What piece of music evokes the strongest emotions in you?

[Klassikal]

It's hard to say for me personally. In my list certainly Liszt's La Campanella belongs,.. it always gets me in a oddly nostalgic contemplating mood.

[hornteacher]

Depends on which emotion.  Generally Beethoven's 9th is the one I get the most spiritual joy from.  Marriage of Figaro gives me the most laughs.  Copland's Appalachian Spring and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto give me the most peace.  Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Dvorak's Cello Concerto give me the most passionate feelings.  Mozart's Requium is the most haunting.  Rachmaninov's 2nd PC expresses love and nostalgia.

[greg]

If this question means "overall", then it'd end up being everyone's favorite piece (and for me the answer would be Mahler 9, 10, and 2) 

but as for other emotions..... nostalgia would have to belong to Brahms, rage, energy and fury would be the music of Xenakis, Varese, Penderecki, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, peace and mindless joy Mahler 4, basic amazement Henze 8.... i could go on forever

[some guy]

This is an easy one: whichever piece I'm listening to at the time.

An hour ago, it was Kutavičius' Lokys The Bear.

Ten minutes ago, it was Karin Rehnqvist's Teile dich Nacht.

And right this second, it's Helmut Oehring's ER.eine She (aus: 5ÜNF/ Haare-Opfer).

[George]

Schubert D 894

Sviatoslav Richter

3/5/1978

[Bonehelm]

Emotional joy: ODE THE JOY symphony, LvB (I'm probably the only one that calls his 9th that)
Spirtual joy: Resurrection symphony, Mahler...Apocalyptic symphony, Bruckner
Sadness, Depression: Pathetique, Tchaiky
Anger: 5th symphony, Shosty

I cant think of more, had too much caffeine for my brain cells to work properly

[Symphonien]

...Apocalyptic symphony, Bruckner

Which one is the "Apocalyptic" symphony?

EDIT: Don't worry, I looked it up and see it's the 8th... not very familiar with the nicknames for these symphonies.

[springrite]

Schubert D 894

Sviatoslav Richter

3/5/1978

I was just about to say that! It has everything, doesn't it?

[George]

I was just about to say that! It has everything, doesn't it?

Yes, it does. 

[karlhenning]

No one piece of music.  How about a list of 200?

[George]

No one piece of music.  How about a list of 200?

Go for it! 

[orbital]

I don't know why, but Nocturne Op48/2 stirs so strong an emotion that I sometimes cannot listen to it. It is not even my favorite nocturne. There has to be a memory associated with it that I can't figure out 

[BachQ]

Brahms PC 1
Mahler Sym 6
Tchaikovsky Syms 5 and 6
Bruckner 8 and 9
Mozart K. 364; PC's 20 & 24

[George]

I don't know why, but Nocturne Op48/2 stirs so strong an emotion that I sometimes cannot listen to it. It is not even my favorite nocturne. There has to be a memory associated with it that I can't figure out 

I need to check this one out.

[Symphonien]

All right, I'll try and list a few...

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 & 6
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2
Schnittke - Piano Concerto & Symphony No. 8
Gorecki - Symphony No. 3
Penderecki - Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima

[not edward]

Impossible to say, but since I just listened to it, I'll say Mahler's Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen.

[George]

I don't know why, but Nocturne Op48/2 stirs so strong an emotion that I sometimes cannot listen to it. It is not even my favorite nocturne. There has to be a memory associated with it that I can't figure out 

I am listening to it now. Boy, it sure is haunting, even spooky! I love it!

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

I could tell many. Currently: Jean Sibelius, En Saga. The powerful resolution with such a beautiful an ending, where the clarinet player must necessarily feel what he is there: The center of the universe.

[max]

Mozart's Masonic Funeral music. Metaphysics in sound! It gives me this cozy cosmic feeling.

Of course, this is just one item in my multitudinous range of dispositions!

[Mozart]

I think the kyrie of Mozart's c min mass is extremely emotional.