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)