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1) Pictured Within 2) Wait A While 3) Sitting In A Dream 4) Love Is All 5) Wring That Neck 6) Concerto For Group & Orchestra Movement I 7) Concerto For Group & Orchestra Movement II 8) Concerto For Group & Orchestra Movement III 9) Ted The Mechanic 10) Watching The Sky 11) Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming 12) Pictures Of Home 13) Smoke On The Water Synopsis In 1969 Deep Purple premiered Jon Lord s groundbreaking Concerto For Group And Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Thirty years later, in September 1999, Deep Purple and the London Symphony Orchestra returned to the same venue for the concerto s second performance. The centrepiece of the concert is of course the concerto itself but it is preceded by a short set of other Jon Lord tracks, songs from Roger Glover s Butterfly Ball (sung by Ronnie James Dio) and Ian Paice s jazz arrangement of the early Purple classic Wring That Neck . Following the concerts are five Deep Purple classics culminating with Smoke On The Water . Line-up Ian Gillan (vocals), Roger Glover (bass), Jon Lord (keyboards), Steve Morse (guitar), Ian Paice (drums)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I couldn't help writing a review having seen a half star lacking for this the most wonderful event ...on british amazon ???!!!This is the best way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the most revolutionary and ground-breaking musical opuses in the world history.For some fans of Deep Purple it seemed that the Concerto for group and Orchestra was underrated, undeservingly forgotten, until this fantastic Albert Hall evening came to prove the opposite. The Concerto alone is quite enough to buy this DVD and tremble from excitement for two hours, having no strength to resist the falling tears... because really it is an ageing of the band in the best sence of the word. They aren't the timid beginners that came to shock the world 30 years ago, not sure where to stand or what to look at... Now they are the mature and worthy musicians who have SHOCKED the world by the FORCE of really NEW, CHALLENGING, and CONQUERING MUSIC. It's splendid to see how the members appear one after another and the atmosphere of the Albert Hall is amazing,...The audience knows well its heroes, and has come to give them truely deserved credits.
In comparison to the premiere performance 30 years ago some solos have been changed, not to the better I think, except Morse's solo in the first Movement being much less in duration and more in the vitality then Blackmore's... Also drum solo in the third movement was shortened. In other cases our ears are somewhat accustomed to the old version. Indeed some sound level faults are obvious, the orchestra sometimes sounds weeker than the band, but although the whole performance is more masterfull, well rehearsed, and besides Mr. Lord have done some orchestration corrections.
After the Concerto some other DP classics are performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, my beloved are Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming and Pictures of Home....And a dazzling brass arrangement of Wring That Neck in the beginning...
It's a must have surely,and it's a museum exhibit.
In comparison to the premiere performance 30 years ago some solos have been changed, not to the better I think, except Morse's solo in the first Movement being much less in duration and more in the vitality then Blackmore's... Also drum solo in the third movement was shortened. In other cases our ears are somewhat accustomed to the old version. Indeed some sound level faults are obvious, the orchestra sometimes sounds weeker than the band, but although the whole performance is more masterfull, well rehearsed, and besides Mr. Lord have done some orchestration corrections.
After the Concerto some other DP classics are performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, my beloved are Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming and Pictures of Home....And a dazzling brass arrangement of Wring That Neck in the beginning...
It's a must have surely,and it's a museum exhibit.
P.S. I think the portuguese play much better football than judge on music.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
They've lost nothing in 30 years. The only diferences are, Blackmore out, Morse in. The sound is superb, and the musicians more mature. I went to the concert and the atmosphere was incredible. The video features some of the guests songs, like wait a while (Sam Brown), sitting in a dream and love is all (Dio) and pictured within. Then you can watch a jazz version of Wring that neck; the concerto itself separated in 3 movements; ted the mechanic, watching the sky, sometimes i feel like screaming, pictures of home and the final "super-bomb" smoke on the water with everybody singing along. This is, therefore, a valuable album for fans and music lovers. Enjoy it.....
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
First of all I have to say that I am not a very big Deep Purple fan. I like them but I own 1 or 2 CDs. This DVD video appart from the other beautiful songs contains one of the masterpieces of (rock) music: "Concerto for Group and Orchestra". This unique piece is performed here for the first time after 30 years in a brilliant way. Don't miss the chance to enjoy this marvelous 50 min. masterpiece. Perhaps you might want to hear to the other (very good indeed) songs too.
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Sam old same old
Having owned the original LP I expected a superior performance rather than a rerun of the same old material. Enjoyable yet a little disapointed, sorry.
Published 21 days ago by MTW
Time to call it a day
I have been a Purple fan since the mid 70's and was lucky enough to see them in the mid eighties with Blackmore on guitar, unfortunately Joe Lyn Turner was on vocals but thats... Read more
Published 1 month ago by stewart mccracken
Disappointed..Save your money if you like the "older" Purple.
First of all, playing time,only 120 min.(Edition with CD,probably 366 min.????).
Disappointed because I miss the more "goodies" from the 70's and 80's,.. Read more
Disappointed because I miss the more "goodies" from the 70's and 80's,.. Read more
Published 5 months ago by eirik blodøks
Something Of A Bargain
I originally saw parts of this performance on You Tube and thought it would be worth a look if I could find it at reasonable cost on DVD. At about £4 inc. Read more
Published 6 months ago by G. TAYLOR
Excellent
Have had this on cd for many years, it is probably my most listened to pieces of music. Deep Purple at their best, with the exceptional classical works of Jon Lord. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Rich
a bit short
Sadly this mised out the two Ian Gillan tracks and the Steve Morse track which were on the CD. I don't know why, there wasn't much in the way of extras. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2010 by Mr. Brian Bell
Deep Purple in Concert with Orchestra
An unusual concert, for those of you who are used to Deep Purple as a rock band. Here, various members from the bands historic lineup team up with the London Symphony Orchestra for... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by swonfleet
Perfomance highlights virtuosity & musical talent of Deep Purple
The clash of musical genres is starkly evident in this concert. If one is a fan of Deep Purple or heavy rock in particular but hates music in the classical format, this DVD will... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2007 by DF McCleland
I was there...
I was there and saw it all, if you missed it buy the DVD and see what you missed.... Thank the Lord for Ronnie..
Published on 8 Mar 2006
Not so Deep Purple
Don't expect much of this DVD.
First there is a problem with format: although being a 0 region DVD, if you use a Sony DVD player you may find out that it is unable to read it... Read more
First there is a problem with format: although being a 0 region DVD, if you use a Sony DVD player you may find out that it is unable to read it... Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2004 by "lroriz"
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