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Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1
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Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1
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by Yngwie Malmsteen
Sales Rank: 299055
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$19.79
At Amazon
on 10-2-2008.
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1. Icarus Dream Fanfare
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2. Cavalino Rampante
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3. Fugue
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4. Prelude To April
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5. Tocccata
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6. Adante
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7. Sarabande
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8. Allegro
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9. Adagio
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10. Vivace
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11. Presto Vivace
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12. Finale
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Classical edition of his 1998 album, mastered using 24 bittechnology. The album is a collaboration by the esteemedSwedish heavy metal guitarist with the Czech PhilharmonicOrchestra in which they perform classical works under thesupervision & arrangement of ex-Rainbow keyboardist DavidRothenthal. 12 tracks total. The full title is 'Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra In E Flat Minor Op. 1 - Millennium'. 1999 release. NOTE - the 'Classical' edition contains the exact same music as the 'Rock' edition of this album. They differ only in their artwork, which is aimed for the respective target market (i.e. the 'Classical' edition has artwork to appeal to classical music buyers & the 'Rock' edition has artwork that looks like a release rock fans would see in the rock section of a store).
I've been an Yngwie admirer since Alcatrazz. However, after the "Odyssey", every time he deploys something new I get the feeling he is just repeating himself again and again, as if he had lost his inspiration. Thus, I must confess that I really expected something more "out-of-this-world" in this orchestral release. I was wrong. Yngwie just changed his usual backing army of a heavy metal band by a symphonic orchestra, to achieve just a notable result that I think has no transcendence in the long term. The story is the same: Yngwie furiously plays those licks he has been playing for years and made of him one of the greatest guitar heroes of all times -- but as always since "Odyssey", in pretty predictible movements. Just that, and nothing else: barocque-like phrases at the speed of light (most of them based on minor and diminished scales), an impeccable sweeping technique for arpeggios and the cleanest sound a guitarist could ever have. Point. "That sounds good", -- someone could say; but the bad things of this release are the compositions, which I find heartless, boring and full of clichés -- his own ones, true, but clichés after all. While Yngwie succeeds in integrating the electric guitar with the orchestra in a smooth way, others like Blackmore have done a better job because they maintained alive the essence of this modern instrument, by exploring its possibilities rather than just playing a bunch of notes on it. Yngwie excels in his performance, but he should go beyond... I just wonder what Yngwie could do if he was more innovative, like Frank Zappa, Steve Vai or Joe Satriani. While he is one of the most gifted guitar players in the world, I'm starting to think that God didn't give him enough talent to compose as a contemporary author must do. He is married to his classic style, and for many people he is loosing his attractiveness because there is no palpable evolution in what he does. In few words: buy this CD if you like good playing and proper compositions, but don't expect more than that.
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Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1
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Price: $19.79
Updated on 10-2-2008.
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