This music will make you cry no matter what your faith is.

[hrmjustin]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserere_(Allegri)

[NYC_SKP]

1. Recommended. (nt)

wow!

[hrmjustin]

2. You know for many years this was only allowed to be played in the Papal Presence in Rome

alone. It was smuggled out. It is usually played at Ash Wed and durning lent.

[NYC_SKP]

3. I did not know that!

Just like them to keep the best to themselves to the exclusion of ordinary mortals, eh?

[hrmjustin]

4. Thank God it was smuggled out!

The best is at Tenebrae-the service of light- when they sing this in darkness. Then a loud noise to signals Christ's resurrection and the lights go on. It is great in English or in Latin. It is psalm 51.

[bananas]

5. "This video is not available on mobile"

I'll have to watch it later.

[kentauros]

6. While it didn't make me cry

(that feat seems reserved for Beethoven's 9th symphony, and Moonlight Sonata) it did make me introspective.

And that one voice above all the others was phenomenal! (I don't know the vocal designations for anything above baritone )

[hrmjustin]

7. This is one of my favorite pieces.

When Choirs sing this four or five members of the choir sing from a different location than the other members.

[kentauros]

8. I'm sure it's much better live,

and would have a greater emotional effect on a person. I'd love to see David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir live, too (preferably in that large cistern they used in one of their recordings.)

[cbayer]

9. The one that gets me is Barber's Adagio for Strings

I heard it so many times at funerals and gatherings to mourn friends lost in the AIDS crisis.

I really can't listen to it these days.

Unfortunately, my connection prevents me from listening to this one, but maybe later.