Götterdämmerung Finale: Possibly the most beautiful ending to a work ever written.

In my opinion, the finale (like the last minute and a half) of Götterdämmerung is the most beautiful ending to a work ever written.
Here it is: http://youtu.be/TMBHxG_RCnM?t=17m27s

I've never seen nor heard anything like this--these 7 bars are truly amazing.

Here's the score. The 7 bars start from the section after "Etwas zurückhaltend"
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6V_-ZciWDh2WGs1RGJ4UXZBTFE/edit?usp=sharing

Here's how it looks in the piano reduction

The thing I love about the piano version is that the music tells you which section is which Leitmotif.

But I digress.


The music

Beautiful. Just sublime. Melody-laying at its finest. 7 bars of Wagner telling us through the orchestra that "All's well that ends well." The brass announcing "The End" with those glorious chords. This is relaxing music that is totally fitting for a sunset at the end of a stress-filled day.

More importantly, this music resolves the conflict. It incorporates the Verklärungsmotiv, Rheingoldmotiv, and the Nixenjubelmotiv. The music just seems to wrap everything up. The world's been purified, the gold is back in the Rhine, and the gods are no longer in power.

 Back to what I said earlier about the sunset. Without the gods, humanity must learn to live on its own. This music also signifies the dawn of a new age with humans in control rather than the gods.