On this edition of New Sounds, spend an hour sorting through the twisted wreckage of classical music after various new music bands have played it. Hear Stravinsky, Rodrigo, Ketelby, Khatchaturian, and Mozart as you've never heard them before. Artists include Brave Combo, Krakatoa (performing Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance"), Buckethead, John Fahey and many others.
PROGRAM #2177 Classics Declassified (Tuesday 7/15/03)
| ARTIST(S) | RECORDING | CUT(S) | SOURCE |
| Brave Combo | Box of Ghosts | Borodin: Polovtsian Dance #2 [3:30] |
Rounder #9064* www.rounder.com |
| Brass Roots | Purple Cha Cha Heels | A Day In the Life of An Afro (Ravel: Pavane) [3:00] |
Accurate #5046 www.accuraterecords.com; More info at www.brassrootsonline.com |
| Brave Combo | Box of Ghosts | Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess [2:00] | See above. |
| Krakatoa | We Are The Rowboats | Khatchaturian:Sabre Dance [3:00] |
Cuneiform Records, #RUNE-168 www.cuneiformrecords.com |
| Brave Combo | Box of Ghosts |
Mozart: Rondo A la Turca [2:00] Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake [2:00] |
See above. |
| John Fahey | Old-Fashioned Love | Ketelby:In a Persian Market [7:30] |
Takoma #6511** www.fantasyjazz.com* |
| Buckethead | Electric Tears | Sketches Of Spain - for Miles (Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez) [4:00] |
Meta #015 www.metastation.com |
| Igors | Blaskappelle Plays... | Stravinksy: Symphony Of Wind Instruments, Pt. 3 [4:30] |
Altrisuoni#139 www.altrisuoni.com |
| Excelsior | Declassified | Shostakovich: Prelude #17 ("Mimi Goes Me(n)tal") [2:00] | Mark Set Go #MSG-101 |
| Gary Burton & Makoto Ozone | Virtuosi | Ravel: Prelude, Le Tombeau De Couperin [5:00] |
Concord Jazz #2105 www.concordrecords.com* |
| Salsa Celtica | El Agua De La Vida | Auld Lang Syne [4:30] |
Compass #4361.** www.compassrecords.com* |
*, ** Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page
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