This week we’re showcasing classical workpieces arranged by rock or pop modern artists
- Bartok’s “Allegro Barbaro”
by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (arranged as “The Barbarian”)
Album: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Rhino, 1970) - Bizet’s “Farandol”
by Rick Wakeman with Howe, Squire & Bruford
Album: The Classical Connection II (Ambient, 1991) - Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5, Allegro Con Brio”
by The California Guitar Trio
Album: Pathways (Discipline, 1998) - Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons: The Spring”
by Canarios (arranged as “Primer Acto: Paraiso Remoto (extractos)”)
Album: Ciclos (BMG Ariola, 1993) - Tchaikovsky’s “Andante Cantabile for Cello & String Orchestra”
by Bobby McFerrin
Album: Paper Music, (Sony, 1995) - Sammartini’s “Spingono I Vecci Giorni”
by Dark Reality
Album: Oh Precious Haze Pervade The Pain (General Inquisitor Torquemado, 1997) - Roman’s “Drottningholmsmusiken”
by Blakulla
Album: Blakulla (Ad Perpetuam Memoriam, 1974/75) - Bach’s “Bourée”
by Jethro Tull
Album: The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (Fuel, 2003) - Paganini’s “Perpetual Motion”
by Blezqui Zatsaz
Album: Raise And Fall Of Passional Insanity (Progressive Rock Worldwide, 1992) - Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 5”
by Novalis (arranged as “Impresionen”)
Album: Novalis (Brain, 1975) - Mussorgsky’s “The Great Gate Of Kiev”
by T-Tauri
Album: Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition (Independent) - Mussorgsky’s “Night On Bare Mountain”
by Pär Lind Project
Album: Gothic Impressions (Crimsonic, 1995)