I'm male and i love the warm voice of tenor, but i prefer songs for soprano,... but which do i like better depend on the song...
i love baroque song with almost-impossible-to-perform melismas... it always trills my mind I love to hear countertenor sings vivaldi or handel, and tenor sings Bach, and sometimes soprano on particular pieces. So i conclude that i like countertenor or sopranist (male soprano), err.. does it make sense?

I think I prefer them in precisely this order: tenor, soprano, bass, alto.

I do agree with Fox Druid also as far as liking the sound of the countertenor as well (when I occasionally get to hear one).

~josh

I'm a fan of boys choirs.

(i.e. the Holland Boy's Choir)

Hmm, i never thought about it, really. I wouldnt say I have any preferences as of now (that is, maybe i do, but I have not realized it yet).

Certain melodies, themes, etc. call for certain different tones and voices. Moreover, I think one's mood or personal state of being calls for different tones and melodies. So, i find this question rather hard to answer...

This thread has been going for quite a while now so I will put another 50 cents worth, I love all choral music, but as a group within a choir I go for Sopranos, the vocal power that they can generate is fantastic and they also look good.
As an aside, do any of you remember the Red Army Ensemble of the 60s such wonderful male singers Bass, Tenor, Alto. They toured the world when we were all scared of the Red Menace during the cold war and not to forget the wonderful Welsh Male Voice Choirs. Ah sweet memories.

I like boys' choir best It feels most naturally comfortable to me. Among female voices, I like soprano. But I sometimes feel that I need extra energy to listen to it. Among adult males, I love tenor. But I don't know if I prefer male voices to female voices or vice versa. It's an interesting question, but I don't think that I myself have really thought of my preference in that way. So I don't know yet.

If it is a good singer, I prefer soprano.
Out of males I rpefer tenor.

Those who think sopranos are annoying, try Chausson's Poeme de l'amour et de la mer.
Those, on the other hand, who find tenors sly, try Britten's Les Illuminations.

My favourite works for those two types of voices. They really show the abilities and expressiveness of human voice.

Excuse the genres, but Steve Perry and Matthew Ward

Excuse the genres, but Steve Perry and Matthew Ward

That's a bad stutter themusicman, lol

I may be a sexist, but I'd never even think of buying a recording of, for example, Schubert's lieder sung by a woman. I've heard such versions, but those songs are somehow just not made for a female voice.
Same goes for Les Illuminations (they can be sung by a soprano, too - but no, thank you!)