Periodically, I revisit my classical faves, and Richard Wagner is perhaps the closest in achieving a bombastic sound comparable to the heavy electric rock of the late 20th century. He was indeed ahead of his time. One only needs to listen to "Ride of the Valkyries", and there it is. There are others, but this is the best known.

Here's another one. This could perhaps be called Wagner's "Stairway to Heaven":







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Some heavy metal or rather hard rockin' classic composers in 19th cantury Fennoscandia

Yet Nigel Kennedy doin' 17-18th cenuty's Vivaldi's Spring aint so bad rock and roll either..