AIBU to ask for what you think is the most beautiful piece of classical music you have ever heard

[Myworstnightmare123]

I want to put together a playlist for my DD as she has a horrendously difficult time ahead of her (you can search my username to see why) I am hoping it will help her in some way...calm her. Take her mind off things.

Tchaikovsky 4
Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble (world not classical but...)- anything
Debussy-La Cathedrale Engloutie

Chopin piano concertos especially the slow movements
Raindrop prelude ( Chopin)
Brandenburg concertos ( Bach)
Bach violin partitas
Vaughan Williams Fantasy on a tale of Thomas Tallis
Slaves Chorus from madam butterfly
Mozart piano concertos

Sentimental Walk from the movie Diva.
Gymnopodie No 1.

Disney Music- Lava 💕💕💕 Xxxx

After reading The Pianist it was Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor, but mainly it’s Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie

Anything by Mozart and J S Bach.
All Chopin and Elgar.

Either the Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, by Wagner, Alpinesymphony by Richard Strauss or Fantasia on a theme of Tallis, by Vaughan Williams.

@Myworstnightmare123
You haven't been anyway, ever since they introduced playlists at radio stations everywhere you get the same 20 tracks day in and out. It makes it very hard to be exposed to different (& newer) works.

I just love:
1.Ca'azapa - Berta Rojas

1. Alleluia and Fugue Op 40b
2. Stabat Mater - Movement 2
3. Danzas De Panama - William Grant Still

Love the thread OP !

Thank you for the recommendations

Not a huge piece, but Myrtle by Debbie Wiseman is a lovely piece. Just don't get the Alan Titchmarsh version!

Shostakovich 2nd piano concerto, especially the second movement, it’s divine!

One of them anyway,
The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni

Can I just say thanks for starting this thread @Myworstnightmare123 and thanks to everyone who has made recommendations.

I start chemotherapy next week after a whirlwind 10 days since diagnosis and I'm shitting myself. I'm making a playlist based on this thread

InOtterNews

Wow, you have all my sympathies.

Wishing you strength and all the very best

I haven't read the full thread so I may be repeating as I am not a classic fan but I absolutely love holst the planets. It brings a chill to my spine and makes my hair stand on end.

Sorry, I haven't read the thread, but I just wanted to say I love Elgar's Cello Concerto, very emotional moving piece I think.