Contemporary Dutch composer Chiel Meijering and American electric guitarist pay a twisted homage to their classical music roots on their third recording, Classical Stiffs. Will Satie, Rimsky-Korsakov, Albeniz, Vivaldi, Mozart, Faure and Bach ever be the same? Nothing is sacred.
1. Bumblebee (Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov 1844-1908) for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900)
2. Asturias (Leyenda) written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
3. Moonlight Sonata (Mondscheinsonate) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
4. Gymnopédie #2- Erik Satie (1866-1925)
5. Concerto in g minor rv107b, 1st mvt- Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
6. Ancient stuff- Chiel Meijering (1954-)
7. The Alien (music: Chiel Meijering, poem by Aldous Leonard Huxley
8. Turkish delight (Mozart 3rd movement from Piano Sonata A major K.331 - ALLA TURCA. Allegretto (Turkish March)
9. Après un Rêve-Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) (originally for solo voice and piano, Op. 7, No. 1)
10. Je te Veux (French for I want you) for piano and voice-Erik Satie (1866-1925)
11. Minuet 2 from Cello Suite (BWV 1008) No. 1 by J.S.Bach
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