Hillbilly Bach
Mandolin savant Chris Thile performs Bach violin Sonatas and Partitas on a level beyond most fiddlers, and he's no slouch at back-country yawping.
Bach, as told by the Beatles, Paul Simon, and Francois Glorieux
A Baroque treatment of the Beatles inspires mutations, and more lofty adaptations.
When Chopin and Rachmaninoff buoyed 70s pop-rock...
Chopin and Rachmaninoff steer pop Barry Manilow and Eric Carmen hits from the 1970s, as the King outsells both.
Mussorgsky, Bartok, ELP
Emerson, Lake and Palmer turn Mussorgsky's piano warhorse into a power trio workout, and pile on with Bartok.
Boleros: James Gang, Jeff Beck, Emerson Lake Palmer
In the middle of "The Bomber," Joe Walsh quotes Ravel's Bolero (27.00)