Most achingly-beautiful music

Detlof, thank you for the recommendation on the Kindertotenlieder. I only recently heard this piece on the radio and found it deeply moving. And Tejo for your thoughts on Pires. I always learn something from this thread, glad it's still going strong.

"Sentimental Journey," sung by Doris Day (with the Les Brown orchestra). Following my Dad's release from a WWII German POW camp at Stag Luft III -- he was liberated by General Patton -- he heard this song for the first time on a troop train during his return to the States. This day also happened to be his 21st birthday. His return to the U.S. was truly a "sentimental journey."

Regards,
Mary

P.S. Willie Nelson also sings a beautiful version of this classic song...

My Vote is for Barbar's Adagio for Strings..

Off the wall, but serious: Dog's Breath Variations, F Zappa, Uncle Meat

I can't just make it 3:

Bach's Mass in B Minor
Bruckner Symphony #8
Prelude to Wagner's Parsifal
Sibelius Symphony #7
Berg Violin Concerto
Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
Part's Litany
Petterson's Symphony #7