I've always loved The Planets by Gustav Holst. Specifically Jupiter - Bringer of Jollity, Venus - Bringer of Peace and Neptune - The Mystic. I've always loved the song I Vow To Thee, My Country which is what the middle part of Jupiter is. The way Neptune just fades out into the nothing right at the end is just so hauntingly brilliant. I was lucky enough to see a live performance of it back in February and it was one of the best things I've ever had the luck of attending. Utter brilliance. I'm not really up on my classical music, but The Planets is hard not to like.

Having mentioned one patriotic tune already (I Vow To Thee My Country), I think Jerusalem deserves mentioning. Such an utterly powerful piece of music. When it's sang properly with real feeling it's one of those songs that always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I love it. Originally a William Blake poem (And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time) but put to music by Parry and orchestrated by Elgar. Would be so much better as a national anthem than God Save the Queen.

Another rather predictable piece that I like is Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No.1. So calm and utterly delicately beautiful.