Most achingly-beautiful music

Soundtrack from "The Last Samurai" Very beautiful. Another great one from Hans Zimmer.

Ennio Morricone's "The Mission" soundtrack. Yo Yo Ma also did a nice interpretation of the main track "Gabriel's Falls."

Achingly-beautiful soundtracks?

"The Road to Perdition"

Any noise after having a nice kraut dog.

Billie Holiday:Lady In Satin. So dramatic and so aesthetic. Billie + Jazz combo + Strings. Sometimes you feel like you're Alice in Wonderland here.
Ray Charles: That Lucky old son, Eleanor Rigby, Born to lose, etc. This guy gives me chicken skin.
Rickie Lee Jones: ditto title album. Well composed pop songs.
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis: this one brings me straight to heaven...
Debussy: La Damoiselle elue: beautiful solo voice, choir and orchestra. Romantic.
Puccini: La Boheme with Callas. Boy does this story and music make you want to cry for beauty and aesthetics.
Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3. Solo female voice and minimalist orchestra. Makes you want more...