Try the Duruflé Requiem too. I haven't listened to Fauré's all the way through, but it pushes some similar buttons and I certainly don't find it bland :) *shivers* There's lots of different moments, and my favorite will probably not coincide with anyone else's... but there's a section in the Lux Aeterna that's like getting a hug from the spirit of the cello.

I'm also very fond of Ralph Vaughan Williams...