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Posted: March 25 2016 at 16:00
Plus- The Seven Deadly Sins
Jack Nitzsche- St. Giles Cripplegate
Alan Parsons Project- Tales of Mystery and Imagination. The Fall of the House of Usher is inspired by Debussy, who considered writing an opera on the story.
Art of Noise- The Seduction of Claude Debussy.
are we considering bands like Gryphon or Third Ear Band?
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Posted: March 25 2016 at 16:08
ALotOfBottle wrote:
kenethlevine wrote:
presdoug wrote:
Some great ones already mentioned; thought I'd add-
Triumvirat, Latte e Miele, Wallenstein, Beggar's Opera, Pell Mell.
love Pell Mell! All their first 4 albums are worth having, even if I think they made a bit of a mess of "From the New World". Plenty of quotes from the greats but also stuff that sounds like it was ripped off of a classical composer but maybe wasn't, and that's a compliment.
Then there is Renaissance of course. Michael Dunford was the main composer during their peak period, and he was well steeped in the Romantic classical tradition
I think I am missing out on Renaissance, some of the stuff I listened to I didn't find all that pleasing. What albums are recommended?
well, it depends whom you ask
Renaissance has 2 distinct lineups. The first version released 2 albums, s/t and Illusion. They get a lot of respect on here
The second version is the better known, and it's the one with MIchael Dunford full time and Annie Haslam, the singer who is the only remaining member from the lineup that released a string of charting albums between 1972 and 1979.
I would suggest to go chronologically, starting with Prologue, then Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards, Sheherazade, Novella, and a Song for all Seasons. My favorite is the latter, but it helps to have heard the others to appreciate it more. There are MANY live albums, suffice to say you need to hear at least one 20 minute version of "Ashes are Burning" done live.
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Posted: March 25 2016 at 23:47
From the world of prog-related/hard rock, there are classical influences on Deep Purple's Prelude: Happiness/I'm So Glad (intro based on Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade), Hey Joe (intro based on Manuel de Falla's ballet El sombrero de tres picos), Exposition - We Can Work It Out (intro based on Beethoven and Tchaikovsky), Anthem, Concerto for Group and Orchestra, and the superb April, Uriah Heep's Salisbury and Rainbow's Stargazer and Difficult to Cure (based on Beethoven's Ode to Joy).
I also recommend Jon Lord's Sarabande, another rock band and orchestra experiment in the vein of Concerto for Group and Orchestra, but the rock group is much more integrated with the orchestra.
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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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
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Posted: March 26 2016 at 09:06
ALotOfBottle wrote:
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 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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ALotOfBottle wrote:
Like a Genesis album.. YAWN!!!!!! No fire man...
