Let's talk music, no genre boundaries

I was stunned with my first battery transistor radio  when i was 14 61 years ago, i remember my impression as yesterday, walking and listen to Otis Redding...

I just discovered blues with him but i did not know it yet...

I became conscious of the blues existence with John Lee Hooker and it was Hooker who touch me more than the blues itself...

 These two singers were "cool" as ice spewed by a volcano ...

And here is the great Otis Redding, who died much too young, singing "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVjnBo96Ug

@toddalin 

Try Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (the interludes are standard concert fare) or any of his other operas.

Or Willian Walton's brilliantly short oratorio Belshazzar's Feast.

@richardbrand 

Peter Grimes in interesting, but I prefer my singing to be in song, rather than the spoken word.

I guess Belshazzar’s Feast is in English, but when that many voices are singing en masse, it can make it very difficult to understand.

Maybe opera is not for me.

This is more my cup of tea and would be more of a "Rock Opera" using some more modern instrumentation.  It is not a collection of songs, but rather tells the story of travels through the after life and reincarnation.

https://youtu.be/_ZBGjB0kE9w

@richardbrand, @toddalin 

I liked Peter Grimes when I saw the opera, but it isn't an opera I'd play at home. I'm probably not a full-on opera buff. I play Puccini's beautiful melodies and some Mozart operas at home. Also a bit of Verdi.

@mahgister, @frogman 

BTW, I think we can add Verdi's Requiem to the list of great masses and requiems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaebqmzm0RA 

Definitely.  Let’s not forget Berlioz Requiem.  Munch conducting Boston Symphony is wonderful.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBrs-r77FPJKOAW0GMy6wQbyAxDb_xDN6&si=-OEl6Kxl6OlH3cE_