"On the Transmigration of Souls"-John Adams

This is one of Adams' most powerful and beautiful pieces. Some claim he only won the Pulitzer because of the subject matter but the fact remains it the most elegant attempts at capturing the somberness of the event. Reich, 10 years later, went for haunting but Adams captured the mystique of the tragedy. This piece is sad and beautiful and gut wrenching all at the same time.

Nathan Courtright