popularity over the years gained a certain classical works of pop music fans, so crossover status. Some of these pieces of classical music include the Symphony No. 3 Henryk Górecki, Canon D Johann Pachelbel, and the second movement of Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 from its appearance in the 1967 film Elvira Madigan.
classical crossover artists used to refer to the classic recordings of popular repertoire, including Broadway show tunes, pop and cooperation between music artists and classical music performers. A good example that fits this definition of the album's songs through the maze, Sting and Edin Karamazov. An earlier example of the classical crossover music of Deep Purple's 1969 album – Concerto for Group and Orchestra, and is another example of Metallica's 1999 album S & M
Top of classical crossover artist Mario Lanza, the US tenor and film star who was popular in the 1950s, whose amazing voice caught the attention of even those who are not die-hard fans of classical music. Lanza was signed as an artist to the RCA Victor label in the premium – Red Seal. One of the most amazing feats was recording music Be My Love, The Toast of New Orleans, is the second film, which hit Number One on the Billboard pop singles chart in February 1951 and sold over two million copies. Up to date, there is no classical artist label, including the three tenors, has been able to match this achievement.
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beginning of the classical crossover as a very popular form of music is credited with the famous "Three Tenors" Pavarotti, Careras and Domingo. During the tour, presented a mixture of the three top opera singers, opera and popular material huge crowd, which is the production of highly successful albums.
In recent years, the classical crossover due to come on your own, as a genre of music commercial success artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Josh Groban. Through the infusion of elements of pop, rock and influencing factors, such as the African songs Appalachian folk songs and Nordic fishing songs, these musicians to bring a new dimension to classical music.
One example of a successful classical crossover group Il Divo, Simon Cowell creation of the "American Idol" fame. According to Billboard magazine, the group's first album sold nearly five million copies, and more than a million in the United States. Il Divo are angelic operatic renditions of pop songs that have been successful on the Billboard Classical Crossover chart. Their style is primarily known as "Pope" (Pop Opera +) indicates that the material of the opera is a popular but still operatic style. Some members of Il Divo operatic training and was able to sing arias and using many different styles of classical operatic material.
singers such as English soprano Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church and self-taught Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli also offered renditions of classical works. The fact that they are ready for the popular singers also helped to transform the classic crossover is a popular genre of its own.
reciprocate the post operatic popular singers covering and classic material, trained opera singers like Natasha Marsh, Bryn Terfel and Vittorio Grigolo also produced classical crossover album, hoping to cash in on the genre's popularity.
Today, the classical crossover music is usually attractive to the majority of the population, although purists criticize a worse diluted version of the real classical music. However, the growing popularity of the genre has resulted in more and more young people interested in classical music to take up violin lessons or lessons genre of opera. This is also fueled by the glossy, sexy marketing of the most successful crossover artists that transformed them into today's pop stars.