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I really really like the chamber music of Bach, Scarlatti, Purcell, Handel, Corelli, and Telemann but I can't find anything new out of it. Digging for novelty is becoming more and more difficult with these Baroque composers, and the real problem is that I can't stand choral or orchestral music. Classical singing is indistinct and ugly, whether it's soprano down to baritones; it's especially bad when more than two voices join in because it becomes mush, much like the bulk of string and brass sections in larger symphonic pieces. So I've been relegated to small ensemble chamber music, and it is nice but I'm afraid I'm squeezing blood out of a rock. I also don't particularly enjoy the sound of pianos; they too are really boring and frankly ugly in comparison to the light and delicate touch of the clavier or harpsichord. Later music also tends to be dissonant and artistically inhuman, completely at odds with the genteel sensibilities of a lute or harpsichord study. There's no major difference to my ears between Merzbow and Stravinsky. The former is merely carrying out the logical conclusion of the latter.

So what do, anon? What's left to listen to? Is there some secret, obscure music I'm not aware of?