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In response to this comment by Anthony NYC on the now closed “Soprano Refuses to Cross Over” thread: "It did make me realize that I have not yet listened to Rene Pape's recording with the popular German rock group Rammstein, 'Mein Herz brennt.' "

I never thought I would ever have even the remotest excuse to bring this up (at least not when I was sober), but both Rene Pape’s recording of “Mein Herz brennt” and Rammstein’s latest album (Reise, Reise) are on my iPod. I adore Rene Pape (but alas am just a bit too past my sell-by date to give being a groupie serious consideration :clapping: ) and Ramstein has been a guilty pleasure for years.

Anyway, “Mein Herz brennt” isn’t a crossover album, exactly. The German composer Torsten Rasch used the lyrics and (more loosely) the music from a selection of Rammstein’s songs as the basis of a rather long (65 minute) fully orchestrated song-cycle for bass, speaker, soprano and choir. The music sounds nothing like Rammstein – in fact, it sounds very much like the kind of late-Romantic song cycle that might have been written 90 years ago (think early Schoenberg). (I mean neither the “90 years ago” nor the “Schoenberg” part as criticism, by the way.) It is in its way as angst-ridden as a Rammstein abum, however, and I heartily recommend it. Pape and the Dresden Symphony Orchestra sound glorious in this stuff. But be warned: you are going to hear a piece of classical music, not a German industrial metal band.

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But be warned: you are going to hear a piece of classical music, not a German industrial metal band.

We stand warned. :clapping: Kathleen, thank you for starting the topic. I'm not sure I'd call this an example of crossover in the usual sense, as it would be if Pape were actually singing with the group in its customary manner. This sounds perfectly legit, as it were.

Anthony_NYC, if you do get around to listening to it, let us know what you think.

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I'm not sure I'd this an example of crossover in the usual sense

Not for Pape, but I guess it's crossover for Rammstein. And isn't it great that they have the background and cultural breadth to be able to compose and perform in a classical style.

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I'm not sure I'd this an example of crossover in the usual sense

Not for Pape, but I guess it's crossover for Rammstein. And isn't it great that they have the background and cultural breadth to be able to compose and perform in a classical style.

Just to clarify: the recording I'm referring to was neither composed nor performed by Rammstein, although it has its origins in their music. They may well be able to compose and perform classical music, of course, but weren't directly involved in this album to the best of my knowledge.

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