"Classics penetrate" - to ROCK!

We recently organized a contest in which our users submitted slogans promoting classical music. A large part of the slogans emphasized the timelessness of music. Truly good music is not hindered by age, and moreover, it does not attach much importance to the boundaries that are trying to be set for it. That is why pieces written hundreds of years ago can come back and penetrate into popular music, jazz, rock, pop, rap, metal - basically everywhere :)
The penetration here occurs not only in the sphere of composition, but also in the instrumentation and style...
If we talk about rock music, to start off I suggest a recording from '69, where Ian Anderson from the band Jethro Tull performs Boure by J.S. Bach in a rock arrangement with elements of his own improvisation and a rockman's hoarseness.

The band became very popular in the 70s-80s, Ian's flute gradually lost some of its hoarseness and gained a bit of technique and a more elegant sound. Ian Anderson started to sound even more classically - orchestral arrangements of Jethro Tull's songs were created, as well as solo neoclassical pieces like Divinities. Here I suggest an orchestral version of Aqualung:

If we are already talking about J.S. Bach, it's probably a good opportunity to present recordings of the heavy metal Swedish guitarist: Yngwie Malmsteen, who refers in his playing style and many motifs to the Baroque era, and thanks to his virtuosic playing technique also to such composers as Paganini or Beethoven.
First, I suggest a showy arrangement of an aria on the G string - J.S. Bach performed by Malmsteen:

and the fifth caprice of Paganini performed by another outstanding guitarist Steve Vai.

Speaking of guitarists, I will mention the album "Bach on this" by Danny Alkana and a rock arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Spring:

The 90s and the arrangement of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Edward Grieg's suite - Peer Gynt for four devilish cellos created by the band APOCALYPTICA

and the same piece in a softer arrangement - David Garrett on the violin:

Finally, two national projects: Rock Loves Chopin and Etude in C minor op.10 no.12

Finally, a strong hit and "Sabre Dance" - Aram Khachaturian performed by Michał Jelonek:

By the way, to the residents of my city - Bielsko-Biała, I recommend Jelonek's concert on the 25th at Rude Boy - I think I'll go rock out a bit with some classics ;)