What’s the most beautiful classical music piece ever composed?

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Pls help me put together a classical playlist for when I give birth in a few weeks and tell me your favourite ‘birth worthy’ piece.

I have many I love but think mine is Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, it’s gorgeously ethereal, so that’s going on there. I also love Camille Saint-Saëns's classical masterpiece, Danse Macabre but probably a little dark for this particular event even if it will be around Halloween!

Oh yes please. Thank you!

R V W is my hero. Any time I hear a piece of music and think "I love that"... turns out to be RVW. Especially hymn tunes! What a legend.

Have PM’d you!

The Mission Main theme by ennio morricone Stunning!

The link above does work, just not sure why it's not showing! If anyone is following this thread and hasn't heard this piece please listen it is so beautiful it gives me goosebumps

The Beyondness Of Things by John Barry.

@Moonface123 ahh so glad you mentioned
This one too! It is simply my all time favourite piece of music ever (and this is across all genres) it stirs up so many emotions for me! Jut beauitful

Oh the Eric Whitaker Sleep as suggested up lost is beautiful. Really lovely.

Don't mind Alexis Ffrench for a little more modern chilled classical. Not a huge Einaudi fan, but loads of people adore him.

Beethoven's 9th (ode to joy) hasn't has aentin yet. I prefer the orchestral to the choir bits as i don't like singing it much, but oh, the melody it sublime.

This. Glorious, as are all the seasons: this one is just spring.

It just brings back recorder practice memories for me!! Lovely tune, but I don’t think the connotations will go away! I picked up a recorder the other day and could still play through muscle memory!!

I don't know about beautiful but I gave birth to DD 2 to the Rach 3. It was very rousing for the pushing!

Also Hans Zimmer...his music is awe inspiring (can't believe I forgot my favourite composer)!

This. I couldn't get it out of my head after watching My Briliant Friend.

The Agnus Dei from the Fauré requiem. Just beautiful.

I have lots of favourites but I have to say the piece of music that is fronting BBCs coverage of QE11 remembrance programming is really beautiful! I have no idea who's composed it - it'll have been done specially but it's so brilliant - it has me welling up every time I hear it! (Not over the queen - that is sad of course but I wouldn't cry!)

There's not a wrong note in the whole piece. It's stunning. I have to really steel myself when I've sung it as I get choked up

Is it the Debbie Wiseman piece she composed for the Queen, called Elizabeth? Have to admit I haven't watch much of the coverage but I heard this on classic FM and it's lovely

Benedictus from The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins

Scherazade by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The John Dunbar Theme by John Barrie from Dances with Wolves is a nice piece of music too

Not classical as such but I really like Gollums Song by Emilliana Torrini from Lord of the Rings

Rachel's Song by Vangelis from Bladerunner

I love Ludovico Einadudi's music. Really peaceful and uplifting

Gerald Finzi - Eclogue for Piano and Strings Op. 10

Delibes Coppelia is my favourite, closely followed by Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, although I'm not sure how suitable the second would be for giving birth to!