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Rock Symphonies Audio CD


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Rock Symphonies Product Description

Deluxe edition from Pop Classical violinist, includes 4 bonus tracks on standard album (Rock Symphony, Peer Gynt, Mission Impossible, & Rocking All Over the World) & also include a bonus CD with extra tracks (En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor, I'll Stand By You, Mahler #5, and Child's Anthem) and video clips (Rock Symphonies trailers 1 & 2, & live from Elecric Lady Studios: Smells Like Teen Spirit & Walk This Way). After a self-titled release that flirted with pop crossover, violinist David Garrett dives deep into that world with his 2010 effort, an album that rocks like it's 1766. Most arrangements are simple as Garrett takes the melodies from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" and plays them furiously in front of an equally aggressive orchestra that's augmented by electric guitars and a standard rock kit drummer. No great revelations to be had, but the tracks work well enough, recasting some of rock's classics as Romantic-era works that are prime for television commercials designed to sell diamonds or wine to the post-Woodstock set. Rock Symphonies exceeds its predecessor when it comes to the more clever cuts, such as the "Vivaldi vs. Vertigo," a mash-up of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and U2's "Vertigo." Fun how "The 5th" messes with Beethoven's -- heck, classical music's -- most famous piece and how his take on "Walk This Way" references the Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. version before turning into a fiddle-led hoedown. Keep in mind, the showy Garrett is a polarizing figure in the classical community, so don't expect your snootier friends to agree, but if your kids spend way too much time behind the violin, this just might turn them on to rock & roll. ~ David Jeffries Recording information: Electric Ladyland Studios, New York City.

Elements Featured On Rock Symphonies CD

Composers on Rock Symphonies CD :	Isaac Albeniz, Axl Rose / J. Isbell / S., Cliff Burton, David Garrett / Franck Va, David Garrett [Violin], John Fogerty, Chrissie Hynde, Paul McCartney, Chris Novoselic, William Orbit, Jimmy Page, David Paich, Joe Perry, Lalo Schifrin [Composer], Antonio Segura, Unspecified, Franck Van Der Heijden
Genres on Rock Symphonies CD :	20th Century Period, Electronic Music, Popular Song, Prelude, Rock Song, Television Score, Toccata
Performers on Rock Symphonies CD :	Jeff Allen [Bass], David Garrett [Violin], David Lipstein, Orianthi, Franck Van Der Heijden, Marcus Wolf