movement 2

Lili Boulanger has such a sorrowful beauty to her music. I’d suggest checking her out

I would have put Für Alina by Arvo Part in some of the last positions... 😭

I would definetely add the recapitulation of the Adagio in Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata. Also the Arioso dolente of Beethoven's Sonata No. 31

Not exactly classical but Eric Whitaker - When David Heard is absolutely tear-wrenching

@codascheuer8426

Жыл бұрын

That's classical

@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5

Жыл бұрын

@@codascheuer8426 well not necessarily. That depends on your definition of classical. From what I’ve heard, there’s obviously the classical period, and also the other 4. But now we just sum all them up as “classical”. If you’re definition of classical music includes “choral music” or any other things that sound like classical music, you’re not wrong, but the definition is a bit inaccurate in that case. I won’t call that song classical.

@codascheuer8426

Жыл бұрын

@@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 My definition (and most people's) of classical music is an umbrella term for the renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods. So by that definition, there's no denying that that song is classical. Everyday listeners are not going to call Tchaikovsky Romantic, or Bach Baroque. They are going to call them classical composers. There's a difference between the classical genre and the classical period.

@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5

Жыл бұрын

@@codascheuer8426 sure, there are parts of modern period that is classical music, but I wouldn’t go too far, before the 21st century. Because contemporary music which I abhor has grown firm in the 21st century and dominates (which shouldn’t)

@codascheuer8426

Жыл бұрын

@@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 I assume you’re talking about contemporary music that is inaccessible, experimental, and atonal. I don’t like that kind of music either, but it’s still part of classical music. And in my experience, it doesn’t dominate. It used to, but there is a growing number of composers who are getting more popular for writing tonal music, that is accessible to a wider audience while still offering something new. That’s a part of classical music too.

Pre-last one sounds like war defeat

What recording is best or was used for nocturne no 2. in eminor

I really missed the Field of Dead by Prokofiev

Missed opportunity to use Tchaikovskys 6 symphony the fourth part pathique

Hello everybody. What about Tchaichovsky's 'Hymn of the Cherubium' and Bruckner's 7th Symphony 2nd mvt? Maybe Wagner's Lohengrin prelude too? And, don't forget Samuel Barber's 'Adagio for Strings' and Albinoni's Adagio

Request: Mr Incredible Becoming Uncanny: Most musically ironic (not historically ironic) Music Pieces

where is chopin's prelude 28 no 2? why nobody knows about it??

Was waiting for a Chopin piece ngl

Where is Bach Partita no2 Chaconne? You can feel the stage of grief in this piece

If you could add any organ pieces, virgil foxs komm susser tod is very good, bach herzlich thut mich verlangen is nice, and any of viernes grave symphonies.

@yeeeyekrut537

Жыл бұрын

Also merkel organ sonata 6 first section

what about barber adagio for strings?

I'm so sad 😔

Elgar's concerto is pretty sad in some places too.

@amvalkyrie6496

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'd say that one is definitely up there as one of the saddest

It’s gotta be the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky’s pathetique for me

I feel like Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 15 is super sad.

The saddest piano piece is Old Castle by Mussorgsky from Pictures from exhibition

Where are Shostakovich’s 14th symphony and 15th string quartet?

The most saddest piece I've ever heard was Liebestraum〜

Just knew prelude b minor would be in here

The sixth symphony of Tchaikosvky is the top 1 and top 0.