[LAU] Is this the band Sky? Was: Text-based sound visualisation? Re: Linux-audio-user Digest, Vol 52, Issue 32

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 21:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi Julien,
> 
> do you know the band Sky?
>         
>         On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 17:09 +0200, Julien Claassen wrote:
> >         ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
> >         http://www.juliencoder.de
>         
>             *  The performing band consists of a typical 70s band
>         (drums, bass, keyboards and guitar) and orchestral instruments
>         (piano, brass, strings, flute, clarinet and saxophone
>             * The tracks are all reworks of classical pieces:
>                   o Tschaikowsky's Piano concerto Nr.1 in b-flat
>                   o Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto Nr.1 (Opus 25 in
>         G-minor)
>                   o Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto Nr.1 in e-flat
>                   o Mozart's Piano Concerto KV 426
>                   o Edward Grieg's Piano Concerto in a-minor
>                   o an adaptation of a Paganini etude
>             * The genre is something between progrock, funk and 70s
>         dance music.
> 
> I hate this music, but I suspect it could be the band "Sky". I'm a fan
> of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner.
> 
> I can recommend Mozart's Requiem (Philips Classic Productions 1991.
> Note! I hate Mozart too, but I love this recording. The Academy of St.
> Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner are geniuses.)
> 
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_%28Band%29
> 
> When I was a child I bought the Sky record including Bach's Toccata and
> Fuge d-Moll BWV 565 and I give it back to the record dealer. He gave me
> back the money :).
> 
> I'm not sure, but at least it sounded very similar.
> 
> Hth,
> 
> Ralf

*lol*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVE26_Zcoic
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