The Lark Ascending

[mikey4444]

I have just listened to "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams.

I must have heard this a thousand times but it still sounds as magical as it did, when I first heard it at age 15.

Does anyone else have a piece of favorite classical music that has stood the test of time ?

[bookend]

The Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves is one of my favourites. Truly magical.

[ladyalex]

Concierto de Aranjuez does it for me.

[Prudie]

Yes the first time I heard Albinoni's Adagio for Strings at school it blew me away and still does.

[Captain2]

Only recently have I found and come to love most, if not quite all, of The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins. Poignant and uplifting at the same time.

[vulcan42]

Mozart's Laudate Dominum from Solemn vespers, timeless.

[Togo]

Part. Spiegel Im Spiegel.

[Togo]

Franck. Panis Angelicus.

[roopower]

Intermezzo from cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni, sublime

[jackthehat]

///Part. Spiegel Im Spiegel. ///

We had that at our wedding.....:o)

Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto is my Desert Island Disc.

[Old_Geezer]

Isn't this the sort of thread ine expects each post to contain a YouTube link ?

[retroactive]

was that on classic Fm mikey? I was listening to that tonight but forgot what it was called

[Mamyalynne]

Adagio for Strings (Samuel Barber) for me is almost an out of body experience.

[Jackdaw33]

The Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore.

[ladybirder]

Let's see if YT is working tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvsVSWB4TI

[jourdain2]

Love 'The Lark Ascending'. My dad was a huge fan of British 'impressionism' and that was one of the ones I heard a lot throughout my life.

On the whole, I have to say that Delius' 'Song of the High Hills' transports me into another world. All my life I would wake up on a Sunday morning to hear that wonderful music. We played it at Dad's funeral - and I want it at mine.

Delius has been much underrated for past 50 years. Anyone who doesn't know - give him a try (my Dad actually saw him play!). Sea Drift - if you have the words - is heartbreaking.

[Quizproquo]

I have a favourite by a country mile. It makes me cry it's that good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KylMqxLzNGo

[Quizproquo]

The link is not working - it's Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber. Just. Stunning.

[Quizproquo]

Mamya I see it has the same effect on you as it does for me. This makes me happy :)

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, I was a huge fan of Albinoni's Adagio and then I heard Barber in a wonderful setting with pure acoustics , it was sheer heaven.

[brainiac]

Have you heard the choral version of Barber's Adagio for Strings arranged by Barber himself - Agnus Dei? Beautiful, and well worth searching out