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    Posted: May 16 2008 at 10:03
Thought it might be interesting to see which prog versions of classical music rate as your favorites.
For what it's worth here are mine (in no particular order but one of 'em is admittedly a little cheese nibbley):

ELP - The Barbarian (Bartok - Allegro Barbaro)

Peter Sinfield - Song of the Sea Goat (Vivaldi - Largo from Concerto in D)

Collegium Musicum - Mikrokozmos (Bartok)

The Doors - An American Prayer (Albinoni - Adagio)

Panta Rhei - Quarts (Bartok)

Ekseption - Sabre Dance (Khatchaturian)

The Nice - Diary of an Empty Day (Lalo - Symphony Espagnole)

ELP - Knife Edge (Janacek - Sinfonia)












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Agree with "Albinoni's Adagio" by The Doors.
 
I also like
Jethro Tull - Bouree (Bach)
Jethro Tull - Pavane (Faure)
Sky - Toccata (Bach)
Stern Combo Meissen - Spring (Vivaldi)
Rainbow - Difficult to Cure (Beethoven's Ninth)
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No competition:

Canarios "Cyclos" (Vivaldi's Four Seasons)

though I also like ELP's Toccatta as well
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not an adaptation, but used (with a slightly improved melody line even!) by Mother Gong on their "Fairy Tales" album in the track "The Three Tongues":
Maurice Ravel - Introduction and Allegro for Flute, Clarinet, Harp and String Quartet (they only use the Allegro though). They also don't name the source in the sleeve notes, so one has to know the Ravel piece to recognize it. A bit cheeky, but if King Crimson can get away with it...


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Obvious choice, but for me has to be ELP, Pictures at an Exhibition
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I usually find all those leaden 'cover versions' totally indigestible (Sky's in particular) but 'Knife Edge' and 'The Barbarian' by ELP are quite exciting (probably because I don't know the originals), and ELP's 'Toccata' (based on a Ginastera original I've never heard either) is incredible fun!
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ELP - Fanfare For The Common Man (Copeland)
Steve Howe/Yes - Lute Concerto in D Major (Vivaldi)
ELP - The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits (Prokofieff)
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How could I forget ELP's "Romeo and Juliet" (Prokofiev)!
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I would prefer the originals in every case, but I do kinda like KC' Devil's Triangle off ITWOP (of course a rendition of Gustav Holst's Mars Bringer of War from The Planets)
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i like elp's hoedown.
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Originally posted by unclemeat69 unclemeat69 wrote:

I would prefer the originals in every case, but I do kinda like KC' Devil's Triangle off ITWOP (of course a rendition of Gustav Holst's Mars Bringer of War from The Planets)


Yes! While scrolling down this topic I was waiting for that. Funny thing is, I didn't know Holst's original that well, and didn't notice while listening to King Crimson that that was it (on vinyl in the loft, left over from my mother's youth Wink). So, when Holst's Mars came on the radio, my ears pricked up. I know thiiissss. Yeah, that was silly. Great piece of music, though!
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ELP - Knife Edge, The Barbarian, Toccata
Jethro Tull - Bouree (jazzed up Bach)
Focus - Hamburger Concerto Starter (Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn), Father Bach (The St Matthew Passion in less than two minutes, minus the shouty German singing!)
 
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Originally posted by jwxlite jwxlite wrote:

i like elp's hoedown.


Certainly!! Also Fanfare for the Common Man, it's a masterpiece with Pirates.

Jethro Tull's Bouree.
ELP's Barbarian.
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my favorite has to be.. has always been I guess..

Canarios - Ciclos (Vivaldi's Four Seasons)

fabulous.. fabulous.. fabulous..

Fans of the Barbarian and Knifes Edge should check out the original pieces by Bartok and Janacek. 
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PFM - William Tell Overture (Rossini)
Ekseption - Air On A G String (Bach)
Therion - O Fortuna (Orff)
 
Prog Related:
David Gilmour - Je Crois Entendre Encore (Bizet)
Andy Mackay - Ride of The Valkyries (Wagner) and An Die Musik (Schubert)
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my very fave has got to be a minor one-- Egg, "fugue in d minor" (bach) dave stewart rocked out less and less as his career went on so it's amazing how much swing there is to this one.
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o, and robert wyatt's "5 black keys and one white key" is offenbach's barcarole, and is QUITE amusing. as are zappa's eric satie  quotations. and what aabout the "bolero" that zappa did , available as an outtake from his "saturday night live" appearance?
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

my favorite has to be.. has always been I guess..

Canarios - Ciclos (Vivaldi's Four Seasons)

fabulous.. fabulous.. fabulous..

Fans of the Barbarian and Knifes Edge should check out the original pieces by Bartok and Janacek. 


Good response folks from everyone concerned, many thanks. Now a little addendum:

Those adaptations that you have named - Did they make you want to obtain the original version so you could hear it as the composer envisaged it ? If not, why not ?
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^Yes, I bought both the ELP and Mussorgsky versions of Pictures At An Exhibition at the same time, to compare them. I prefer the original Smile. 
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I'll vote for ELP's The Barbarian, but let's not forget the ELO rendering of In the Hall of the Mountain King.
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