I need more immersion into classical music. I'm going into music in college, and I feel like I don't listen to enough. Basically, the only classical music I listen to is opera, because that's what I sing. I'm in Honors Choir, but we rarely sing classical music (we sing african processional after african processional and gospel music, it's awful, that's almost ALL we sing D: ), so I don't get all that much immersion from that. I'd really like to listen to more orchestral choral pieces.

My main problem with a lot of the classical music I have heard, is that it's too happy. I don't like a lot of the happier sounding instruments, and it sounds empty to me. I love violins, minor chords, all that jazz.

A perfect example would be Lacrymosa, the Mozart Requiem. It's absolutely beautiful, and so full of genuine human emotion. I'm in love with every single part of the piece of music. We're actually singing it in Honors Choir, for once, since we hardly ever do classical pieces.

Anyway, that'd be a good example of what I like. I also like Carmina Burana, but who doesn't. So please recommend me some pieces.