Roll over Beethoven
March 9, 2017 10:29 AM Subscribe
Looking for contemporary remixes of classical music to play at an informal figure drawing session this evening.
Open to remixes from any period from early medieval through the Romantic era. Bonus points for more obscure musical references, but I'll cheerfully accept the greatest hits of the classical era, too. Links to download or buy greatly appreciated, but YouTube links work, too!
Open to remixes from any period from early medieval through the Romantic era. Bonus points for more obscure musical references, but I'll cheerfully accept the greatest hits of the classical era, too. Links to download or buy greatly appreciated, but YouTube links work, too!
Best answer: Nas sampled "Fur Elise" for his song "I Know I Can". The instrumental with the beat is here.
There was that "A Fifth of Beethoven" disco song...
posted by kevinbelt at 10:49 AM on March 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
There was that "A Fifth of Beethoven" disco song...
posted by kevinbelt at 10:49 AM on March 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
kevinbelt: "There was that "A Fifth of Beethoven" disco song..."
And, to add one more layer, here is A+D's mashup of Fifth of Beethoven with Kanye's Gold Digger.
posted by mhum at 11:20 AM on March 9, 2017
And, to add one more layer, here is A+D's mashup of Fifth of Beethoven with Kanye's Gold Digger.
posted by mhum at 11:20 AM on March 9, 2017
Deodato - 2001 Theme (Also Sprach Zarathustra)
Billy Joel - This Night (The chorus is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata)
Blues Traveler - Hook (Pachelbel's Canon in D)
posted by emelenjr at 11:37 AM on March 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
Billy Joel - This Night (The chorus is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata)
Blues Traveler - Hook (Pachelbel's Canon in D)
posted by emelenjr at 11:37 AM on March 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
not sure if it qualifies as a remix, but Charles Curtis's An Imaginary Dance is three of the Bach cello suites played straight-ahead, but with subtle organ and tabla accompaniment.
posted by theodolite at 11:58 AM on March 9, 2017
posted by theodolite at 11:58 AM on March 9, 2017
Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum,
Classical music expert Maarten 't Hart calls A Whiter Shade of Pale an "original adaptation" of Johann Sebastian Bach's Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156. Besides, the Hammond organ line of the song came from Bach's "Sleepers, Wake!" and "Air on the G String", both of which use a similar stepwise bass motion. The similarity is referred to in the 1982 play The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard and 1991 film The Commitments. A yet closer melodic influence that is seldom cited can arguably[weasel words] be found in the organ choral prelude "O Mensch bewein dein' Sünde groß" (O Man, Lament Your Sin So Great), BWV 622, from Bach's Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book). The music also borrows ideas from "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge.[21]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale
posted by SemiSalt at 12:43 PM on March 9, 2017
Classical music expert Maarten 't Hart calls A Whiter Shade of Pale an "original adaptation" of Johann Sebastian Bach's Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156. Besides, the Hammond organ line of the song came from Bach's "Sleepers, Wake!" and "Air on the G String", both of which use a similar stepwise bass motion. The similarity is referred to in the 1982 play The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard and 1991 film The Commitments. A yet closer melodic influence that is seldom cited can arguably[weasel words] be found in the organ choral prelude "O Mensch bewein dein' Sünde groß" (O Man, Lament Your Sin So Great), BWV 622, from Bach's Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book). The music also borrows ideas from "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge.[21]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale
posted by SemiSalt at 12:43 PM on March 9, 2017
Best answer: In a jazzier direction, the Ira Stein Trio's Bach Improvisations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpue5v2TIwE
posted by cfraenkel at 12:50 PM on March 9, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpue5v2TIwE
posted by cfraenkel at 12:50 PM on March 9, 2017
Best answer: Mark Mothersbaugh's original compositions for the Rushmore soundtrack take a lot of inspiration from Vivaldi but Margaret Yang's Theme in particular is a straight sendup to the first movement of this Vivaldi mandolin concerto. There might be obvious references in other tracks too but I happened to recognize this specific one.
Alles Neu samples Shostakovich's 7th Symphony (he's credited as a composer on the track!), there's a bonus instrumental version that I sometimes play on repeat as background working music.
posted by yeahlikethat at 12:59 PM on March 9, 2017
Alles Neu samples Shostakovich's 7th Symphony (he's credited as a composer on the track!), there's a bonus instrumental version that I sometimes play on repeat as background working music.
posted by yeahlikethat at 12:59 PM on March 9, 2017
Malcolm Mclaren's "Fans" album (iTunes), if 1984 counts as contemporary.
posted by Beverley Westwood at 1:14 PM on March 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Beverley Westwood at 1:14 PM on March 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure if these would quite meet your remix criteria, but these classical mashups might be a talking point.
posted by Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown at 2:05 PM on March 9, 2017
posted by Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown at 2:05 PM on March 9, 2017
Just remembered this 1963 album.
posted by Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown at 2:11 PM on March 9, 2017
posted by Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown at 2:11 PM on March 9, 2017
What about the Switched on Bach series? Or Wendy Carlos in general?
Switched On Bach
Well Tempered Synthesizer
Switched On Bach 2000
Switched On Brandenburgs
Switched On Bach 2
posted by irisclara at 7:00 PM on March 9, 2017
Switched On Bach
Well Tempered Synthesizer
Switched On Bach 2000
Switched On Brandenburgs
Switched On Bach 2
posted by irisclara at 7:00 PM on March 9, 2017
Response by poster: Marked the ones I ended up using as best answers, but there were so many great suggestions here that took this question in so many different directions! The final mix was a huge hit. Thanks, everyone!
posted by merriment at 8:31 AM on March 10, 2017
posted by merriment at 8:31 AM on March 10, 2017
Best answer: Late to the party I know, but check out Susumu Yokota's album Symbol, which I love. From Wikipedia: "This album is distinctive from others in his discography by being primarily composed of samples from classical orchestral pieces, such as Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals, as well as more modern compositions by John Cage and Meredith Monk."
posted by The Minotaur at 10:28 AM on March 10, 2017
posted by The Minotaur at 10:28 AM on March 10, 2017
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David usher black heart samples opera Lakme
posted by St. Peepsburg at 10:36 AM on March 9, 2017