Thanks in advance for all answers.
PS I'll tell you mine in due course.
Bless you.
2007-08-02 06:35:14 · 32 answers · asked by Carlito 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
Justin K -
I agree with your assessment of Vaughn Williams' "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis". Spot on.
2007-08-03 04:33:46 · update #1
My personal fave is Khachaturian's Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia. Particularly near the end, where it builds to a sublime crescendo. Cue goosebumps and tears streaming down my face...
2007-08-03 04:39:54 · update #2
Adagio for strings- Samuel Barber (its so moving, it brings tears to my eyes)
Now we are free- Hanz Zimmer and Lisa Gerard
Any other name- Thomas Newman (he also did the sound track to shaw shank redemption and the green mile, beautiful composer).
2007-08-02 06:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ahhh Alberich if I may ask why did you put Sodium Penathol in quoations. I have to say when I was young Beethoven's Ninth did that (but I'm 18 and that was close to ten years ago so) Stravinsky's Symphony of the Psalms did that upon the first time I heard it. It was so riveting I had to stop listening after a couple minutes. When I heard Webern's Opus 10 (my favorite Webern Opus) I had the exact opposite reaction. I thought why would anyone do that and istantly came to hate it but that sort of thing grew on me. Josquin's Ave Maria (no it's not a famous Ave Maria like so many people rave about) blew me away but I didn't get the whole chills down my spine like I did with Stravinsky. It did however encourage me to investigate music before the Baroque peroid which I have come to love. If I think of more I'll Edit.
2016-05-21 01:40:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The 3rd movement to Shostakovich's 5th symphony makes me cry every single time I hear it. It is the bleakest, most depressing piece of music ever written. There is no other composer that has captured such a profound feeling of loss, isolation and grief. Even when it resolves somewhat by the end of the movement to a major key, you're left with a feeling of resignation and sad acceptance...not exactly a positive note.
"Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughn Williams always gets it done for me too. It wanders at times, but when the emotional high points hit, they hit hard.
Brahms 1st Symphony is very moving to me as well, particularly the 4th movement. This is only true though if it's performed well. If it is too fast, it sounds trite and is not at all moving. If it is performed deliberately and expansively so you can feel the full weight of everything that is going on, it is amazing. There's a great recording of Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic that really shows this.
2007-08-03 02:12:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
When I was little, perhaps 3 or 4 years old, (this will give you a rough idea of how old I am now) my dad had a collection of classical records on 45rpm (!) which he always played on the weekends. Whenever he played the opening of the Brahms 1st Symphony I would curl up on the couch and cry my eyes out. That throbbing beat, and the two lines pulling against each other was just incredibly sad and bleak and lonely sounding for me.
Nowadays, of course, it does not bring tears to my eyes, but it still has a profound effect on me -- it sends chills up my spine, and makes me sigh. It is buried in my psyche I guess.
2007-08-02 06:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by glinzek 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nimrod from Elgar's Variations
Lachrymosa from Mozart's Requiem
Barber - Adagio for Strings
2007-08-03 00:54:28 · answer #5 · answered by toscamo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The slow movement from Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez. That was used as soundtrack to a film/TV adaptation of Don Quixote many years ago. It brings back images of that sad old man wandering around a sun-baked landscape, perfectly happy and totally nuts. I don't actually weep, but my eyes do prickle!
And Allegri's Misere always makes me stop whatever I'm doing and just listen. Absolute beauty does make you feel very solemn and contemplative.
2007-08-02 22:26:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 6 and 9, Allan Pettersson's 6th and 7th and of course the ubiquitous Adagio for strings.
2007-08-02 09:25:18 · answer #7 · answered by JayKay 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I love Rachmaninov's Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini in A Minor, Op. 43. Especially Var. 11-18.
It is so beautiful. But I love many different composers and other classical music pieces too. What is your favorite? I want to know, so I can go listen to it!!!
2007-08-02 07:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by Cello Girl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio for Organ and Strings played either by the Berlin Philharmonic or on guitar.
2007-08-02 09:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by HUNNYMONSTA 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
2 from JS Bachs Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin: # 1 in bm, 1st movement will make you cry and #4 in cm 1st movement, there is a passage, if played correctly where both instruments arpeggio in unison that will absolutely rip your heart out and make you whince in excrutiating pain. It also has personal relevance.
From Beethovans String Quartet in F Opus 59 3rd movement. There is so much going on your mind will crack.
2007-08-02 15:09:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋