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Post by julesd68 on Jul 17, 2018 14:49:48 GMT
So which classical works can bring a tear to your eye? In a good way, that is ... The BBC has compiled a list of 7 here. Of these, Allegri’s immortal Miserere can sometimes do the job for me. www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/aa9e699a-b741-4bcc-8a1d-b1781c639041But the most reliable tearjerker chez moi has to be Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. That music isn’t quite of this world for me, it just takes me to another place entirely. How about you guys? |
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Post by brian2957 on Jul 17, 2018 15:08:36 GMT
Scheherazade always makes me emotional Bit of a roller coaster though between happy then sad . Wonderful piece of music which I used to sit and listen to on my gran's old radiogram when I was a little boy  |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 17, 2018 16:43:08 GMT
Very few actually bring a tear to my eye.
- The slow mvts from some of the late Beethoven string quartets can be just so beautiful.
- The climaxes in some Bruckner symphonies can be very emotionally overwhelming, a tear has been know to sneak out!
- The passacaglia slow mvt from Shostakovich's 1st violin concerto, as played by Michael Erxleben does it every time for me. Track 3. But not in a happy way - to my ears it's simply a devastating indictment of the terrors and horrors of totalitarianism, Soviet-style in this instance.
Tears of unbearable grief and sadness.
Some hifi systems don't even begin to portray the emotion of this performance, it takes subtle low level dynamic nuance to get the full devastating feel of it. I've seen it called "boring". Hah, not even close. Many systems need not apply.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 17, 2018 18:05:45 GMT
Scheherazade always makes me emotional Bit of a roller coaster though between happy then sad . Wonderful piece of music which I used to sit and listen to on my gran's old radiogram when I was a little boy Good shout Brian, definitely an emotional rollercoaster! |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 17, 2018 18:09:50 GMT
Some hifi systems don't even begin to portray the emotion of this performance, it takes subtle low level dynamic nuance to get the full devastating feel of it. I've seen it called "boring". Hah, not even close. Many systems need not apply. I'll be listening to it on my pc speakers with my Mac - do you think these will do it justice Jerry?   |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 17, 2018 18:12:36 GMT
No.  No wonder you like vinyl so much if your streaming system is so crap!  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 17, 2018 18:18:26 GMT
That gave me a good laugh J ...
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Post by Slinger on Jul 17, 2018 18:55:41 GMT
I honestly can't think of any classical pieces that reduce me to tears, other than a few of Jerry's modern choices, but I don't think that's quite what you meant, Jules. There are two modern(ish) songs that do the trick though; one from the sixties, and one from the seventies. |
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Post by Rexton on Jul 17, 2018 20:03:47 GMT
The flower song Duet (have I got that wrong), anyway stunning.
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Post by Slinger on Jul 17, 2018 20:14:37 GMT
The flower song Duet (have I got that wrong), anyway stunning. It's a lovely piece of music. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 18, 2018 18:02:34 GMT
I'm afraid I think of the mega-bucks British Airways commercial from back in the day which used that music - it was on all the time and drove me a bit mad ...
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Post by MartinT on Jul 18, 2018 20:57:06 GMT
I can hardly listen to Beim Schlafengehen (When I Go to Sleep, the third of Strauss' Four Last Songs) any more as it was sung at my wife's funeral.
I always find that Durufle's Requiem brings a lump to my throat. It's truly one of the most wonderful creations ever, a masterpiece of mournful beauty.
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Post by savvypaul on Jul 19, 2018 12:42:16 GMT
This might do it for me...
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