I watched some of, and read about, Nightwish last night.  Interestingly, they've had three different lead singers; the one in the video that Wolf linked is the latest.

Dave,Thanks for checking  that out.  I am a little curious about the Symphonic type Metal with Female fronted  opera like  lead singers. There is musical drama and performance art there that I find appealing to some extent. Kind of Kool in a way .  
 
New stuff for me to hear  and maybe even explore !

I thought the combination worked well.  And Wolf, if you haven't seen them with the first singer, you may like her as much as the third.
 
From what I read, most of what they record includes symphony orchestras.  I watched a few of their live videos, and while I'm not sure, it did seem to me that there may have been more musical content than was being produced by the musicians.  Put another way, it seemed to me that perhaps the orchestral and choral parts were not being reproduced by a keyboard, but by a recording.
 
Which is a whole, and perhaps interesting, discussion in itself.

Dave, yes I have checked out their other lineups ,in some cases I have come to the same conclusion as you . In my post #4114 in this thread and on this page is a link to an EPICA performance, another band in the same genre in a live performance with a full symphony !
 
Singer Simone Simons shines very bright here !
 

Amazing Grace played in harmonics on bass by Victor Wooten  
 

Bach - The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080  
 

 
This is a very important piece of music for me.
Classical Counterpoint .  This is what makes me tick when I jam !  
 
Bach was the jam master ! BUT he wrote it all down ____
 
Lucky for us to study!

Been listening to Wolf's link in the office today. I needed about an hour of that to help this Monday along into the past.  
 
Often wonder what would J.S. Bach post on the Listening thread.

Gregory,  I am glad that you like it . Listening to J.S.Bach somehow seems to help me  get my act together.
 
Wolf

When I am working, the station I listen to most often is Venice Classic Radio. I find that baroque music provides the best environment for concentration.
 
Sometimes they get a bit overblown, but most of their selections are very good.
 
http://www.veniceclassicradio.eu/en/
 
 
Also, a lot of what Bach composed he did not write down. Much of it was improvised and sketches written that were frozen on paper by later interpreters. He was apparently a brilliant improviser.

Edwin , Thanks for the link! I am listening as I type this .
 
That is great .

It got me through law school!

The power of music shall set you free ! ( As in the truth shall set you free )

GHS3 - The Challenger. Frank Gambale, Stu Hamm and Steve Smith.

Got back from Washburn (way up north in Wisconsin, ya der hey).  Long road trip and my wife brought along the following . . . all very enjoyable while cruising through the northwoods.
 
Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line
Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights
The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion
The Haden Triplets, self titled.

I just listened to a very unusual, and quite clever, cover of .  Vintage instrumentation.