When I started this blog less than 2 months ago, I set myself a clear unwritten rule of NOT intending to write posts with top 10 lists.
Well, rules are there to be broken, let’s take a walk on the wild side, baby!
A soon to be published post on Cosi Fan Tutte, gave me the idea for this post.
All of the below are melodies that will never leave me untouched.
The versions below are not necessarily representative of what I’d recommend as reference for the particular classical work, it was what I found on Youtube so everybody hopefully should be able to access it.
The ranking is fully artificial, and could totally change tomorrow.
If you have any additions or suggestion, please comment!
1. Soave Sia Il Vento from Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wi7UsXW1As
2006 Glyndebourne recording, Ivan Fischer
See also my review of Cosi Fan Tutte with Yannick Nézet- Seguin.
2. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 (4th movement, starting around 30:00)
Wilhelm Furtwängler, NDR Sinfonieorchester
See also my post on Brahms Symphony 1 and why it means so much to me for more info.
3. Keith Jarrett: My Song
From the “Carnegie Hall Concert” 2006. Could also have taken the original from the 1978 album with Jan Garbarek, but didn’t find it on Youtube. See a review on this amazing album here.
4. Mozart: C-minor mass KV427: Domine Deus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m163Wey9EDQ
Elīna Garanča, Diana Damrau
See my reviews of two great versions here and here
5. Bach: St. Matthew Passion: Wir setzen uns in Tränen nieder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jygOAnPMWOE
Ton Koopman
See my review of my favorite versions here and here.
6. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Summertime
From Porgy and Bess
7. Händel: Rinaldo : Lascia ch’io pianga
Cecilia Bartoli
Find a review of my favorite Rinaldo recording here.
8: Schubert: Ständchen
Hans Hotter
Also outstanding in the piano only version
9. Dido & Aeneas: Dido’s Lament
Simone Kermes; Teodor Currentzis
10. Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway: Carpet Crawlers
1974 album
All sources: Youtube.
I’ve now published two follow-up posts with readers finds on music that gives them goose bumps here.
musicophilesblog - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms 
Hi musicophilesblog,
I have enjoyed listening to your chosen list here, though I am unable to listen to a few of them as they have become defunct on YouTube. Also, one or two of the rest cannot be played in certain countries.
Happy December to you soon!
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We agree on one! mine are …
Soave sia il vento’ from Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’. Specifically the one with Nicolas Rivenq as Don Alfonso, Miah Persson as Fiordiligi and Anke Vondung as Dorabella, singing in the 2006 Glyndebourne Festival Production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte.
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21, K.467. The first movement, played by Yeoleum Son.
Beethoven’s Symphony No.7. The final movement. Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 conducted by Iván Fischer with the Concertgebouworkest
Delibes’ Lakmé the Duo Des Fleurs (Flower Duet) Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa (pips Anna Netrebko & Elīna Garanča singing Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Specifically the Barcarolle).
Dove Sono I Bei Momenti’ (Dorothea Röschmann, The Royal Opera) – From Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro).
The Scherzo from 9th Symphony by Beethoven played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti.
Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 “From The New World” Adagio – Allegro molto by Celibadche, with the Münchner Philharmoniker.
W. A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466. The 1st movement played by Yeoleum Son.
“Porgi Amor,” sung by Kiri Te Kanawa from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro – Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1973 also with Frederica Von Stade, Ilieana Contrubas, Benjamin Luxon & Knut Skram.
Fra gli amplessi – W.A. Mozart, from Così fan tutte – 2006 Glyndebourne Festival Production … Conductor: Ivan Fischer with Miah Persson as Fiordiligi and Topi Lehtipuu as Ferrando
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