''Classical Speed'' is a sub-series of the ''

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dance remixes of famous classical music compositions.

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Classical Speed

History

The first issue, ''Classical Speed'', was recorded by crews including some highly recognized dance music producers mainly from

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, and was released on December 11, 2002, featuring tracks originally composed by famous classical music composers such as

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

, and

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most pop ...

. The second issue, ''Classical Speed 2'', was released on August 18, 2004 with tracks including "

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" as the intro, and 19 other tracks, including technically non-classical compositions such as " Jazz Suite Waltz", "

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Classical Speed 2

Releases

''Classical Speed''

''Classical Speed'' was released on December 11, 2002. The non-stop mixing was done by the team MST.

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Classical Speed
/ref> The album's overall average tempo is 181 bpm.Electronic Emotion
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''Classical Speed 2''

''Classical Speed 2'' was released on August 18, 2004. The non-stop mixing was done by the team KCP.

Classical Speed 2
/ref> The album's overall average tempo is 182 bpm.Electronic Emotion

References

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