Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 -- Brahms

This is the last of Brahms' symphonies. Brahms began working on the piece in 1884, just a year after finishing his Symphony No. 3, and completed it in 1885.

To be fair, I haven't listened to much of Brahms. Each movement in this symphony flows seamlessly from one mood and image to another; it breathes, it almost sighs. It queries, it protests, it exclaims, and it laughs, all the while lilting up and down in a graceful but simple call-and-answer melody with wonderful dynamics—and the very rare chaconne, a characteristically Baroque composition.