The Hampton String Quartet
James Manheim, All Music Guide wrote this:
In the quite successful s… Read Full Bio ↴James Manheim, All Music Guide wrote this:
In the quite successful small industry of making string quartet versions of rock and pop music, the Hampton String Quartet has been one of the more durable players. Joining forces in the mid-'80s not long after the Kronos Quartet released its version of "Purple Haze," the members of the quartet were trained at The Juilliard School and have cultivated independent careers in the classical and soundtrack spheres. Their activities as a quartet, however, have been focused entirely upon arrangements of classic rock and pieces by the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Jimi Hendrix. They have also provided string quartet parts for recordings by quite a number of top pop recording artists, ranging from Michael Jackson to, more recently, Britney Spears (on "Heart," included on the Your #1 Requests...And More! album originally distributed through the McDonald's restaurant chain). Its four-CD "What If Mozart Wrote" series on the RCA label, featuring Mozart-ized versions of such favorites as "Born to Be Wild" and even "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" has achieved sales of a reported over 1 million copies, and the quartet has continued to attract audiences to such top venues as Carnegie Hall and London's Queen Elizabeth Hall even as other copycat quartets have followed with music in a similar vein. They have appeared on NBC's Today Show and on the BBC, among numerous other broadcast and cable outlets. In 1988, the quartet earned a Grammy nomination for best concept video with its rendition of the Silhouettes' "Get a Job." The Hampton String Quartet is composed of Regis Iandiorio (first violin), Abe Appleman (second violin), Richard Maximoff (viola), and John Reed (cello and principal arranger); all except Appleman are original members. Their concerts include such rock trappings as smoke and lighting manipulation in addition to amplification. ~ James Manheim, All Music Guide
In the quite successful s… Read Full Bio ↴James Manheim, All Music Guide wrote this:
In the quite successful small industry of making string quartet versions of rock and pop music, the Hampton String Quartet has been one of the more durable players. Joining forces in the mid-'80s not long after the Kronos Quartet released its version of "Purple Haze," the members of the quartet were trained at The Juilliard School and have cultivated independent careers in the classical and soundtrack spheres. Their activities as a quartet, however, have been focused entirely upon arrangements of classic rock and pieces by the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Jimi Hendrix. They have also provided string quartet parts for recordings by quite a number of top pop recording artists, ranging from Michael Jackson to, more recently, Britney Spears (on "Heart," included on the Your #1 Requests...And More! album originally distributed through the McDonald's restaurant chain). Its four-CD "What If Mozart Wrote" series on the RCA label, featuring Mozart-ized versions of such favorites as "Born to Be Wild" and even "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" has achieved sales of a reported over 1 million copies, and the quartet has continued to attract audiences to such top venues as Carnegie Hall and London's Queen Elizabeth Hall even as other copycat quartets have followed with music in a similar vein. They have appeared on NBC's Today Show and on the BBC, among numerous other broadcast and cable outlets. In 1988, the quartet earned a Grammy nomination for best concept video with its rendition of the Silhouettes' "Get a Job." The Hampton String Quartet is composed of Regis Iandiorio (first violin), Abe Appleman (second violin), Richard Maximoff (viola), and John Reed (cello and principal arranger); all except Appleman are original members. Their concerts include such rock trappings as smoke and lighting manipulation in addition to amplification. ~ James Manheim, All Music Guide
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The Hampton String Quartet Lyrics
Blackbird Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wi…
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Ah Caught You Smiling At Me That′s The Way It Should…
Dust in the Wind I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the…
Eleanor Rigby Ah look at all the lonely people Ah look at all…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be li…
It Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so…
Let it Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so…
Let It Snow! Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so…
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so…
O Little Town of Bethlehem Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee…
Over The Hills and Far Away (Pageplant) (4: 42) Hey Ladyyou Got The Love I Need Maybe Mo…
Santa Claus Is Comin I just came back from a lovely trip along the…
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town I just came back from a lovely trip along the…
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town I just came back from a lovely trip along the…
Stop in the Name of Love Stop! in the name of love Before you break my heart Baby…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at yo…
The Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King…
White Rabbit Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a…