Classics songs that make you cry

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Gustav,

I adore Bruckner's *Te Deum*. What a poignant piece it is!!!

Cheers,

Corno Dolce

 

[Art Rock]

it always depends on the mood i am in
but here are some songs who touch me deeply just at the top of my head
winter by tori amos.
luka by susane vega.
for emily whenever i may find her - simon and garfunkel

Excellent choices!

 

[Soubasse]

This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
Au Fond du Temple Saint (from The Pearl Fishers) - Bizet
Kathy's Song - Paul Simon
Nessun Dorma - Puccini (has to be sung really well though)
Spem in Alium - Tallis
Tallis is Dead - Byrd
Onward - Yes
The Meeting - Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
Annachie Gordon - Loreena McKennitt

There are others I'm sure, those are the ones that stood out having thought about the topic for the last 5 minutes.

 

[hillelr]

Excellent choices!

thx mate
i see that you are a tori amos fan your self
i saw her when she came to israel she gave an amazing performance
i think she is the best singer/songwriter since joni Mitchell
did you see her show somewhere?

 

[Grace]

does anybody knows Kreator?
It's a trash metal band doing very noisy music. They've done just 1 slow song called "As we watch the west" and everytime i listen to, i cry like a baby.
If you are very sad and you want to cry, i advise to listen to this beautiful song.

 

[lcfr]

Madredeus - Fado das Duvidas
- Na Estrada de Santiago
- Alfama

This portugal fado band makes me feel terrible but beautiful "Saudade" sense. A kind of nostalgia for Lisbon, although I've never been there, but I really want to return, that makes me deeply deeply sad and brings to the bitter grief . may be it is a feeling I live for

 

[Corno Dolce]

Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise" gets me crying Niagara Falls quantities of tears - Its so beautiful, wistful, melancholic, and sad at the same time.

 

[methodistgirl]

This song isn't so classic but it's been around a while. I tear up when I hear
"I can only imagine" and this classic Jesu joy of man's desire.
judy tooley:bawl:

 

[alexiakl]

Yesterday - The Beatles
Holy mother - Eric Clapton, Luciano Pavarotti
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
damn I can go on writing songs for hours.. honestly I use music to cry and let everything out

 

[Corno Dolce]

"Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen" by Gustav Mahler.

 

[methodistgirl]

Because He Lives written by Bill Gaither made me cry yesterday after
hearing that the preacher's youngest son just left for Afganistan.
This has me worried. This guy is just in his twenties. Oh well his dad
the preacher was in Viet Nam when that war was going on. Both wars
to me are meaningless along with Iraq.
judy tooley

 

[Art Rock]

"Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen" by Gustav Mahler.

One of the best in the classical repertoire. A good friend of mine had this played at his funeral.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Art Rock,

Many years ago I sang the Mahler with a professional choir in a transcription of this for choir a capella. Imho, it becomes even more gripping when only human voices are tasked with providing both the accompaniment and the solo line.

Respectfully yours,

CD

 

[Muza]

Because by Beatles

 

[methodistgirl]

Before the Next Teardrop Falls by Freddy fender.
I will miss him greatly.
judy tooley

 

[Corno Dolce]

"Autumn Leaves".

 

[methodistgirl]

Midnight blue by ELO
judy tooley

 

[White Knight]

"Take a Pebble"--Emerson, Lake and Palmer; "For No One"--The Beatles

 

[Dorsetmike]

For a real tear jerker Purcell's Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOIAi2XwuWo&feature=related

 

[White Knight]

For a real tear jerker Purcell's Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOIAi2XwuWo&feature=related

Mike, you're absolutely right. This required an extra box of tissues to get thru it.