Need recommendations
 

I'm trying to broaden my collection, so I'm looking for music in:
-Classical piano (like Chopin, Liszt, etc.)
-Russian violin music (think Tchaikovsky. Glinka, etc.)
-Gregorian chants (no ambient/new age, just vocals)
-Sea shanties (classic & instrumental)

I'd appreciate any help, thank you.

I think Godspeed fits it well

Godspeed You! Black Emperor would be great

Other post rock:
65daysofstatic
Mogwai
God is an Astronaut
Explosions in the Sky

Good place to start. it seems like you would like the genre.

Can anyone recommend a song similiar to snow patrol - run???

What is the 'best' No-Wave album?

Not the best as that is opinion but listen to Glenn Branca's 'The Ascension' for sure.

Music Suggestion?
 

I'm putting together a fast paced sort of demo/ walk-through/ montage/ commercial that will be ~1-2 minutes long. I need a good, fast paced song to set it to.

I'd like a semi-current song, so maybe something from within the past 2 years. Think top-40 sort of stuff. it's meant to have mass-market/ audience apeal. The first 30 seconds is about the past 20 years of the product. It's set to "spirit in the sky" Now for the rest of it I need a song that instills a sense of "new" and "current"

It needs to be music people might have heard on the radio, or that they can sort of relate to on some level or another.

Thanks for the help

How about "I'm infected with aids" by GG Allin?
quite a catchy little number

One thing you have to understand is most of the "great" bands of the no-wave era produced no LPs. Mars, DNA, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks all have massive influence on the post-punk genre and music in general but there aren't too many surviving recordings. As far as albums go, I'd say that these four are my favorites:

Glenn Banca - The Ascension
James Chance and the Contortions - Buy
Swans - Children of God/World of Skin
J. G. Thirlwell (Foetus) - Nail (okay not really no-wave but this is f*cking brilliant)

I'll see if I can scrape together a compilation for you, might be interesting if I can even find some stuff I've always been curious about.

Softcoreish rock with "fast"/Hype vocals. Possibly emoish. (Not screamo, it's OK if it has LITTLE screamo).