I love sad music


I'm talking about music that when you're feeling down will make you feel worse. I don't want uplifting or inspirational. Some of Chopin's more melancholic works can do it for me.  I don't listen to country, but George Jones singing "It's a good day for the roses" is about as sad a song as you will find. Leonard Cohen's "Alexandra leaving" is another sad song. I have everything Davis and Coltrane recorded, so I'm looking for recommendations for the most beautiful but depressing music you've ever heard. I want to hear a violin, my favorite instrument, that will bring tears to your eyes. I know this is a strange request but some of the best music comes from dark places. Thanks
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"Hurt" Johnny Cash
"I Can't make You Love Me" Bonnie Raitt
"River" Natalie Merchant
"Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox" Linda Ronstadt
"Prisoner in Disguise" Linda Ronstadt
"Thorn Tree in the Garden" Derek & The Dominos
"Baby Can I Hold You" Tracy Chapman
"Living Years" Mike and The Mechanics
"What a Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong
"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" The Bee Gees
very few music will beat this one for his redemptive sadness:

Djivan Gasparyan

I will not be sad in this world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hOhEh4KrBo
If you like sad music, bordering on tragic, try Scarlatti's Il Primo Omicidio by Alte Musik and Renee Jacobs. 

"Duetto: La Fraterna Amica Pace" is sublime, as are the next few cuts. 
If you like sad music you may want to discover the Portuguese Fado and the  Sevdah  from Bosnia, you could say they are like the blues.

If you are curious you could stream a compilation of each from

https://www.mixcloud.com/jgueron/globeat-fado-saudade-rebroadcast/

https://www.mixcloud.com/jgueron/globeat-sevdah/

I hope you enjoy it

Regards, Joe Gueron


Someone had mentioned Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony first movement. Try instead his 6th Symphony 4th (last) movement... they subtitled it the Symphony "Pathetique" for a reason....

Stevie Nicks "Landslide"

Stevie Nicks "Silver Springs" (version) from "The Dance"

Linda Ronstadt "Long, Long Time"

Eva Cassidy "What a Wonderful World" sang while knowing her time was short. Makes it that much more poignant.

Thanks!