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?
4th movement(adagietto) from Mahler's 5th; Barber's Adagio for strings(if you really want to ache); Ralph Vaughn Williams' Mass in G minor. The Faure Requiem .
It's nice to see a thread that is so informative and free of the bashing that is going on in the equipment threads. This is by far the most useful thread I have found on Audiogon. I was an early poster as well on this thread and will try to keep it going. Any others? Try Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna" a modern a cappella choral work by USC's choral director. Loved Aphex Twins and Coil. *THANKS* to all.
Mjm, you presenile goose. You mean Schubert didn't write Four Last Songs? I certainly did not know that and was already looking for them!!! I don't know the Tchaikovsky. Can you suggest a recording?
Kenny G plays Enya's greatest hits. One can only dream of that much aching. How about the 2nd movement(adagio) from Ravel's piano concerto in G as an alternative?
Dekay, a piece frequently referenced from the British Airways commercials is the Aria from the opera "Lakme" by Delibes. Not sure if that is the one to which you refer. It is certainly achingly beautiful nonetheless.
This thread has been kept alive over one year. May it survive another! Toward that end, try the "Prelude to Parsifal" by Wagner, especially as performed by Christian Thieleman.
Domenico Zipoli, Elevazione for oboe, cello and strings. Ethereal music written in the early 18th century. Zipoli was a Jesuit missionary in Argentina. Ennio Morricone's score for the film "The Mission" (also beautiful) sounds thematically very similar. Coincidence?
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