Gay classical musicians

[Telstra]

song title:
sex on fire.

 

[Telstra]

don't know. It is a new song on radio, non classical.

 

[teadrinker]

Two spring to mind:

Davitt Moroney: harpsichordist
Stephen Hough: pianist

(I don't know if they're available on iTunes, but I would hope so!)

Both have made lots of recordings. For composers: Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, Aaron Copland, Michael Tippett, Hans-Werner Henze...

Enjoy - it's a big and wonderful world, that of classical music!

-T.

 

[Jory]

Some did a thread on some Gay classical flute player can't remember his name he played well and was hot Hey what can I say

 

[Jory]

I think that was Horacio Franco. and yes.. he was hot. I bought his album just to thank him for all those nudie pics.

That it the thing what type of Classical Music are you looking for?

 

[jesusfarts]

Gay classical flute player

isn't that a bit redundant.

HIYOOO

 

[Jory]

You may or may not find this person of interest


http://www.answers.com/topic/dominique-phinot

 

[Jory]

Okay Jasun I want a good mix of music to down load into my LG Voyager Phone from Classic to Rock what what would you suggest?

 

[Jory]

I mean... you gotta be more specific than that.

Like you I grew up with Classical Music and I think it time I expand my tastes

 

[teadrinker]

If you hunt around you'll find some mp3 files at Eric Edberg's blog - he is a gay cellist, who has written on music and on gay issues.

-T

 

[teadrinker]

One last post, and then I really must go and do something more constructive: Daniel Yeadon (cello and viola da gamba) and Neal Peres da Costa (harpsichord) are a gay couple now living in Australia who have appeared individually and together on several recordings. A good place to start searching is the ABC shop online.

-T.

 

[Yves]

teadrinker mentioned two great examples of out, proud and gifted musicians: Stephen Hough & Davitt Moroney. A few more names:

- French pianist Jean Yves Thibaudet. His recordings are available on iTunes including those with violinist Joshua Bell (also gay) Sample Thibaudet's Ravel recital if you are into piano solo:
Ravel: Piano Works (Decca)

- Director Michael Tilson Thomas is another key name. A good number of his recordings with the San Francisco Symphony (Mahler, etc) and other orchestras are available on iTunes.

More names can be added if we include musicians who never came out as gay/bisexuals. Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter is one example. Richter, one of the best pianist of the last century, left an impressive catalogue. iTunes has a great selection including this Prokofiev/Shostakovich recital: Richter, The Master Vol. 3 (Decca)

Gay couples:

- Gérard Souzay (French baritone) & Dalton Baldwin (American pianist) Souzay was regarded as one of the best interpreters of French art song and lieder of the last century. Souzay and Baldwin met in the 1950s and developed a close partnership. Most of their classic 1950/1960s recordings are not available on iTunes yet, except for a few great recitals on small European labels: Recitals: Airs Ancien et d'Italie et d'Espagne/Lieder de Franz Liszt
Sample tracks 21, 25, 28.

- Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten. A few recordings are available including their version of Schubert's Winterreise

- French Composer/Pianist Francis Poulenc and Baritone Pierre Bernac. There are no Bernac recordings on iTunes but you can find a good number of Poulenc's works (from opera to piano solo) This piano recital might give you an idea of his music:
Poulenc Piano Works - Pascal Rogé

 

[MrWright]

As mentioned there's Poulenc and Britten but, really, gay composers is a huge world:

Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland (I don't like him...), John Corigliano, John Cage, Leonard Bernstein (bi but it's debated), Michael Tilson Thomas, and (my favorite) Tchaikovsky.

Disputed but likely (older classical composers have a less clear record on this): Telemann, Handel, Schubert, Saint-Saens, and Corelli.

There are more...some we'll never know.

 

[MrWright]

But while they're not/weren't gay, I really recommend from the very heart of me listening to Mahler, Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Wagner, Scriabin, and Ives. These are some of my utmost favorites. On another note, I find Bach and Mozart to be somewhat inaccessible to the beginning/not-yet-too-into-Classical listener so listen to them later. I swear I hated them at first and now they're two of my greatest loves.

 

[HenryReardon]

One last post, and then I really must go and do something more constructive: Daniel Yeadon (cello and viola da gamba) and Neal Peres da Costa (harpsichord) are a gay couple now living in Australia who have appeared individually and together on several recordings. A good place to start searching is the ABC shop online.

-T.

Composer, Conductor, Pianist Leonard Bernstein was known to swing both ways.

 

[MrWright]

Anyone know of any opera singers? Tenors or Baritones?

I'm really enjoying this.

This one's harder to know/find out so I can't help you as much here...

 

[teadrinker]

Dunno about tenors or baritones, but two countertenors, both gay, are

David Daniels
Brian Asawa

-T.

 

[Yves]

Anyone know of any opera singers? Tenors or Baritones?

I'm really enjoying this.

Tenors:

- Hugues Cuénod: The World's Oldest Living Tenor Celebrates His 105th Birthday (And He's a Newlywed, No Less!)

- Max Lorenz