Three of the four concertos for horn by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have lovely slow movements that rank highly among my favorite, all-time classical compositions.
Excluding the 1st concerto (which has no slow movement to speak of) what is your favorite?
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Examples
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 417
Hermann Baumann (natural horn); Nikolaus Harnoncourt, CMW [2/3]
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Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447
Alan Civil; Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
(The slow movement begins at the 7:06 mark.)
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Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495
Barry Tuckwell; Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
(The slow movement begins at the 7:25 mark.
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