''Classical'' is an album by the guitarist
Wolf Hoffmann. It begins with a rendition from
Georges Bizet
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's
Carmen
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, Suite #1 playing the famous ''Fate Theme'' from
Carmen
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...
's opera. Next is a version of
Edvard Grieg's "
In the Hall of the Mountain King." Track #4 is "Arabian Dance" by Peter I.
Tchaikovsky.
Ravel's "
Bolero
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" becomes a bluesy piece. The CD's final track is a version of
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
's "
Pomp & Circumstance".
Track listing
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Prelude
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*Prelude (band), an English-based folk band
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*Chorale prelude, a short liturgical composition for ...
– 1:25
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In the Hall of the Mountain King – 3:14
#
Habanera – 5:14
#
Arabian Dance
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Pl ...
– 5:14
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The Moldau
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– 4:54
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Bolero
Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has ...
– 8:17
# Blues
for Elise
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*For, a complementizer
*For, a grammatical conjunction
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...
– 4:02
#
Aragonaise In a musical context, an (literally a person or thing from Aragon, a region in Spain) is a "dance of Aragon". This is a driving triple metre dance which is traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets and hand clapping.
There are two famous mu ...
– 4:27
#
Solveig's Song – 3:45
# Western Sky – 4:26
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Pomp & Circumstance – 3:42
Band
*
Wolf Hoffmann - guitars
*
Peter Baltes - bass on #11
* Mike Brignardello - bass on #02, 03, 05, 07 & 09
* W. Anthony Joyner - bass on #10
* Michael Cartellone - drums & percussion
* Larry Hall - piano on #11
* Dr. Al Kooper - Hammond B3 organ on #07
External links
''Classical'' at Amazon.com
1997 albums
Classical crossover albums
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