The Taliesin Orchestra is a British musical group (generally classified as New Age

New Age music

New Age music is music of various styles intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments, and is often...

) 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

Enya

Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to...

; 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

George Winston

George Winston is an American pianist who was born in Michigan, and grew up mainly in Miles City, Montana as well as Mississippi and Florida. He attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida and lives in Santa Cruz, California.-Background:...

 and Jim Brickman

Jim Brickman

Jim Brickman is an American songwriter and pianist. He has been named the most charted male Adult Contemporary artist to date, with six of his albums receiving Gold and Platinum status. He is known for his solo piano compositions, pop-style instrumentals, and vocal collaborations with artists...

. On Rock Rhapsody (2008) the band covered such famous songs such as Pink Floyd's

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

 "Another Brick In The Wall

Another Brick in the Wall

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", Eric Clapton's

Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...

 "Layla" and The Beatles'

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 "Hey Jude

Hey Jude

"Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song widely accepted as being written to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce—although this explanation is not...

". The band covered the famous music piece "Adagio For Strings

Adagio for Strings

Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year as he wrote the quartet...

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The Taliesin Orchestra is led by keyboardist Trammell Starks and features vocalist Felicia Sorensen (aka Felicia Wolfe). Charles Sayre acts as conductor, producer and arranger.

Enya tributes

• 1996 Orinoco Flow: The Music of Enya
• 1998 Maiden of Mysteries: Music of Enya
• 2002 Thread of Time: The Best of the Music of Enya
• 2005 Sail Away: The Music of Enya
• 2006 An Instrumental Tribute to the Hits of Enya
• 2009 Tribute to the Hits of Enya

Other

• 1997 Forbidden Forest: Impressions of George Winston
• 1997 Anthem
• 2002 Sacred
• 2004 Valentine: The Music of Jim Brickman
• 2005 Top of the World: A Tribute to the Carpenters
• 2006 May I Have This Dance: Great Dance Instruction and Music
• 2008 Rock Rhapsody
• 2008 "Bella's Lullaby (Piano Version) For 'Twilight'"