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Bob C wrote: "Of more modest proportions yet expanding into the elegaic, I would recommend: Prayer - from the Keith Jarrett album Death And The Flower, a wistful duet between Jarrett and Charlie Haden. And from outside the western tradition: Salaman - on the Toumani Diabate album New Ancient Strings." Cool, if we are too expand this list to non-classical music examples of sadness and beauty, I can add...................The Koln Concerts by Keith Jarret and in the same vein as your suggestions, Bob, Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck's "Djam Leelii" A third of the Joni Mitchell discography A third of the Cure's discography A third of Elliott Smith's discography and some individual tunes: "40 Nights" and 'Softly William,Softly" by Dave Brubeck (off the Time In record that was a low seller for him) "Corinthian Melodies" by Art Lande and the Rubisa Patrol (ECM) "Sand Glass" by Eberhard Weber (on the Yellow Field album on ECM) "Midwestern Nights Dream" (Pat Metheny with Jaco Pastorius on ECM) "Song for Sally" Chick Corea off of Solo Piano volume 2 on ECM "Lalene" by Keith Jarret (off of 'Facing You' for solo piano on ECM) "Follow Your Heart" by the Joe Farrell Group (featuring John McLaughlin on CTI) and in pop music "Columbus" by Mary Black "I Can't Make You Love Me (if you won't) by Bonnie Raitt "Centerpiece - Harry's House Joni Mitchell off of "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" "Cherokee Louise" Joni Mitchell "Polly Come Home" Alison Krauss and Robert Plant "Anyone Who Had A Heart" Shelby Lynne "Stay" The Blue Nile "Last Winter-Superwoman" Stevie Wonder "If I Ever Lose This Dream" Aretha Franklin "Oh Linda" Gordon Lightfoot "Four in the Morning" The Youngbloods There's more but my mind is experiencing over load LOL, and I'm not in a sad mood at all........................time to go out and rage with my newly fretted guitar and my fuzz factory, tweak fuzz, demon wah, dod meatbox and alesis Bit-r-man don't worry, though, I do happy and contented too....................<chuckle>