anyone heard any jerry douglas lately on a nice system .. ..severely wonderful Dobro guitar that can send you other places...also the grateful dead movie soundtrack..superb |
Ditto Satie's Gymnopedies 1-3; add Prince's, When You Were Mine and The Rolling Stone's, Moonlight Mile. |
Jlindquist - You are right on with Cassidy's Over The Rainbow! I can tear up just thinking about how she sings it, let alone listening to her actually sing it. Makes Judy's version sound like the idle dream that little girls have. Eva's IMHO expresses the yearnings of a grown woman! Hard to believe it was a 'production' as opposed to something spontaneous! :-) |
I could cite many, many examples, but here are three that stand out:
Eva Cassidy's version of "Over the Rainbow." A sublime performance of a classic song by an unbelievable singer. This one always gives me shivers.
"Can't Hardly Wait" by the Replacements. One of Paul Westerberg's best songs, wonderfully recorded by the great Jim Dickenson.
"Backstreets" by Bruce Springsteen. Incredibly dramatic and dynamic track, with a tour-de-force vocal performance. This is the song that really got me to start LISTENING to music -- noticing how a song was put together, arrangements, instrumentation, harmonies, dynamics, etc. They don't call him the Boss for nothing. |
"Not Alone" by Patty Griffin off of the Living with Ghosts cd.
(it's the last track and you don't want it to end) |
'64 Miles Davis Quintet My Funny Valentine live. One of the most stunningly beautiful live jazz recordings of the 1960s. Miles and co. (esp drummer Tony Williams) are breaking out of the more confined song forms of the 50's but are still playing the classic Quintet repertoire. Miles' treatment of the melody is deep, introspective, and will make you weep at times and laugh out loud at others. When the tempo kicks up and Ron Carter comes in for the turnaround....watch out, you may jump out of your chair and cheer. I have the complete concert on a double CD set called the "Complete Concert", but the material was originally released on two separate albums, "My Funny Valentine" had all the ballads and med tempo stuff and "Four and More" had the burners. If you have not heard this please do yourself a favor and check it out. |
1) Allison Krauss' "Ghost in the room" - better have a box of handkerchiefs on hand!
2) The entire CD of Jonathan Butlers' eponymous release (Jonathan) - Music so joyous that you'll laugh and cry at the same time. |
Although I mostly listen to classical music, it is hard to beat Eva Cassidy's later recordings - particularly the album "Live at Blues Alley" when she already knew that she was dying (from melanoma). |
Dinner and Nocturn. Soundtrack to the Lady Caliph. Ennio Morricone, played by Yo-Yo Ma.
Silent Lucidity. Queensryche.
Love Theme. Soundtrack to Bladerunner. Vangelis. |
Procession of the nobles by Rimsky Korsakov |
My recent find IDM " The kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble"
Modern Jazz sound form Nostalgia 77's " The Garden" and " Songs for my Funeral" |
Veljo Tormis: "The Lost Geese" from "Litany to Thunder" - by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - 2 sopranos in conversation with piano accompaniment
"A Feather on the Breath of God" - compositions by Hildegard of Bingen - sung by Emma Kirkby and Gothic Voices
"Zaide" the piece Arie Ruhne Sanft - my favourite is Sandrine Piau on her CD "Mozart Opera Arias"
Irina Mikhailova's CD "Russian Twilight". Several amazing tracks that are painfully beautiful: Zarya, Zurahvo
"Lux Feminae" by Montserrat Figueras.
Achingly-beautiful music to me always involves the female voice - nothing else comes close - I enter Angelic Realms and long to leave this earthly realm. |
"Love Will Keep Us Together" by The Captain(not really a captain) and Tennille.
So pretty it hurts.
Ouch. |
AVALANCHE--Last song on New Order's Republic--Hands Down! |
Radiohead's Amnesiac, Nirvana's Nevermind, The Smiths Louder Than Bombs (especially Oscilate Wildly), The Cure's A Forest, Miles Davis Kind of Blue, John Coltrane A Love Supreme, The Clash's Sandinista, Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness, White Town's Your Woman, The Chemical Brother's Come Inside (remix also), Bad Brains Sacred Love, Canned Heat's On the Road Again, Shivaree's Goodnight Moon, Peter Murphy's Cuts You Up, Joy Division (all of their music espcially Dead Souls and Love Will Tear Us Apart), New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle and Blue Monday (of course), Kansas Dust in the Wind, The Damned In Dulce Decorum, The The's Dogs of Lust, Teddy Pendergrass Love TKO, Of Montreal's The Party's Crashing Us Now...I could go on and on! |
Branford Marsalis: "Eternal". Slow paced "beautiful" jazz. Great recording quality. Also, the soundtrack to "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". If you like cello and flute you'll love this one. |
The Barber and Albinoni adagios
Rachmaninoff PC #2
Canon in D -- Pachelbel
Katchaturian Masquerade Suite
Romeo and Juliet -- Prokofiev
Computerwelt -- Kraftwerk
Everybody's Talkin' at Me -- Nilsson
What You Gon' do? -- Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz
Get Low -- Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz
Salt Shaker -- Ying Yang Twins
Still Dre -- Dr. Dre
Some Cut -- Trillville
Still Tippin' -- Mike Jones |
I don't think I listen to music only to be moved by it. Not always. Sometimes it is to box with the music: to understand the aim of the composer and to judge if he achieved it.
"Giant Steps" is the one that moved me deeply, though. |
teardrops in the rain, joe satriani |
In the classical realm, most anything by Mozart. I am especially fond of Piano Concerto 466k in D minor.
The two modern artists, who move me most are Alison Krauss and Norah Jones. When I want to be taken away to a world of wistful yearning, I put on Alison. For meditative relaxation, Norah's my girl. |
How about Al D. and Paco D on al's Elegant gypsy; playing those two guitars?
or Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Sessions?
The Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm section isn't aching beautiful but the story of how badly he was "living" and the great recording that came from that nexis...?
Silly as it might sound, I think Andreas Vollenweider's "Behind the Wall......" is very beautiful. |
I agree with tou Capaudio. How about the slow movement of Haydn's quartet in G minor in Opus 20. Gets me every time. |
Keith don't go - Nils Lofgren - Acoustic Live
never heard anything as involving in a long time.
Beim Schlafengehen, 4 Letzte Lieder - Richard Strauss,Haitink CGOA, Gundula Janowitz, 1968 live
no comment necessary
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Wagner arr. Cailliet Fennell & Eastman Wind Ensemble.
This last one because our wind ensemble has programmed it for many years and we have performed it on many funerals of wind band members that passed on. Moves me everytime I hear or play it
Lots of love
Phaedrus01
non multa scire scio |
Ravel's Bolero, Quincy Jones Walking in Space, Pink Floyd's Grandchester Meadows, Wynton Marsalis the Death of Jazz, and New Orders Touched by the hand of God. |
Fourth movement of Mahler's Second Symphony. Any one of the Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss. The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana. |
# 9 Dream - John Lennon
Blue Sky - Allman Brothers
Can’t Find my Way Home - Blind Faith
Third Stone From the Sun - Jimi Hendrix
Easy Now - Eric Clapton
Return to Me - October Project
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
A Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong
Daphnis et Chloe (suite #2) - Ravel
Sabat Mater - Karol Szymanowski
Maria - Leonard Bernstein |
Also: First two movements of Schubert's C Major string Quintent and slow movement from Dvorak's string quintet. |
The largo movement from Haydn's Quartet in D major Opus 76 # 5. |
Greetings, newbie here.
Robbie Williams, The Ego Has Landed, 4th track called Strong.
George Winston, December.
Fresh Aire II.
Gordon Lightfoot, Pussy Willows Cattails, and Affair on Eighth Avenue are fantastic. (Back when he was singing correctly, with support and an open throat.)
All of Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, but specifically Us And Them, and That Great Gig in the Sky.
I will 2nd the Moody Blues nomination. To Our Children's Children's Children is an amazing effort, start to finish, but to stay with the category description, specifically the song "Out and In".
Don Quixote, with Richard Kiley and Joan Diener, Dulcinea, and What Do You Want of Me?
I am trying very hard to keep to the "achingly beautiful" songs, but there is just so much wonderful stuff out there...
Oh, Annie Lennox, Medusa, the songs No More I Love Yours, and Waiting in Vain. The latter is fantastic! |
If you want to be amazed by real-time 6- and 12-string guitar musicianship ... no other instruments involved ... you MUST pick up "Deviations" by Dominic Frasca ... a true keeper that you'll play over and over ... and never tire from listening |
I have just heard the V. Symphony of Shostakovitch, played by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Pinchas Steinbert. Oh what a tragically painful music on dictatorship and terror and pain felt by people. Unfortunately, the CD version I have, the Leningrad Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Mravinskiy is nowhere close to the concert interpretation. |
Mcrheist:
As a father and a son, my thoughts and prayers go to each of yours on their journey.
Mike. |
I pray all will be well!Ray |
Almost 5 years to this day, I posted on this thread and haven't looked again until tonight. At that time, I stated that "Sentimental Journey" was the song that was the most "achingly beautiful" to me at the time. Please look back at my post of 04/28/2001 for more information.
Tonight, it would have to be the end credits from the movie "Cast Away" by Alan Silvestri. It, too, reminds me of my father who was diagnosed with rapidly advancing Alzheimer's Disease during February 2006.
2006 has proved to be a difficult year so far. On February 15th, our son and only child was deployed with the USMC for the 2nd time to Iraq (and possibly other destinations before this deployment is over). One week later, on February 22nd, my father's physician confirmed what we feared: he was progressing rapidly with AD.
This particular piece of Mr. Silvestri's music has always made me shed a tear. The tears come easy tonight for a father who is not the same and a son who is very far away.
Dad and Lcpl R, I love you and miss you both. I am praying for each of you. |
"The Call" from Vaughn-Williams' Five Mystical Songs. |
Bach Johannes Passion, No. 7. Von dem Stricken meiner Sünden, and No. 9. Ich folge dir gleichfalls', Mahler, Sympony no. 2. IV. Urlicht, |
"Ice" incredible, and achingly beautiful guitar solo by Andy Latimer, from Camel "I Can See Your House From Here".
Also Camel "A Nod and a Wink" especially the last track ("For Today" |
"When God Made Me" from Neil Young's "Prairie Wind." Especially poignant when played through my previously owned Spendor S8e's with Musical Fidelity KW500 integrated amp. |
Most chillingly sad...I mean make-you-wanna-die music: Djivan Gasparyan's "A Cool Wind is Blowing." (Armenian duduk player)
Most beautiful Soprano solo that got me through Army AIT School: June Anderson singing "Stetit Puella" on Carmina Burana, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Levine.
Music that gets me totally "amped" and thankfully makes me act childish: The Cure's "Hot! Hot! Hot!" off the Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me album. |
... and haunting:
Gyorgy Ligeti - "Atmospheres"
Clannad - "Caislean Oir"
Shriekback - "This Big Hush"
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(1) Puccini--"Madama Butterfly":"Un Bel Di "
(2) Berlioz--"Romeo and Juliet"--"Love Scene"
(3) Malcom Arnold "Third Scottish Dance--Adagietto (?) " |
The ending of Voices CD by Vanglelis...brings a tear to my eye everytime. |
Sacred: Sanctus from Charles Gunod's Mass in Honor of St. Cecilia as sung by Kiri Te Kanawa in her Ave Maria Album; Ave Maria, by Franz Schubert by numerous artists and orchestras; Gunod's Mass for St. Cecilia (in its entirety) Just as I am, buried in the Hymns Triumphant album, by the London Philharmonic Choir; Berlioz's Te Deum.
Secular: (Clasical) Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly, but only the version by the Bavarian Radio Chorus from the CD: The Only Choral CD you'll ever need; Joshua Bell's violin version of Puccini's O Mio Babbino Caro from his Romance of the Violin CD; Any version of Claude DeBussy's Claire de Lune; the stupendous choral movement from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; Issac Albeniz's Asturias, by John Williams in his Greatest Hits CD.
Secular: (Traditional and Country)Barbara Allen as sung by Emmy Rossum on the Songcatcher CD from the movie of the same name; Will the Circle be Unbroken, by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Gonna Find Me a Bluebird, by Marvin Rainwater; Your Cheatin' Heart by Hank Williams; Young Love by Sonny James; Red River Valley; Battle Hymn of the Republic by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Secular: (Pop and Rock) Goodnight Irene by the Weavers; Oh My Papa by Eddie Fisher; The Third Man theme, by Guy Lombardo, but especially the version by Anton Karas from the movie of the same name; The Wayward Wind, by Gogi Grant; The Poor People of Paris, by Les Baxter; So Rare by Jimmy Dorsey; Theme from A Summer Place by Percy Faith; I Will Follow Him by Little Peggy March; Only the Lonely and Running Scared by Roy Orbison; It Doesn't Matter Anymore by Linda Ronstadt, Please Come to Boston-- Harry Chapin or Joan Baez do a great job; El Condor Pasa, by Inkari (Music of the Andes CD) or Simon and Garfunkel; Theme from Chariots of Fire by Vangelis; Longer by Dan Fogelberg; Memory by Barbara Streisand; Untamed Heart, by Cliff Eidelman; No Matter What by Boyzone; Time to Say Goodbye by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli; Show Me How to Love You by Sarah Brightman and Jose Cura; and several songs, whose titles I don't have time to look up, by Celine Dion.
-- just a selective and subjective submission for your approval. |
Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" or Sakamoto's soundtrack from the movie "The Last Emporer" |
Jonell Mosser "Do You Love Me" and October Project "Return to Me". Two songs by women with absolutely beautiful voices. |
Soundtrack to "The Gladiator" Lisa Gerrard |
Correction...make that "Sad Lisa". |
Cat Stevens "Lisa Lisa" and CSNY "Country Girl". To me, both are "achingly beautiful" and both impart a mysterious sense of yearning. |
Argh!
That's "if you've got a KID..." |
Oops, invisible subject line. Once again:
George Winston's "Thanksgiving" makes me want to cry. Also, Sade's "Pearls" - if you've got a kit, it breaks your heart. I'm getting teary just thinking about it. |
