The leisurely tempo in the Largo movement gave this tender music an autumnal poignancy.
It offered more lyrical grace, and an especially slow statement of the Largo movement.
During the first performance of the symphony, people were reported to have wept during the Largo movement.
Even in the murky Largo movement of the "Ghost" Trio, he tried to bring thematic clarity to the eerily quiet piano tremolos.
The grimness of the Largo movement matches the composer's moods in later years.
Eight minutes is a sizable length for a musical composition, just about the length of that Largo movement from the "Ghost" Trio.
Both the simple Marcello piece and Beethoven's deeply rhetorical Largo movement were touchingly done.
The highlight of George Vatchnadze's F minor Concerto was his soulful performance of the gently lyrical Largo movement.
Its Largo movement follows Haydn's special way of repeating and gradually altering original material, but then it strikes out in inventive directions of its own.
There were lovely touches, especially the tender shaping of the folkloric theme of the famous Largo movement.