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Do you know of any works for a heart like mine? Something like the German Requiem by Brahms or Vespers (All Night Vigil) by Rachmaninov? Something to instill some spirituality in my hardened little atheist heart? I didn’t find Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis but it didn’t touch me. Should I give it another try? Something else?

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@kensanata no chorals, but take a look at Max Richter's neoclassical ƒuvre (e.g. his Blue Notebooks for a start), which is quite suitable for rmelacholy.

As for the real classics, HĂ€ndel or Telemann should do finde, but they are more cheerful most of the time.

As for the hardened atheist heart that's fine as it is, IMHO.

@kensanata It's not purely choral, but I would suggest Bach's St-Matthew's Passion. For contemporary choral music, Arvo PĂ€rt's Nunc Dimittis.

@wim_v12e I definitely could use some more Arvo PĂ€rt! Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, Miserez, and other pieces are already favorites of mine. And exploring YouTube from there is leading me to some good stuff. Thanks!

@wrenpile That's the one that I ended up on via YouTube! I'm going to spend some time listening to it.

@kensanata Brahms and FaurĂ© don’t sound like each other, but I hear a deep emotional similarity between them, and not only in their requiems.

Some of the names I was given led me to this wiki I had never heard of: ChoralWiki, home of the Choral Public Domain Library! “Here you will find free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations, and other useful information.” I love that these things exist.
cpdl.org/
As for myself, I’m listening to Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem.
youtu.be/UnilUPXmipM

@kensanata
fauré requiem a personal fave

exhibits a more evolved approach to death
(especially for european)

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@kensanata I'd try the Bach St John Passion, maybe. Or the B minor Mass, though it isn't exactly melancholy.

Also, go earlier and check out some Renaissance polyphony.

@kensanata indodana is aiming more for grief than melancholy but it still might work for what you’re looking for? Its a traditional christian song in isiXhosa, who’s lyrics translate roughly to: The lord has taken his son who lived among us, the son of god was crucified, oh father, Father Jehovah, we cry for him

Best sound quality I could find online was: youtube.com/watch?v=7mbcGleTw3