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doesn't have to be a piano concerto.

on the other hand, i will choose rachmaninov piano concerto 2 second mvt.

Rachmaninov second sonata
Henselt concerto

Mozart PC 23 - when the clarinet comes in, the eyes are never dry

Chopin Second Concerto
Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Grieg Concerto

Rach2 second mov. is nice but does not match up to Rach3 second mov. IMO

also i like 2nd movements from:
bach concerto no.2
bach concerto no.5 (very famous this movement)
bach brandenburg no.2
mozart sonata K545

Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade.

Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7, 2 (mov. 3/4 in this case), 4

I simply love the melancholy and nostalgic aspects of Prokofiev's slower movements. On the more stereotypical side of 2nd movements I would have to go for some Brahms:

Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1

Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto (both the 2nd and the slow movement )

Add in:

The short introduction in Beethoven's Waldstein
Beethoven's Pathetique
Beethoven's Appasionata
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 in D-minor
Mozart's PC in No. 21 in C

John

Beethoven Tempest

Chris

Ravel G major concerto!!
Shostakovich 2nd concerto
Mozart pc #23
Beethoven Opus 7

Edit: forgot about
Schumann quintet
Faure c minor quartet

Beethoven's "Pathetique" hands down if I had to ask myself.

I like about 2 minutes of the 2nd mvt of the Rach 3 (where it picks up in tempo through the end)...which is funny, because the concerto is in my top 3 all-time favorite concertos. It's actually among my least favorite 2nd movements just because of how damn long and less-than-interesting it is to me.

Same thing with Beethoven's "Tempest". Perhaps if it were a little closer to an Andante than an Adagio...but it just seems to drag in most of the recordings I hear.

Oh, forgot Beethoven pathetique- I have to add that.

Add Mendelssohn G minor
and moving away from the piano,
I would add:
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Barber Violin Concerto
Mozart Clarinet Concerto

i would choose 2nd mvnt from Bartok's 2nd string q.

2nd mvnt from Mozart's sonata in C minor

and of course the celebrated 2nd mvnt of Mozart's piano concerto no. 21

Clementi Sonatina No.1 2nd mov ^^

Second Mozart Concerto in C, K.467. 2nd mvt is out of this world...

Mozart's Clarinet concerto.

Grieg Concerto
Rachmaninoff 2nd Concerto
Liszt's B minor Sonata (2nd subject)
Beethoven Pathetique

Here are a couple good second movements:

Barber Violin Concerto
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5
Brahms String Sextet in B flat
Grieg Piano Concerto
Poulenc Piano Concerto
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 (okay so I assume you mean the slow movement so this wouldn't count, in which case I would pick his 5th concerto, 4th movement)
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 4
Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos 1-4
Ravel Piano Concerto
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2

I think my favorite is the Shostakovich.