Most achingly-beautiful music

henryk mikolaj gorecki symphony no. 3 'symphony of sorrowful songs'

Someone needed to bring them up.

Korngold's movie themes, Robin Hood, etc

Last night, I popped in a newly purchased nearly mint LP (Goodwill, .99 on sale for .49). The LP was Beethoven: Konzert fur Violine und Orchester D-dur op. 61'. Christian Ferras violin, and the Berlin Philharmonic with Herbert von Karajan conducting. DG Records (German press).

It the finest classical music I've (newly)heard in 25 years. I'm still buzzing ten hours later.

...makes me want to cry. Also, Sade's "Pearls" - if you've got a kid, it breaks your heart. I'm getting teary just thinking about it.