Classical musicians?

[TesticleMilkshake]

Only in the past year have I started to get into metal (Devin Townsend, Om, Made out of Babies, Battle of Mice to name) but what other genres do you entertain beyond of metal?

I'm a classical singer and I tend to listen to a lot of music from the Impressionist period and beyond. Debussy is probably my favorite composer. Twentieth century American art song is really growing on me. I love Samuel Barber, he can be so quirky at times, but he really brings certain texts to life through composition (Hermit Songs is a prime example). Totally love Israel Citkowitz and Amy Beach is also pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/6BnmH5j0dG4

http://www.youtube.com/embed/GTg5DZnnLGI (Low voice, baritone?)

I've been getting into volkmusik German lieder, art song as well, like Hugo Wolf. I've been also experimenting a bit with Wagner's Ring Cycle. And John Adam's Nixon in China, shit is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/LpMQeJmKK2w

 

[RemoWilliams]

Nice selections. I like how John Adams isn't really the atypical "Minimalist" composer as he was pegged early in his career and has totally gone into a sort of twentieth century-ish American style.

I have a few pieces of Hugo Wolf. Manly his songs from poetry by Goethe and a Spanish songs. Nothing beats late German Romanticism to bring out the emo in poetry

 

[TesticleMilkshake]

I agree, I like how Adams has evolved over his career, more on an experimental, Neo-Classical bend. I'm going to be performing that aria I believe next week, so I'll post a recording if it goes well!

And yes, German Romanticism has some super, super emo moments

 

[outbreak525]

I started my music career with classical piano training.
I must say I love classical music and my favorite composers are Beethoven, Bach, and Tchaikovsky.

 

[TesticleMilkshake]

I started my music career with classical piano training.
I must say I love classical music and my favorite composers are Beethoven, Bach, and Tchaikovsky.
Yes

Tchaikovsky is the man! Do like Dvorak or Stravinsky?

 

[RemoWilliams]

Tchaikovsky is the man! Do like Dvorak or Stravinsky?

Whenever I ask anyone if they dig dStravinsky I have to preface with either early Stravinsky, Neo-Classical Stravinsky, Neo-Classical with early Stravinsky mega mix, or later atonal-modern Stravinky

 

[outbreak525]

Tchaikovsky is the man! Do like Dvorak or Stravinsky?

The Rite of Spring is one of my favorites