Someone (I apologise I have lost the name) mentioned 'Barzakh' by Brahem Anvar which I think is great music--poignant and soulful in the best meanings of those terms. I had forgotten about it, and I just found it: It is available on compact disk from Borders ($13.59 + s&h). Although the original inquiry asked for choral or orchestral music, may I add a suggestion that only marginally meets it? It is 'Mevlevi Ceremonial Music' (Mevlevis are known in the west as whirling dervishes) performed by the Mevlevi ensemble. (Although there are many other recordings of that music supposedly designed to please the western taste, this is the real thing.) It is a collection of pieces played and sung in Mevlevi ceremonies. I think it, too, is wonderful music, reaching the depths of one's soul. (But anyone who is not familiar with that kind of music should give it a chance by a second and/or third listening. It will open up an astonishing wealth of beauty.) Peter Harzem