Let's see...

Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
   It may only be in one movement, but the 8 minutes of the song are pure
   bliss, especially with Bernstien and the NY Philharmonic playing it
Bruckner - 2nd symphony, 2nd movement:
   delicate yet deep
Bruckner - 4th symphony, 1st movement:
   very coherently constructed, which is important for a ~20 min long
   movement.  It also has many wonderful climaxes, and choral progressions.
Hanson - 1st symphony, 2nd movement:
   It's too bad that most modern well-known composers can't write melodies
   like this anymore.
Mahler - Symphony 2, 3rd movement:
   Wonderfully chromatic
Mozart - Clarinet concerto, 2nd movement:
   One of his few gems that are more down to Earth than the rest of his output.
Mendelsonn - Scherzo, 5th symphony
   Best scherzo I've ever heard
Shostakovich - 5th Symphony, 4th movement:
   powerful and expressive

and now some chamber music:

Beethoven - Waldstein sonata, 1st movement; Moonlight sonata 3rd movement:
   Even (or rather, especially) going full speed ahead, Beethoven was
   a master of controlling all elements of music
Borodin - String Quartet no. 2, 1st and 3rd movements:
   He was one of, if not the best melodist ever, and these movements can be
   summed up in one word:  exquisite
Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - Baba yaga's hut and the Great
Gates at Kiev.
   Really shows what a pianist can do.

As you can tell I'm more informed in the subject of orchestral music, but
that's okay.

Joseph Sowa
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