Most achingly-beautiful music


Ultimately, we listen to music to be moved, for example, to be elated, exulted, calmed or pained. Which are the 3 most affecting pieces of music do you find the most affecting?
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Saw Tom Harrell at the Vanguard this week...he played a song called "Journey to the Stars" (duet - piano and trumpet). It was as close as I've experienced to hearing a person's spirit, rather than his body, playing music...it was as though he disappeared entirely. Profoundly beautiful experience.
Some of my favorites:

The Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Cité de la Musique, Dino Saluzzi
Romance in F Minor, Dvorak
I Loves You Porgy, Keith Jarrett (solo)
A State of Wonder - the whole album, especially Gould's more recent take (Gould/Bach)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Cavatina – John Williams
Claire de Lune – Debussy
Como un fiore – Ludovico Einaudi (pretty much the whole Una Mattina album, which is exquisite)
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Messetschinko lio Greilivko

So many more, but that's a start...