[wareagle69]

Eva Cassidy - Songbird

 

[ken36]

Visit the beautiful music of the 1940s and 1950s. try the Musicals that played on Broadway. South Pacific, Oklahoma, Carousal. Big Bands. Wonderful.

 

[goober-george]

karma police is a beautiful song by radiohead, another beautiful song is twilight by elliott smith. And one more, a sweater poorly knit by mewithoutyou.

 

[Sarchi]

Definitely some Beethoven, and Mahler. I second the soundtracks suggestion, especially Ennio Morricone.

For 'pop', try some Daniel Lanois... Bela Fleck, Bruce Cockburn. Wilco.

 

[ozz]

2nd the tangerine dream

 

[Gautama]

Ahh jeez, I really need to catchup and take the time to listen to all these suggestions!

 

[pdennis]

x2 for Arvo Part's "Te Deum". The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir has a beautiful recording; gives me goosebumps!

Also recommended: "Pictures of Soul", an album by Omar Sosa and Adam Rudolph. I'm not sure this can be easily described; maybe look up Omar Sosa on Wikipedia, if you're not familiar with him already.

 

[amphead]

Sasha Dobson - "If not for dreams"

Her voice is soooo sweet in this and her breath tickles the back of your neck. Extraordinary microphone placement.

 

[Bizzel]

Definitely the LOTR soundtrack. I got the 3CD box set and it's very beautiful and sounds good as a bonus!

 

[fatcat28037]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wareagle69 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Eva Cassidy - Songbird

X2 to that, may I also suggest..........

 

[blessingx]

This old thread may be of some value.

 

[Gautama]

Wow, good job on the LOTR OST. Really liking this, very emotional.

I listened to what versions of things you all recommended online and definetely have some things I need to pick up:
Arvo Part "Te Deum"
Bach's English Suites
Beethoven's 6th
Eurythmics "Peace"
Some Mahler (anything specifically?)

 

[EhJayKim]

Well, I'd like to add a few to the list:

Elgar - Nimrod from the Enigma Variations

Mahler - Adagio (mvt. 4) from Symphony No. 5

Barber - Adagio for strings

With the barber, I personally prefer Agnus Dei which is a choral arrangement that he made of adagio for strings, but I think both pieces are worth having in a personal library of music.

 

[Arainach]

Anything by Eric Whitacre. His Vocal Works are stunning, but his band works are in my opinion even better. October remains the single greatest song I have ever heard and/or performed, and Equus is stunning as well. I can only find them on one album apiece on Amazon and haven't heard those specific recordings to vouch for; however, if you have a University nearby their library would almost certainly have recordings of his works somewhere.

 

[Jahn]

If you like soundtracks, check out the trio of "The Mission," "Room With a View" and "Cinema Paradiso."