Classical music that gives you goose bumps

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I was just listening to Elgar’s Cello concerto in E minor and got the inevitable goose bumps and a lump in my throat. Was trying to think of others that have the same effect, parts of Rachmaninov variations on a theme of Paganini (the 18th variation I think) and parts of the Planets suite and almost anything by John Williams. Anyone got anything else for my goose pimply play list?

Schindler's List is very moving, as is Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto. What about Albinoni?

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11

And Clair de Lune. That one makes me weep. I don’t know why and it’s weird.

Karl Jenkins- Lament for the Valley, from the Cantata Memoria.
Devil's Trill sonata by Tartini

The Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana.

Crown Imperial
Got to lead the graduands’ procession out to it after my PhD grad ceremony. My late DM watching.

Adagio for Strings by the American composer, Samuel Osborne Barber, II.

Brahms Violin Concerto, right when the soloist comes in.

Im Treibhaus - Wagner

Just glorious

Ludovico Enaudi, dietro casa. It’s the theme from This is England, very haunting.

Tavener - Song for Athene
Parry - My Soul, there is a country
Allegri - Miserere
Handel - Ombra Mai Fu (Aria from Serse)

And too many to mention . I get even bigger goosebumps from actually performing many of the works with my choir although sadly not at the moment.

Flower duet by lakme

The music piece in the deer hunter

The music score in an al pacino movie (cant mind the name, plays an ex con trying to get on straight and narrow on release and gets back with his ex)

Marking my spot merely for music ideas

There was a brilliant thread about this a while ago, hang on and I'll link it.

Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan-Williams

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3589971-AIBU-to-ask-for-what-you-think-is-the-most-beautiful-piece-of-classical-music-you-have-ever-heard

There it is!

Adagio from Spartacus by Khachaturian - epic

Soave Sia Il Vento from Mozart's the magic flute.

Find the version with Bryn Terfel singing the baritone part. Beautiful.

Some great suggestions and plenty I don’t know, I can see plenty of time utilized next weekend building playlists!
And thanks @BeeFarseer will check out the other thread as well!

@AllTheOtherCats I think one of the reasons the Rachmaninoff is top of my list is because I played it on a youth orchestra tour to Cyprus many years ago. I was a viola player (no jokes please), so was right in the middle of the orchestra. I can remember physically feeling things like Carmina Burana, vibrations right in your chest, amazing!

mahler adagio for strings in the 9th symphony

another mahler: kindertotenlieder (songs of dead children)

Sergei Rachmaninov: isle of the dead

and on a lighter note: beethoven 9th ode to joy

Gorecki's symphony no 3

Both Mendelssohn’s Piano Concertos
Both Chopin’s Piano Concertos
Last movement of Weber Clarinet Concerto no 1
Various from Suite Espanola by Albeniz
Weber Invitation to the Dance
Beethoven Rage over a Lost Penny
Various Czerny exercises
Among many others

strauss - also sprach

Vlatava from Mein Vlast (Smetena) - something about the melody is very haunting. Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave overture. Most of Mozart's Requiem, especially the Lacrimosa (playing this with choir in a medieval Chapel was definitely goose bump inducing, if only from the cold!)

I love Bach's Suite for solo cello no 1 in g major and Haydn's trumpet concerto in E flat major. Both beautiful