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Originally Posted by ultima_trev
Air in String G
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oh my god yes - another one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. when they use it in evangelion towards the end of the series... omg

. they also used the prelude to bach's cello suite in eva, another miraculous piece of music.
also something with a similar taste but more tragic overtone is
samuel barber's adagio for strings. with its slow moving heartbreaking melody and suspended dissonant 5th chords, it acts as an endless hail of falling tears.