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Most achingly-beautiful music

Ultimately, we listen to music to be moved, for example, to be elated, exulted, calmed or pained. Which are the 3 most affecting pieces of music do you find the most affecting?

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07-23-00

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09-05-00 John cage's in a landscape (perhaps intellectually beautiful ... Drubin

09-06-00 "where is the sixty horses in my herd? where is the ... Eldragon

09-06-00 "lark ascending" by vaughn williams Brianc@

09-08-00 Sibelius' swan of tuanela Keis

09-10-00 Chopin, piano concerto #2, 2nd movement. keep it going. Khrys

09-10-00 Schwartzkopf singing shubert's four last songs; the blues ri ... Mjm

09-10-00 Mjm, thanks for mentioning schubert's four last songs. you r ... Khrys

09-11-00 Oooops! thinking strauss, typing schubert -- i'm not senile ... Mjm

09-12-00 Vaughn williams tallis fantasia; second movement of the barb ... Rcprince

09-12-00 Aspirations by gentle giant from the power and the glory wh ... Shudson653@

09-12-00 Mjm, you presenile goose. you mean schubert didn't write fou ... Khrys

09-13-00 Khrys -- rotf! "presenile" is just about right -- ... Mjm

09-14-00 What a great thread - i can't believe i only just stumbled u ... Srama

09-14-00 Srama - i wholeheartedly endorse all your sentiments. which ... Marlec@

09-16-00 Unchained melody, i will always love you, sibelius: karelia ... Wellfed

09-16-00 One more. louis armstrong's what a wonderful world Wellfed

09-16-00 Jan gargarek "rites" terje rypdal "odyssey&q ... Snook2

09-17-00 Ennio morricone is one of the greatest composers for movie s ... Bemopti123@

09-17-00 Bartok string 4et #1, any john abercrombie ballad, david gil ... Jay@

09-19-00 Keith jarrett's "koln concert", jimmy scott's &quo ... Gerryleejones@

09-19-00 Ethnicolor - jean-michel jarre pretty much the entire _it's ... Dustych

09-19-00 Do i notice an ecm theme in this thread towards the end? no ... Jay@

09-20-00 If you haven't heard the bobo stenson trio on ecm yet this i ... Jadevision

09-22-00 Debussy's quartet in g minor, opus 10; beethoven's moonlight ... Maxibob

09-25-00 Having just returned from a performance of it by the njso, i ... Rcprince

09-26-00 (1)bach: chaconne (must be the full orchestral arrangement b ... Outlier

09-27-00 Gotta keep this thread going, it's given me all sorts of mus ... Rcprince

09-27-00 Bob dylan, tom waits and joni mitchell. Brulee

09-28-00 If you like classical guitar try joaquin rodrigo's concierto ... Khrys

09-29-00 Stan getz and bill evans cut: "the peacock" by ji ... Richmonk@

10-06-00 Bach's flute concerto. if that doesn't ache try any of colt ... Siddh

11-21-00 Jane sibbery 'calling all angels' from the album entitled &q ... Mw

11-22-00 One item only available on vinyl lp: orff's "die kluge& ... Elizabeth

11-23-00 Portions of pink floyds "final cut" catal ... Catalogwiz

11-24-00 Joe jackson's nocturne, jimi hendrix castle's made of sand, ... Satch

12-08-00 Kenny g plays enya's greatest hits. one can only dream of th ... Khrys

12-09-00 A question too difficult to answer. but i'll list a few: mid ... Waldhorner@

12-09-00 Khrys; i have to agree re anything kenny g. thanks to your s ... Waldhorner@

12-09-00 I would've mentioned kenny g but i hate to admit to crying i ... Kitch29

12-09-00 Oops, un bel di from madame butterfly, now too common to get ... Kitch29

12-10-00 For aching ee-lectric guitar: stevie ray vaughan's instrumen ... Jayboard

12-11-00 Kitch29: glad to see another old tim buckley fan; i too mis ... Rcprince

12-11-00 Rach's 3rd piano concerto. martha argerich is my favorite in ... Joe_coherent

12-13-00 i have always admired the world of bach. unaccompanied vi ... Cogito

12-14-00 It's difficult for me to pinpoint 3 pieces so i will say alm ... Gmkowal@

12-16-00 Aram khachaturian : violin concerto, haydn : cello concerto ... Ikarus

01-02-01 Never let me go (bill evans, alone); nuages (larry coryell a ... Danding@

01-02-01 I'll only list 3 songs: here's to life (shirley horn with s ... Turbodieselvw

01-03-01: Outlier
I've noticed a few people mention Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in this thread. I strongly recommend a CD called Stokowski Encores (BBC Philmarmonic), where, amongst other gems, there is an orchestral version of the Moonlight Sonata that takes this wonder to a new level.
Outlier (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-26-01 Wotan's farewell from the very end of wagner's die walkure.. ... Horizon

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