Beautiful Music That Reduce You To Tears

Dame Janet Baker singing the role of the Angel in Elgar's Gerontius : Part II No 8 "Softly and gently" under Sir John Barbirolli. To think she had to audition for the part !!!. Then again there is Elgar's Sea Pictures, which nobody has managed to perform it better IMHO. 

There is an anecdote that Janet likes to relate. Apparently she and her husband were listening to a "young" mezzo singing Wagner on the car radio. She thought she was "rather good" and the announcer confirmed that it was indeed Janet Baker singing !!

Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle (even the Ugly Kid Joe version isn’t bad)

The Beatles - She’s Leaving Home (our daughter moved to Singapore)

John Lennon - Beautiful Boy (our son grew up)

Lucinda's cover of Jimi's "Angel."

Neirher set nor drum. 

Gimme All Your Love by Alabama Shakes
 

Despite my self-given username I am a sentimental softy where music is concerned. Some of my trigger songs or compositions:

Schubert String Quintet in C

Chopin Prelude in Gm

Mozart Clarinet Quintet K581

I’ve Got A Mind To Give Up Living; Paul Butterfield Blues Band 

Both Sides Now; Joni Mitchell

Sunrise/Sunset; Fiddler on the Roof

The Attics of My Life; Grateful Dead