Classical music, what contemporary music compares to it ?

[Funky Dunky]

Check out Dark Sanctuary. It sounds like somebody stuck a mic into heaven and recorded angels.

[Nicko]

To me classical music is all about developing a theme. The closest I come to this in modern music is trance and ambient which on the surface is all about rhythm which is not really my bag but given the right, ahem, "state of mind" can have people feeling quite emotional. This is the new prog rock.