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Beethoven quartet opus 135, especially the third movement. Several others, about an album or two worth of music. Ravel’s quartet is up there. I melt when I hear George Duke’s rhodes solo on Blessed Relief (a great piece overall). Stuff like that.

Barber's Adagio for strings, although it gets referenced enough; Khachaturian's Spartacus and Phrygia, especially the brass version; Holst's planets, esp Uranus; Beethoven's 7th; Gorecki's 3rd.

For me it’s Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott.

In this version: https://youtu.be/BBeXF_lnj_M?si=kPTUsAB19_RyECO5

Some of mine include Bach's violin partita 3, Beethoven's 9, and Mahler 1.

Add a few more that others may not mention:

Brahms symphony 4 - 1st movement Brahms symphony 3 - 3rd movement Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3

Jazz

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane In a Sentimental Mood My Little Brown Book

Dave Brubeck Quartet Koto Song

Rock

Pink Floyd Echos (from Meddle ) Animals

Ein Deutsches Requiem

greatest choral music ever written