"Rock" artists with orchestral backing?

[BalooToo]

I have been listening to the rather excellent Paul Weller with the BBC Symphony orchestra and was wondering if anybody can recommend albums/sessions that are a fusion of "rock" (for want of a better word) artists and orchestra's?

 

[audio_PHIL_e]

Camel Snow Goose at RAH with LSO
Deep Purple Concerto for Group and Orchestra

The producer added orchestral stuff to James Taylor's first LP on Apple, and to Lindisfarne's Back and Fourth LP but IMO they should not have bothered.

EDIT you might like The Beatles Love CD, remixed by George Martin

 

[bigfool1956]

Caravan and the New Symphonia

 

[wizmax]

Days of Future Past - Moody Blues

 

[garn63]

Out the top of my head, maybe M.Oldfields Incantations and Tubular Bells arranged by David Bedford.
There are alot of artists that are not necessarily rock but do sit in the middle of Classical and whatever is their chosen thing. Olafur Arnalds & Ernst Reijseger, also some Philip Glass should be worth exploring.
If I am honest, it is all just music to me and not "genre" specific. If I like it then it's a gift
* E.L.P. ?

 

[ziggy]

Nightwish. An excellent symphonic metal band.

 

[Beyond you]

One of the best concerts I’ve seen

 

[BalooToo]

Thank you all for the suggestions, I am staying in for the next few days, due to the heat and underlying health problems so will have plenty of time to explore any and all suggestions. Listening to Days of Future Past at the moment and loving it.

 

[audio_PHIL_e]

M.Oldfield

yes definitely. I've got Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, and Ommadawn. Recommended.

 

[JamieMcC]

You might like Hooverphonic with orchestra

Also

Bic Runga with symphonic orchestra at the Christchurch Cathedral it's more pop than rock however It's a nice listen with the orchestra and Bics wonderful vocals combined with the cathedral acoustics.

 

[Warszawa]

Not rock per-se, but Portishead Roseland NYC is great.
And there's Metallica S&M of course.

 

[audio_PHIL_e]

Try also Frank Zappa's Francesco Zappa album. It's cracked up to be Baroque music realised on a synclavier. I've no idea if it is genuine baroque music but if not, FZ is a genius for composing it.

If that comes across well, try the Switched On Bach LPs by Walter Carlos - real JSB stuff realised on Moog synthesisers.

The ultimate in crossover would be the Jaques Loussier Play Bach LPs

 

[lazycat]

Not rock per se. But 'A Flock of Seagulls - String Theory' is pretty good. IMO.

 

[Andy Stephenson]

Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall

Roger Waters - The Wall Live in Berlin

Elton John - Live in Australia with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Yes - Symphonic Live

Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Emerson Lake and Palmer - Works Vol 1

Emerson Lake and Palmer - In Concert

Andy

 

[EddieRUKidding]

Try also Frank Zappa's Francesco Zappa album. It's cracked up to be Baroque music realised on a synclavier. I've no idea if it is genuine baroque music but if not, FZ is a genius for composing it.

If that comes across well, try the Switched On Bach LPs by Walter Carlos - real JSB stuff realised on Moog synthesisers.

The ultimate in crossover would be the Jaques Loussier Play Bach LPs

Strangely enough (although using the words Frank Zappa and strange together is itself some sort of oxymoron ),
Francesco Zappa was an actual an 1800's lesser known composer that Frank accidentally came across and decided to record his (not Franks) music on the synclavier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Zappa

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) found out about him and performed Francesco Zappa's Opus 1 trios and Opus 4 sonatas on a digital synthesizer called the Synclavier. The recordings were released on the album Francesco Zappa in 1984.[5] Frank Zappa described the album as "His (Francesco Zappa's) First Digital Recording in over 200 Years". While assumed by many to have been related, Frank Zappa stated in The Real Frank Zappa Book that in fact they were not.

Anyway I would recommend either Frank Zappa's 200 Motels or one of his two LP's of his works performed by the LSO.

But today I'll post the original version of Lumpy Gravy - which was Frank first large scale orchestral release from 1967, which was also available for a few weeks after its release until it was pulled from selves over a contractual dispute- which was a shame and it ended up being cut up into the Lumpy Gravy that was finally released as the music concrete LP also called Lumpy Gravy which is confusing, this original Lumpy Gravy version didn't not get released until 2018.......... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpy_Gravy

 

[Rayymondo]

Not rock per-se, but Portishead Roseland NYC is great.

This is what I was going to recommend ...

 

[wizmax]

Dave Gilmore Live in Gdansk

 

[glenhb]

There are probably a few Alan Parsons albums that fall into that category in particular:-
Tales of Mystery and Imagination and I Robot.

He's also released a few live albums with orchestras:-
Symphonic Project Live In Columbia with The Mendelian Philharmonic.
One Note Symphony Live in Tel Aviv With the Israel Philharmonic .

 

[Miller-8]

Metallica - S&M (Metallica collaborated with conductor Michael Kamen and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra to perform some of their greatest hits)

 

[EddieRUKidding]

Another Zappa one - there a quite a few
Orchestral favourites- this is a cut off the live re-released version of the LP from 2019


Ps here is the actual piece