I love sad music


I'm talking about music that when you're feeling down will make you feel worse. I don't want uplifting or inspirational. Some of Chopin's more melancholic works can do it for me.  I don't listen to country, but George Jones singing "It's a good day for the roses" is about as sad a song as you will find. Leonard Cohen's "Alexandra leaving" is another sad song. I have everything Davis and Coltrane recorded, so I'm looking for recommendations for the most beautiful but depressing music you've ever heard. I want to hear a violin, my favorite instrument, that will bring tears to your eyes. I know this is a strange request but some of the best music comes from dark places. Thanks
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Great discussion---some of mine are:
-Pet Shop Boys - Being boring (remembering care free days of youth and friends dying of AIDS (1990)
-Michael Martin Murphey - Wild Fire
-OMD - The view from here
-Barber - Adagio for strings
-Phuong Medley - Green pastures
-Frankie Knuckles - Whistle song