Most achingly-beautiful music

albinoni- you'd think he'd have written a lot more music as incredibly beautiful as the adagio. i have a vote for Spirit's haunting alblum- CLEAR, with the song by that name. is anyone here a randy california fan (guitarist in Spirit)?
4 of the best prog.rock alblums ever recorded. then there's ac jobim- black orpheus- timeless/exquisite/beautiful, etc....

another song popped into my head- the smother's brothers tv show, where they ended it with "day is done" by peter, paul and mary, and the entire audience joins in... the good ol' sixties y'know... get out the kleenex, quick!!

I have many favorites...but most fitting of the "achingly beautiful" description is the last movement from the Sibelius 2nd Symphony, slow movement from Beethoven's "Pathetique" Piano Sonata, and almost all of Sibelius's 5th Symphony.

ciao..do you like the concerto k.488? Hear it with Istvan Kertesz (conductor)and Clifford Curzon (pianist)..is a Decca cd (with k.466 great!)..Hear also Korngold violin concerto is very very very beautiful!

I haven't read every post over the last 4 years, but two off the top of my head that I haven't seen mentioned:
Grieg - "Ase's Death" from Peer Gynt
Dylan - Girl From the North Country

If you aren't involved by Peer Gynt "driving" his dying mother to heaven through this music, well, nothing will save you.