[DarkAngel]

Final 5 minutes of Mahler 2nd.......... final revealtion of all to man, how can you top that!

Solti/CSO performs it with a transcendent power and drama no one has yet matched, headphones cannot capture this spectacle need room filling stereo with extended low end so you can feel the heavens shake

 

[zumaro]

The last 5 minutes of Beethoven's piano sonata Op.111 tops Mahler any day. Heaven is not just revealed but attained.

 

[EnOYiN]

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Originally Posted by DavidMahler /img/forum/go_quote.gif Which moves you the most?

Why don't you stick to making polls? These questions are way too hard.

There are so many great and moving parts in so many songs that it's impossible for me to pick just one. But, since that's what you requested, I am going to anyway. For me it would have to be Love Reign O'er by The Who.

 

[calaf]

another vote for Beethoven Opus 111 Arietta. Moving, engrossing, and incredibly ahead of its times.

But for me the greatest five minutes (well maybe ten) in music are not moving, but funny: scenes VI, VII and VIII from the second act of Mozart Marriage of Figaro. This is the moment when the Count of Almaviva storms into his wife apartment certain to find her lover and finds her maid instead. It is absolutely wonderful how the music conveys the continuously changing emotions of the three characters (rage, fear, and then, when it turns out there is no lover in the room, astonishment, relief, mockery). Somehow it makes you laugh and have goosebumps at the same time.

 

[Bradrj1029]

Pink Floyd - Shine on your crazy diamond

 

[SR-71Panorama]

For music: Autumn Leaves. I love that song, and most any version I've heard of it, but probably Wynton Kelly Trio's version from Full View takes the cake.

For recording: Nine Inch Nails - Closer.

 

[Facade19]

4:33 by John Cage.

 

[musicmind]

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Originally Posted by Facade19 /img/forum/go_quote.gif 4:33 by John Cage.

 

[pdennis]

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Originally Posted by Facade19 /img/forum/go_quote.gif 4:33 by John Cage.

Somebody had to go there.

Anyways, this is of course a silly question (though not necessarily a bad one) because a single favorite/best/most is unlikely for a music lover. However, an absolutely transcendent moment that comes to my mind right now is the contrast between the molto adagio and the andante in the third movement of Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15 in A minor. Time seems to stop for me during the adagio, and when the andante theme comes in it's incredibly thrilling. I don't know how this movement could be distilled down into 5 minutes, but this is all I can think of right now.

 

[n3rdling]

Best or moves me the most?

 

[YiddishHamburgla]

for me the best five minutes of audo bliss would be listening to the beach boys' "god only knows" and big star's "blue moon" one after the other. perfect pop love songs.

 

[Lamora]

Mother Love Bone - Crown of Thorns

One of the best songs ever written in my opinion. It is a shame the band fell into obscurity after Andy Woods death.

-edit-

I guess since the song is 6:22 in length it doesn't really count but it seems the thread has descended into "whats your favourite song" anyway.

 

[jonathanjong]

5 minutes, eh? Hey DavidMahler: Consider asking about the best 15 seconds or something?

 

[moogoob]

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Originally Posted by John E Woven /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'd say brain damage / eclipse from the dark side of the moon. Though 5 minutes really isn't enough.

I'd have to agree with your choice.

 

[McPanse]

Okay, here's a non-Pink Floyd nomination: Whiskeytown performing Gram Parson's 'A Song for You.'