Who is a tenor or baritone whose voice is captivating, breathtaking, enchanting and makes time stop?

Question

I'm serious! :) I'm looking for a beautiful male voice... I need some variety in my music collection and I can't find anyone new (new to me that is) to like. I'm looking for a clear, flawless, more classical sound.

Some less popular acts please :)

I'm already familiar with Josh Groban, Il Divo, Andrea Bocelli, etc..

Answer 1

Would you be willing to try listening to a counter-tenor:? (Higher pitch, adult male singing in an alto or soprano range.) If so, I highly recommend Andreas Scholl. He sends shivers down my spine. Some short samples from him are available online here:

http://www.amazon.com/Merchant-Venice-Jocelyn-Pook/dp/B00068V37A

http://www.amazon.com/Handel-Solomon-Dam-Jensen-Gabrieli-McCreesh/dp/B00000JLFG

http://www.opuscds.com/cd/40300?osCsid=7tjsk3mt18vbphu2fp9cuqju34

It'd be nice to find some harmony duets with him and a baritone or bass.


Also, here is a Wikipedia list of over 100 of the world's most famous tenors, most of whom have a link on their name:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_tenors

Here is a list of 100 baritones:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_baritones

And here are three dozen bass singers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_basses

No samples, alas. But you can learn more about them. Amazon.com has sample mp3s for many classical singers.

It sounds obvious to say, but different people like (hear) different things. An oboeist friend tells me this has a physiological basis, everyone's ear really is made differently, different notes resonate more or less. E.g., I've learned that I have a soft-spot for music in the key of D-minor.

Let us know what you find out! :-)

Answer 2

No! You cannot change your voice type. If you are a tenor (true tenors are very rare), why on EARTH would you want to be a baritone (very common) anyway? If you are a tenor and try to sing outside of your vocal fach and sing too low, you can do damage to your voice just as badly as if a baritone tries to sing too high in the tenor range. You may develop nodes, bowed cords, or cause your vocal cords to grannulate if you do this. Be thankful for what you have - the tenor voice is rare and prized, and if you learn to sing it correctly, your voice will have a full bodied masculine sound that will peel paint off of the walls, and it will project much better than your lower voiced baritone and bass counterparts. The reason you don't think you like the tenor sound is because most 'tenors' have no clue how to sing the true masculine tenor sound (like Pavarotti, Domingo, or Lanza) and as a result, they sound wimpy because they use their falsetto to go high instead of being manly and belting out those high notes in full voice. Part of the reason for this is because of the "choir" sound. A tenor will easily project over an entire choir if he sings correctly, and directors can't have that, so they dictate all of the tenors to sing high notes quitely in the falsetto so they "blend". That's why if you have a good tenor voice, you should avoid choirs at all costs because it will put you into bad habbits. BTW, women LOVE a properly produced tenor voice. Scientific studies even proved that women get more excited by the tenor voice than other male voice types. Only if it is done right though, so the best advice I can give you is go and learn how to sing your high notes with masculinity, and you will find the satisfaction you are looking for. Don't try and force your voice into the baritone range. .

Answer 3

Josh Groban

Answer 4

I know you're looking for a male, but you HAVE to listen to, if you manage to find one of her albums (yes, a she, believe it or not, and I think she's a contralto but you couldn't tell by some of her songs, if Mariah Carey has a 5 octave range, this woman has 5 above and 5 below that!), then get Marian Anderson. I have one of her albums from 1946 (listen to the song "Crucifixion," I'm not religious but this one gets me every time).

I WAS going to say Josh Groban but since you already know about him... :P

Good luck ;)

Answer 5

Mark Dubois, Canadian, Lyric Tenor and is widely recorded.

Michael Schade, Canadian, Tenor, MET opera, discs include oratorios and is a brilliant Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

John Relyea, Canadian, MET Opera and numerous recordings

Douglas Sills, Tenor-Broadway-Scarlet Pimpernel

Daniel Taylor-counter tenor-a voice of exceptional beauty, world renown-many recordings of "Messiah"

Michael Ball, English West End Star, numerous disc's, sensitivity and power

Answer 6

Bryn Terfel.

Answer 7

I love Miguel Bosé's voice. Try his album Sereno, I think it is his best.

Answer 8

If it made time stop, you wouldn't be able to hear anything.

Answer 9

I know of nobody with such power.

Gandalf maybe?

Answer 10

WOODY ALLEN?
GOD BLESS