I am aggressively involved in 20th Century music and love to play the most recent, adventurous, complex pieces. So it is a mystery even to me why I turn to the Strauss Waltzes when I need something that turns me around and gives me comfort. At other times, depeending upon what part of my soul needs comforting, I turn to the Verdi Requiem or Bachs Goldberg Variations performed by an artist that plays them very slowly. I do see the comforting power of the music posted on this thread. Ray Bayles