Moving classical music songs?

My current favorites include

Bolero-Ravel

Piano concerto no 1-Tchaikovsky

1812 overture-Tchaikovsky

Marriage of Figaro-Mozart

Barber of Seville-Rossini

William tell overture-Rossini

Piano sonata no 16 in c- Mozart

Cello Suite-Bach

Brandenburg concerto no 3-Bach

I could go on forever :)

Yes, it happens all the time. As for which piece of music does it, well they're really far too numerous to mention. Almost anything by Puccini will have some aria that gets me going, and I've recently bought a DVD of Fanz Lehar's 'The Merry Widow', and finding listening to that, to be a very nostalgic experience even though I'm not really old enough to have appreciated the music at the time it was most popular. Certain singers seem to hit the right note with me as well, although its hard to pin down exactly what it is that causes the tearful effect. Pavarotti was of course a brilliant Tenor, but he only had that effect on me on rare occasions. Andreas Boccelli does it to me with almost everything he sings whether its classical or not.. There are of course some female classical singers who can bring on the tears too, but strangely perhaps, not so frequently, and probably more to do with the specific aria's they are singing. Maria Callas being one, particularly with her recording of Cattalini's 'Ebben? ne andro lontana' from La Wally; and occasionally Sarah Brightman, particularly with a version of Dvorak's 'Rusalka's Song to the Moon', both of which are on a Classic FM CD that I picked up for a couple of pounds in a charity shop, a real gem at a bargain price. Judy Collins and Joni Mitchel are not perhaps classical singers, but they also seem to have that certain quality in their voice that has the ability to open the tear ducts quite easily. Its odd though isn't it?, that although there is usally a sorrowful element to the sound of these voices and accompanying music, and indeed to the words of the songs being sung, the tears that come are not tears of unhappiness, but of some sort of emotional release. Quite a pleasantt experience in fact! Being a little bored one evening recently, I put on a DVD of the film, West Side Story. Quite amazing, just how well it stands up some fifty years after it was made, but I had also forgotten I guess, just how good the music was in that production. I never had a girlfriend named Maria for example, but I felt like I did have, while listening to the song by that title in the film. I guess we're just a load of old softies eh? Thank heavens I suppose, for having this music to help make the world a somewhat better place than it would be without it.

I've made a youtube playlist with some pieces that I have termed "Emotional Common Practice."

This includes Ravel, Schumann, Barber, Beethoven, and, of course, Rachmaninov with many others.

I'm very much still working on it (I've gotta add some schumann solo piano reportoire as well as some more bach) (you can never have too much bach)

Perhaps you'll find some pieces you like there.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL27C229D688A...

I also invite you to look at the playlist I made just of Bach, they are all incredibly moving... If you choose to skip around, do so manually, as hitting the shuffle button will make some pieces begin halfway through. Take a listen to his "Chaconne for solo violin"... perhaps look it up on the internet as well... heart wrenching melody inspired by a terrible loss.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL813FAD8D6AD...

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Moving classical music songs?

What are some truly moving classical music songs (from any era) that you could share with me. Or, share with me your favorite classical song, im looking for some new classical songs thanks =]

Barber's "Adagio for Strings"

Elgar's "Enigma Variations"

Tchaikovsky's Symphony #5 in particular the second movement

Copland "Appalachian Spring": Shaker Variations

Randall Thompson "Testament of Freedom"

Mozart "Piano Concerto #21": second movement

Beethoven Leonore Overture #3

Mozart's "Clarinet Concerto" II Movement

http://youtu.be/BxgmorK61YQ

Mendelssohn's String Octet. I prefer the first and fourth movements myself

Josquin De Prez's Pange Lingua Mass. This is by far one of my favorites. The Kyrie is absolutely gorgeous.

http://youtu.be/lwFWKYCMEYg

Corelli's Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 ("Christmas Concerto"). The Adagio in particular is amazing.

http://youtu.be/MvXNR7wA-es

O Magnum Mysterium

http://youtu.be/nn5ken3RJBo

Prayer by Rene Clausen

http://youtu.be/3ECM8sMLFOE

Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite

http://youtu.be/VP3TB98iUIc

Aaron Copland's Saturday Night Waltz

http://youtu.be/FBXOdCIQd3E

The Four Last Songs (German: "Vier letzte Lieder") for soprano and orchestra by Richard Strauss.

No. III "Beim Schlafengehen"(Going to sleep)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se0HPsJex04

No. IV "Im Abendrot" (At Sunset)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppoqUVlKkBU

The music in Die Walkirie when Brun Hilde appears before Sigmund to tell him he must die is just about the saddest music I have ever heard.

My latest obsessions.

Samuel Barber.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHtEu7CcID8 -Symphony 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9OaTiuqjRk -Souvenirs, Pas de deux

I love Anderson and Roe, by the way. Their chemistry is tangible.

Nico Muhly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB46mn8Exd8 -Mothertongue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmF65TQSIY0&feature... -Fast Twitchy Organs

These pieces are miracles.

Arvo Part.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPdBUl7XQ -Spiegel Im Spiegel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIPvxSMTeKc&feature... -Berliner Messe

He prompts me to contemplate the beauty of life.

Philip Glass and Robert Wilson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK7gg8gbMxE -Einstein on the Beach, Knee Play 3

Glass is not very popular in this forum. I adore this opera, though. I wouldn't call it an opera... but that's what they've called it.

Erik Satie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHGzxOCavig&playnex... -Trois Morceaux en forme de poire

They say it's his last Gymnopedie.

Frederic Chopin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZtBwlxL0Aw -Berceuse

I have a friend who played this last year. She plays it better than Lisitsa.

Francis Poulenc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETFcTMU1JA -Improvisation 15

Harmonies not bound to a single key.

If I had to pick one song, it would be the Intermezzo from the opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MqTvfXIzug