Classical music that gives you goose bumps

[Greaterthanthesumoftheparts]

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?

So many! Including:

The Aquarium - Saint Saens

Balcony Scene Romeo and Juliet - Craig Armstrong

Theme to Road To Perdition - Thomas Newman

Gabriel's Oboe - Ennio Morricone

London by Phamie Gow
Ravels bolero
Chariots of fire theme - Vangelis
The firebird - Stravinsky

One I ve heard on classic fm called two sunsets I think...

Ditto to the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

Elgar’s Nimrod

Many others I can’t think of now, but I have to include a recording of a niece’s beautiful soprano solo of Panis Angelicus, sung with her school choir. It was played at my mother’s funeral.

Nimrod.
Bach prelude to cello suite no.1 in G major.
Gabriel's Oboe.
Amd after seeing the Bocelli lockdown version over Easter, Amazing Grace, if that counts.

Chopin's nocturne op9 no 2

Going to build a MN classical playlist.

by Beethoven. I find it especially moving as it was used in an animated reconstruction of a fatal motorway pile-up by Hampshire Constabulary on one of their better driving courses 😭

Vanessa Mae’s version of from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi

by Barber by Vivaldi

Gabriel's oboe. It's so hauntingly beautiful and passionate. If I ever get married again. (Found the man just need to be proposed to or propose 😄) I am walking down the aisle to this.

So many...

Agnus Dei and Qui Tollis from Rossini's Petit Messe Solonelle

Allegri's Miserere

Most lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann etc

The Angel's Farewell from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius . As to whether Dame Janet Baker sings it best or Sarah Connolly, though that is trickier...

Shostakovich waltz no 6 from Jazz suite number 2

Sibelius' Finlandia

Agnus Die Faure's Requiem

Lacrimosa from Preizner's Requiem For My Friend

anything by Herbert Howells

Too many by Bach and Handel to fully list here but would say that at Matthews Passion, B Minor Mass, Messiah and Judas Maccabeus are chock.ful
Of spine tingling bits. The Qui Sedes from Bach's B Minor Mass especially sung by Kathleen Ferrier

The soprano solo in Brahm's German Requiem ...

Gabriel’s oboe.

Chopin nocturne op48 no 1. Wow.
Pretty much any nocturne though

Mediation by Massenet
Nutcracker suite, especially Pas de deux, makes me cry every time
Planet suite, Especially Venus
Lark ascending
Tchaikovsky’s no 6 😭😭
Adagio for strings - barber
Widor - toccata

I sat down with a cup of tea this morning to start building this into a playlist. Honestly, it is by far the most amazing playlist I have and I’m not even past the first page yet! I love that it’s so diverse!

@Greaterthanthesumoftheparts

The thread is an education. There'll be new goosebumpy experiences here for everybody. You've done us all a favour by asking us to share these pleasures. Nice work

If you're still looking for suggestions there is a treble called Cai Thomas who has an incredible voice.
He sings an Ave Verum duet with Aksel Ryvvkin who is a very young baritone from Norway. When Cai sings the high notes, there's a purity there that always gives me goosebumps.

There's also a version of Mozart's Agnus Dei from his Kronungsmesse performed by the Vienna Boys Choir- the soloist is a boy named Michael Devine. It's by far my favourite version, again because of the purity of his voice. It's on YouTube, the video is about 9 years old.

Nimrod by Elgar