concur. also, now that i think about it, and in a similar vein ... let's see. schuberts ave maria, sheep may safely graze, panis angelicus (franch?), o mio babbino caro (sp?) by puccini, pueri concinte by ??hmm, and perhaps handel's largo from xerxes (sp?), oh, too, the second movement from ???, y'know, in the hall of the mountain kings, and all that.
Wasn't that Mazursky? One piece I hear from time to time on classical radio that is very haunting and beautiful is Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess". But I am partial to the CHORAL classics, "Ode to Joy", 'The Messiah". Right now I am enjoying myself to death listening to classical Christmas music, Gregorian chants, Medieval and Renaissance music, and especially British music.
I attended a concert Sunday night which was exclusively English Christmas music including 4 of my all time favorites "In the Bleak Midwinter", "What Sweeter Music" (I cheat, it's late 20th cent. John Rutter), "Lullaby for Christmas" (a Welsh tune I first heard sung in the movie 'Empire of the Sun') and finally another cheat, Ralph Vaughn Williams' "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" Look em up, folks. They are all a delight to the ears and portray the TRUE meaning of Christmas!
Edward Grieg, the Peer Gynt Suite.