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Topic: Prog Bands With Strong Classical Music Influences Posted: April 02 2016 at 13:24
"Salisbury" by Uriah Heep, with symphony orchestra, 1970. Performed it live without orchestra though. For me, personally it´s the Finest of group/orchestra performances on record.
You may see a smile on Tony Banks´ face but that´s unlikely.
I hate to talk about Egg all the time, but well... Anyway, there is
that work of their's "Symphony No. 2". The 3rd movement of the piece was
not released, because one of the producers noticed a too strong of a
Stravinsky "Rite Of Spring" quote. They replaced the movement with a
weird, unmusical electronic work-out called "Blane". This 3rd movement
was re-released many years later. It is not on YouTube, I'd love to be
able to share it with you. Maybe sometime I will take my time to upload it from my account. As for now however, there is a cover of the piece by my
internet-buddy Gietek, a big Egg nut.
Have a listen! The main themes
are from Stravinsky's "Rite Of Spring" and what appears later is a part
of Holst's "The Planets" suite, "Neptune, the mystic" to be percise.
This is really classical-inspired prog in a very clear form.
presdoug wrote:
ALotOfBottle wrote:
I listened to some Beggar's Opera
today. I remembered I really liked it when I had listened to it about 2
years ago. Man, was I blown away? "Raymond's Road" on their first album
is delicious!
That's really cool! Their debut is chock full
of great classical music references; I also like "Light Cavalry" very
much from their debut.
Yes, that one is a great track.
Also, kudos for a Bruckner quote. He is a criminally underrated figure
in the world of classical music!
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ALotOfBottle wrote:
I listened to some Beggar's Opera today. I remembered I really liked it when I had listened to it about 2 years ago. Man, was I blown away? "Raymond's Road" on their first album is delicious!
That's really cool! Their debut is chock full of great classical music references; I also like "Light Cavalry" very much from their debut.
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Posted: March 29 2016 at 14:55
GreatBeyonder wrote:
Check out Frank Zappa, who was a legitimate classical composer. He tended to favor extremely complex arrangements influenced by Stravinsky, Varese, and Webern.
I recommend a compilation:
Strictly Genteel - A Classical Introduction to Frank Zappa.
Plus, there's also Gentle Giant, Le Orme, Van der Graaf Generator, and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
PFM, Focus (with Thijs even doing several classical music solo albums)
That's right! "Eruption" for example, Focus' own suite (every band had their own signature suite) has a very classical, cathedral, pastoral feel to it!
I listened to some Beggar's Opera today. I remembered I really liked it when I had listened to it about 2 years ago. Man, was I blown away? "Raymond's Road" on their first album is delicious!
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Posted: March 26 2016 at 10:16
either that or I woken up and had left the auditorium to hit the beer vendors in peace and quiet till they came back on with the Scheherazade album. I don't remember side 2 that is for sure..
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Posted: March 26 2016 at 09:06
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Hey, by the way, is Renaissance's Scheherezade based on Rimsky-Korsakov's work of the same title?
apparently not, other than maybe a few notes. But "Cold is Being" on Turn of the Cards is based on Albinoni's Adagio. And rather chillingly beautiful I may add
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Posted: March 26 2016 at 06:12
Surprised no-one has mentioned Rhapsody(of Fire) so far. All of their albums strongly feature orchestras. Their second album Symphony of Enchanted lands is a good starting point. They were originally called Rhapsody but then due to legal reason had to change their name so they added on Fire to their name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUuoXWTYVHs
Hey, by the way, is Renaissance's Scheherezade based on Rimsky-Korsakov's work of the same title?
Very
cool, suggestions, thank you very, very much, guys! Probably shouldn't
admitt it, but I had never heard about The Enid until you guys told me
about it.
Now that I'm looking back Procol Harum is also quite classical-influenced, not only in The Whiter Shade Of Pale. Thanks for reminding me of Gryphon, also!
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presdoug wrote:
Like a Genesis album.. YAWN!!!!!! No fire man...
