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?
hungryear
"By Your Grace"
Beaver & Krause / GANDHARVA / Warner Bros. CCM-461
Recorded in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

This is pretty obscure. Anyone else know this recording?

BTW, I love this thread. It's a gold mine of pleasure.
Gorecki, Symphony #3

Vaughan-Williams, The Lark Ascending

any number of movements from Mahler: last movement 3rd; Adagietto 5th; slow movement 6th; large parts of 9th...

also check out R. Strauss's Death and Transfiguration
Forgot to mention:

John Dowland, Lacrimae, for consort of viols. The Fretwork version is pretty good.
Here`s a site where you can pre-listen music; Like this "Visual" I mentioned w. Sevåg/Patey. Look out For others from Sevåg too!

http://www.musikkonline.no/shop/displayAlbum.asp?id=27078