If you had to choose just ONE.

[DavidW]

Why do we have a "like" button but no "loath" button! 

I remember when we did!  Do you remember?  Certain posters were downvoted to oblivion no matter what they said.  I've never seen Rob kill a feature so fast!

[Spotted Horses]

I remember when we did!  Do you remember?  Certain posters were downvoted to oblivion no matter what they said.  I've never seen Rob kill a feature so fast!

I don't think I was here during that episode.

[Florestan]

I don't think I was here during that episode.

I don't remember it either.

[San Antone]

If you're referring to the EMI recording of the organ version with Ledger & Co., I would most definitely support your choice - it's the only version l've ever owned. Between the atmospheric recording, tonal beauty of Ledger's King's College Choir and the pleading radiance of Dame Janet ( plus the Cello soloist whose name I've regretfully forgotten ), the recording approaches ( imho ) perfection.

Yep, that's the one.   

[Sergeant Rock]

Fauré Pavane

Favorite version: Barenboim conducting the choral version with the Berlin Phil

[vandermolen]

To Gratiana Dancing and Singing by W Denis Browne - another great loss from the First World War:
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=denis%20browne%20graziana%20dancing&mid=4771F0E695407B094C394771F0E695407B094C39&ajaxhist=0

[Henk]

An Impromptu by Schubert. Modest choice, but really some very fine music.

[kyjo]

Why do we have a "like" button but no "loath" button! 

Calm down....

[Christo]

Samuel Barber, Second Essay for Orchestra - absolute youth sentiment, 'discovered' when I was 15.

[DavidW]

Why do we have a "like" button but no "loath" button! 

If we had a loath button I would be holding my breath everytime I posted about Pettersson!!

[steve ridgway]

You just have to note how many people didn't like your post .

[prémont]

Must be this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRh1-z0d4vo

PS: Not necessarily this recording.

[Karl Henning]

If we had a loath button I would be holding my breath everytime I posted about Pettersson!!

(* chortle *)

[Skogwald]

Right now I would say the slow movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto 23.

[Luke]

Oh lordy, that last one - Mozart K488 slow movement - is always on my list, as are some other pieces on this thread - Ravel's Concerto, slow movement, Berlioz's R+J Scene d'amour. Music doesn't get more beautiful than this. But today, the mood I am in, RVW Symphony 5, third movement is The One. It's the most healing piece of music I know, I think.

[Uhor]

Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Incredibly difficult to choose just one, but I will say the Andante from Mahler's 6th will be my choice for today. For me, it's one of the most beautiful movements in all of music that I know. As for performances, Bernstein (Sony or DG) or Tennstedt (either account on EMI or the LPO label) will certainly fit the bill.

[Cato]

Faaar too many choices...   

Right now I will offer for your consideration:

Bruckner: Symphony #6, the last 5 minutes or so of the slow movement, beginning with the last appearance of the "funeral march."

Dvorak: Serenade for Strings, Second Movement.

Dvorak: Symphony #4 First Movement, the Second Subject after the introduction

[DavidW]

Dvorak: Serenade for Strings, Second Movement.

I would counter that with the first movement of Tchaikovsky's string serenade!

[Florestan]

I would counter that with the first movement of Tchaikovsky's string serenade!

Make it the second and I'm with you.