Could you put a link in this thread classical music you find moving?

[FoxesOnSocks]

I really fancy listening to some, and I don't know enough to be able to look any up.

whatever your favourite is would be brilliant.

[saffynool]

Bit obvious perhaps but I find this incredibly moving. It reminds me of my mum.

[TheGirlOnTheLanding]

Too obvious perhaps but I love Gymnopedies III https://open.spotify.com/album/4rskXBmiwzeddEDdTtLLIz

and Elgar's Nimrod.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5t9UkwkrumEmOpnz3SRdbm]]

And Massenet
https://open.spotify.com/track/7t51ADHtrw9RRRj1K1xhzS

The minor key is what does it.

[FoxesOnSocks]

Oh they are all brilliant (knew Nimrod already - go me!!). Thank you.

Particularly liked Gymnopedies III and Massesnet.

[Ferguson]

One of my favourites is Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - a full hour long, about twenty pieces in various styles. It has been used in numerous adverts, and you are bound to know some of it:

If you are prepared to 'work' at listening, anything by Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven symphonies can last you a lifetime!

One of my favourite performers is Nicola Benedetti; she was on TV last week with Wynton Marsalis, rehearsing his new violin concerto.

[noeffingidea]

I love this (though I'm not religious at all) - Schubert's Ave Maria
m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=2bosouX_d8Y

[OverAndAbove]

I came on to say Nimrod but also the Rose Adagio from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty - here is Darcey Bussell dancing it:

[OverAndAbove]

And the Swan from Saint Saens' Carnival of the Animals - Yo Yo Ma does it best:

[bookworm14]

Faure's Requiem, in particular the In Paradisum: m.youtube.com/watch?v=lPca88LPARI

I sing with a big classical choir and it's one of the pieces I struggle to get through without crying. I can also recommend Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, and the Verdi, Mozart and Brahms requiems. Also Britten's War Requiem, which is a bit more 'challenging' but incredibly powerful.

[RobberBride]

YY to Ave Maria.

Overplayed now (thanks to Ocean's Eleven) but still phenomenal - Debussy, Clair de Lune:

[OverAndAbove]

I promise I'll stop in a minute but another hopelessly romantic one is the Barcarolle from Offenbach's Takes of Hoffman:

[bookworm14]

Ooh, and the Berlioz Requiem! [will shut up about requiems now]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=FmMW2eXOCV0

[conkerpods]

Sibelius Violin Concerto 2nd movement
Mahler 9th symphony last movement
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Albinoni oboe Concerto in D minor,2nd movement (Adagio)

[RobberBride]

Also, Rutter's For the beauty of the earth:

[Hopelass]

Saint saens organ symphony no. 3 finale.
The tune is used in the film 'Babe'

[lcoc2015]

Symphony of sorrowful songs gorecki

[OverAndAbove]

And lots of Chopin but in particular Nocturne op 9 no 2:

[Hopelass]

Also Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade"

It tells such a story - its long though!

[OverAndAbove]

Oh I love it when the mice sing to that bit of Saint Saens in Babe!

I'm enjoying this thread

[passportmess]

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Dvorak Nocturne 40

[passportmess]

Sorry! Dvorak Nocturne link fail - here it is again. Sublime.

[cavalo]

Philip Glass - Satyagraha

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CHKUt5fDbH0

[Loyly]

For me, Faure's Pavane is perfection.

[ElaeudanlaTeiteia]

I love rendition of Ombra Mai Fu...I first heard it years ago and it still moves me so much.

[Sipperskipper]

This, by Chopin. One of my favourite pieces of music of all time. At points it actually takes my breath away.

open.spotify.com/track/7gXWx5DBR5MfsFBzPm9zSS

[juliascurr]

Barber 'Adagio'