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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CLASSICAL:
Satie--3 Gymnopedies
Bach--Air on G-String
Mozart--Concerto #5 for violin & Orchestra, Adagio
Beethoven--Symphonie #6--Shepherd's Song

JAZZ:
Oregon, Silence of a Candle from Beyond Words
Paul Winter, Icarus
Bolling, Sentimentale from Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
Pat Methany, last 3 songs on Secret Story
Oscar Peterson, Blues for Lisa from The More I see You

ROCK
Traffic, Freedom Rider from John Barleycorn
Eric Clapton , Tears from Heaven from Unplugged
Jackson Brown, Late for the Sky from Late for the Sky
Grateful Dead, Ripple from American Beauty

WORLD & MISC
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, My Heart, My Life from Night Song
Loreena McKinnet, Bonny Portmor from The Visit
Ana Caram, Correnteza from The Other Side of Jobim
Ali Akbar Khan, Fantasy from Journey