Taliesin Orchestra | |
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| Genres | New-age |
| Years active | 1996–present |
The Taliesin Orchestra (alternately known as Taliesin) is an American musical group, generally classified as new-age music. that specializes in remaking famous songs into orchestra-style melodies.
The band's first album, Orinoco Flow: The Music of Enya, was a collection of songs originally created and sung by Enya; it was released in 1996. Since then the band has recorded several other albums, some of them being further Enya remakes, but also including albums of songs by George Winston and Jim Brickman. Originally on Anthem (1997) and again on Rock Rhapsody (2008) the band covered such famous songs such as Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall", Eric Clapton's "Layla" and the Beatles' "Hey Jude".
The Taliesin Orchestra is led by keyboardist Trammell Starks and features the voice, vocal arranging, vocal production, and in some cases songwriting of Felicia Farerre (aka Felicia Sorensen). Charles Sayre acts as conductor, producer and arranger.[1]
Orinoco Flow topped the Billboard Top Indie Classical Albums list in May 1998.[2] In the year-end-list of 1997, Orinoco Flow was ranked 8th in Billboards' list of Classical Crossover Albums, and the Taliesin Orchestra in joint 7th among Classical Crossover Artists.[3]