"valkyries" =Wagner.
"William Tell=Rossini"

MARK:to relax,Mozart and Haydn are best.btw i hate Mozart lol.
Bach and other baroque-music are good for relaxing also,but also have a spiritual/mystique side.
you MUST try STRAWINSKY ! he`s by far the greatest composer of 20 th century !
his music has an incredible effect,but not in the way it makes you weep;i can`t explain it in English.my muscles contract,when i listen to his music,it`s magic ! his masterpiece is "Sacre de Printemps" ("Rite of Spring").it`s the most aggressive and "crazy" music in Classical genre !
some arias by Verdi show a good balance of aggression and serenity/optimism,so they could be useful for mental fight-preparation !one of them: the "Vendetta("Revenge"!)-aria from "Rigoletto" !

you should also give FREE JAZZ a try.don`t let the "first impression"fool you !
free jazz is very romantic lol !
my favourites are JOHN COLTRANE and CECIL TAYLOR.
somebody who dies without having listened to these two has missed a parallel-universe,something incredible and indescribable magic,cosmic !!
if you think you could dig FreeJazz,Mark,i`ll mail you links to some clips.
(but i`m not offended if you think that`s "noise" lol.just tell me honestly !)

SANDY(if you read this):after approx. 24 hours i found out how you could know about Marks progress.(what you said on "Water"-thread).
Johnny C.L.

PREDATOR:you just came across a bad source.i started to dig Classical Music when i was 23,B4 i didn`t know the first thing
about it.i think more ppl could appreciate it if there wan`t this blase-snobbish-attitude.my observation is that the more snobbish a concertgoer is,the less he knows.he`s just trying to impress other ppl.dreadful !
i`m sure you`ll discover more music that can be useful for you,perhaps also apart from MT !