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Classic Rock: A Journey Through Timeless Music

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I came across one or two classical covers of rock songs over the years that stuck in my head.
Finding another one just now, I decided to hunt down a few more, and this is the list I came up with:

King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King - Mitteleuropa Orchestra
Tool - Forty-Six & 2 - Vitamin String Quartet
Metallica - One - Viola da gamba solo
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water - Japanese traditional instruments with orchestral backing
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Led Zepellin - Kashmir - Yamato String Quartet
... and another version by London Philharmonic Orchestra

ITT: share your favourite rock covers that use classical or traditional instruments!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A few more good ones I found

Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia - Talichova komorní filharmonie
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale - London Symphony Orchestra

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

These are all so cool!!!