Most achingly-beautiful music

three diverse selections off the top of my head:

Beethoven Symphonies No. 4 & 6 (Pastorale), Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Crossing the Waters, Steve Schuch & The Night Heron Consort

and yes, Joni Mitchell's Blue (o:

Copland, Gershwin, Louis Armstrong, Rogers & Hammerstein (and several others) should be required listening in grade school since their music is such a part of our national character. Make civics, a foreign language, and art/music appreciation (humanities) mandatory from an early age for a better America!

Herbert Howells English Cathedral Music,especially the "Collegium Regale"(King's College) service.
Mozart's Requiem,possibly the most important piece ever.
Beethoven's 9th symphony.A turning point in history.

ahh so much music, so little time.

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Just a few personal favs from simply oodles and oodles to choose from. All music is beautiful.

Puccini- Coro a bossa chiusa (Madame Butterfly).
Puccini- O Mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi).
Donizetti- -Una Fortiva Lagrima-(L'Elisir D'amore).
Verdi- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves-Nabucco.
Massenet-Meditation (mutter-tear to a glass eye).
Barber-Concerto for Violin Op14- II.Andante (Hilary Hahn- tears to both glass eyes).
Vivaldi-Gloria in Excelsis Dio in D (RV589)

Handels Messiah - Sir Malcolm Sargent Royal Philharmonic Readers Digest

Beethovens 9th Rene Leibowitz Royal Philharmonic Readers Digest

I cannot believe these both came out on Readers Digest They are awesome.

Quiet City - Aaron Copland London Symphony

Adagio for Strings Leonard Bernstein Very emotional usually too sad for me to listen to