Recommend me some symphonic stuff...

...Not only symphonic prog but where they play actual classical instruments like Cello and violin and so on,,,even greater if it is with a full orchestra...and there also need to be traditonal rock instruments like bass, guitar and keyboards and stuff in it...and ofcourse it has to be GOOD

Two bands for you:

AFTER CRYING
ISULDUR'S BANE

Get to it, lad.

con safo wrote: Try the track Uriah Heep - Salisbury, features a full orchestra. 16 minutes of pure orgasm.

A (too) obvious suggestion is Atom Heart Mother. Ever tried
Renaissance? The Live at the Carnegie Hall is magnificent

I forgot to mention Mike Oldfield's Exposed: it has a beautiful
rendition of Tubular Bells (on par with the original one but with
different arrangements) and the best version of Incantations

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Bela_Lugosi wrote: symphonic? This is easy ALBUNS YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE / FRAGILE / RELAYER / THE YES ALBUM... KING CRIMSON - COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING / LIZARD... PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI - STORIA DI UN MINUTO SOM NOSSO DE CADA DIA -  SNEGS O TERÇO - CRIATURAS DA NOITE NEKTAR - REMEMBER THE FUTURE

I don't think there's a lot of orchestra in those Yes ones! Mind you, you could have said Time And A Word, Symphonic Yes and Magnification.

• Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
• Winds - The Imaginary Direction of Time
• Symphony X - The Odyssey (the song, not the whole album - and it's not a real orchestra ... but the songwriting's cool)

 

With violin there are some great fussion bands, like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Area or Arti e Mestieri. Though, if you can't stand jazz, I suggest you After Crying, and amazing band (De Profundis, for example) and some Italian albums:

PFM - Per un amico
Le Orme - Uomo di Pezza
Il Rovescio della Medaglia - Contaminazione (pure baroque)
New Trolls - Concerto Grosso nº 1

chopper wrote: Try "Once Again" by Barclay James Harvest. Great album and features great use of orchestra on "Mocking Bird" and "Galadriel". It manages to avoid the cheesyness of some orchestral albums (and of course features the Jaws Harp on one track).

Hi Chopper,

As promised, I have just purchased this through Amazon, and am looking forward to it arriving...

Simkim wrote: Trouserpress wrote: Simkim wrote: New Trolls - Concerto Grosso nº 1 That first track is a real belter! An argument between rock and classical if ever I heard one! Wether they are or not a progressive band in the strict sense deserves a digression, but they are definitively awesome

Of course they are!! Just listen to "U.T."!

Trouserpress wrote: Simkim wrote: Trouserpress wrote: Simkim wrote: New Trolls - Concerto Grosso nº 1 That first track is a real belter! An argument between rock and classical if ever I heard one! Wether they are or not a progressive band in the strict sense deserves a digression, but they are definitively awesome Of course they are!! Just listen to "U.T."!

I ment on Concerto Grosso they sounds more like a classic hard rock band (the guitar riffs, the Hammond...), but with orchestra accompaniment. That's very obvious in Nella sala vuota, the live extempore last track. Yeah, they are progressive for sure, but not in the "symphonic prog" sense.

ah well have checked out the mp3's and every band was very promising.

PFM-was very interesting and certainly something to look into

The New Trolls-Was excellent and had a very dramatic violin play and some strange drum rhytms.

Barclay  James Harvest-With the song mockinbird was interesting although abit cheesy lyrics it had a great orchestration.

After crying-Was also interesting but the song was about 3 and a half minutes so i did not get a very good impression about it.

And Isuldurs bane had a 12 minute instrumental track that was showing some great experimental symphonic prog...are they just doing instrumentals or do they include vocals...if so i would have liked to hear a track with vocals...

Anyways all is great stuff and thanks for the really excellent recommandations