Let's Go Classics

by Takeshi Terauchi and The Bunnys

Let's Go Classics cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1967
  • Label: King
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 33:01
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Tatsuya Ogino, Hajime Ono, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Tadashi Inoue

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A spectacularly bizarre and highly entertaining artifact of the Japanese 'Eleki' (electric guitar) boom, this album features the legendary guitarist interpreting renowned classical compositions. Terauchi aggressively reimagines works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky through the lens of frantic, reverb-drenched surf rock. The resulting collision of high art and wild garage energy is widely celebrated for its manic, irreverent joy.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, reverb-heavy, virtuosic, cover, japanese, guitars, retro, melodic

Tracklist

  1. 運命 = Symphony No. 5 (2:27)
  2. 白鳥の湖 = Swan Lake (3:21)
  3. ペルシャの市場にて = In A Persian Market (3:04)
  4. 熊蜂の飛行 = The Flight Of The Bumble Bee (3:06)
  5. ショパンのノクターン = Nocturne No. 2 (2:25)
  6. 剣の舞 = Sabre Dance (2:54)
  7. 未完成 = Unfinished Symphony (2:49)
  8. ハンガリー舞曲第5番 = Hungarian Dance No. 5 (2:34)
  9. カルメン = Carmen (2:46)
  10. ドナウ川のさざなみ = Danube Wave Waltz (2:30)
  11. ある晴れた日に = One Fine Day (2:37)
  12. エリーゼのために = For Elise (2:28)

Credits

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