The 10 best classical tear-jerkers

From melancholy Rachmaninov to sublime Bach, Fiona Maddocks picks her favourite classical weepiesClick on the track title to hear each pieceRachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minorThanks to that fateful encounter in a railway tearoom in David Lean's 1945 film Brief Encounter, which used it as the throbbing soundtrack, Rachmaninov's second piano concerto must rank as the best-known classical weepie ever. After eight murky piano chords at the start, with a low, tolling left hand, a sweeping melo...

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