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    Posted: August 13 2024 at 03:42
Which classical composers do you most associate with prog? It's OffenBach, but it's often other composers too, such as Modest Mussorgsky (Pictures at an Exhibition), Edvard Grieg (Hall of the Mountain Grill), Franz Liszt (Lisztomania) and Englishman Gustav Holst (The Planets) to name just four. I've been Bizet putting together a Chopin Liszt of some of my favourite tunes, starting with Ravel's Bolero, from the Claude Lelouche movie, Les Uns et les Autre (The One and the Other) starring Geraldine Chaplin (daughter of Charlie Chaplin) in the movie, but actually performed by Christiane Legrand (sister of Michel Legrand). Just listen to her magnificent soaring soprano solo which begins at the 10-minute mark. It's as tasty as a Delius Smith recipe and more entertaining than Britten's Got Talent. In the meantime, I'm Orff to hunt out some more Classical Prog favourites. Let's hope I'm not on a Haydn to nothing. I'll be Bach, as the Governator once said. Tongue



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Where have you heard this Béla Bartók tune?
 
 
 
 
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^ That Bartok tune sounds soooooo familiar but I can't quite place it. Is it Emerson, Lake & Palmer?
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ That Bartok tune sounds soooooo familiar but I can't quite place it. Is it Emerson, Lake & Palmer?
 
 
 
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^ That was a lucky guess. Big smile
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^ Is it ELP again with an Emerson cover from the Works album? 
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ERik Satie, J S Bach, Robert Hoening, etc. Many great classical composers have influenced and have been a source of inspiration for progressive artists.
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Ones that spring to mind....

Mozart and Bach on the Triumvirat debut album

Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with Latte e Miele

Bach with Le Orme

Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and others with German prog band The Pink Mice

I love this kind of thing, as I have been a big classical music listener ever since I was with progressive rock.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ Is it ELP again with an Emerson cover from the Works album?
 
It is ELP again. Not quite as obvious as the Bartók piece, but still recognisable:
 
 
 
 
I was actually quite surprised when I first discovered that this was a cover. It just seemed too "out there" to be not an original.
 
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The obvious Bach's 4th string on A Whiter Shade of Pale
Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King on Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of Earth
Carl Orff Carmina Burana to Zeuhl in general
Beethoven on the first Renaissance album and later Rimsky-Korsakov for Song Of Sheherazade
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor on "Ballons" by the Oldfield brothers (Sallyangie)

Just the few that pop in mind
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Patrick Moraz's "ESP" (Etudes, Sonatas & Preludes) fits the bill. These aren't quotes; they're original compositions...sublime...I'd give it 10 stars if I could...
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Both original parts of Larks' Tongues In Aspic (and probably a lot of other King Crimson tunes from that era as well) are strongly inspired by this Bartók piece:


Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Beethoven on the first Renaissance album and later Rimsky-Korsakov for Song Of Sheherazade

Renaissance has used a lot of classical quotations in its discography. Other examples include Chopin's Revolutionary Étude on Prologue, Debussy's La Cathédrale Engloutie on At The Harbour and Albinoni's Adagio In G Minor on Cold Is Being.
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Got to mention Prokoviev. Born in the Ukraine, persecuted in Russia (sound familiar?)



tried to find an orchestral version of The Enemy God Dances With The Evil Black Spirits but no luck. That was an excerpt from the Scythian Suite so probably not split out like ELP did it on Works Volume One.
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Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:


Renaissance has used a lot of classical quotations in its discography. Other examples include Chopin's Revolutionary Étude on Prologue, Debussy's La Cathédrale Engloutie on At The Harbour and Albinoni's Adagio In G Minor on Cold Is Being.
I've often wondered who that beautiful piece of classical piano was by at the beginning of At the Harbour. Now I know. Thumbs Up
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When it comes to Classical Prog, there's one band who really takes the biscuit: Emerson, Huntley & Palmer. Tongue

ELP in Montreal Stadium with Fanfare for the Common Man


The original Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copeland - no relation to that guy from The Police. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Which classical composers do you most associate with prog?

I'm afraid, I'm not that familiar with Classical Music. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Which classical composers do you most associate with prog?

I'm afraid, I'm not that familiar with Classical Music. Embarrassed

Not to worry. You are familiar with prog and maybe this thread will broaden your classical horizons too. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:


Renaissance has used a lot of classical quotations in its discography. Other examples include Chopin's Revolutionary Étude on Prologue, Debussy's La Cathédrale Engloutie on At The Harbour and Albinoni's Adagio In G Minor on Cold Is Being.
I've often wondered who that beautiful piece of classical piano was by at the beginning of At the Harbour. Now I know. Thumbs Up

Glad to be of service!! It's one of my all-time favourite pieces of music
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Trace & Collegium Musicum also contained classical quotes in their compositions, much like Emerson.
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