Deep Purple - Concerto for Group and Orchestra (In Concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

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Summary: For Hardcore Purple Fans Only
Review: Being an avid worshipper of Ritchie Blackmore's work, I enjoyed the album soon after it was released in 1970 and enjoyed the newly-released DVD even more. In addition to actually being able to see the performance, the sound quality on the DVD is much better, and the Extras contain a running commentary by Jon Lord, who composed the concerto. But it's not for everybody. Lord's attempt to integrate classical and heavy metal music doesn't always work. His composition tends to separate the orchestra's sections from those of the band; that is, the orchestra plays a section, then the band, and more often than not the transition between the two doesn't mesh well. In addition, the orchestra sections are too long, so Purple fans don't get to hear the band as much as they would like. It was, however, a worthy experiment, and Ritchie fans will love his extended solo in the first part of the concerto. According to Lord, Ritchie was supposed to play a short, two-minute solo, but he instead went way beyond that and played a solo that will knock your socks off. If you liked Ritchie's solo in Child in Time, you'll love this one. In fact, you'll probably notice some of the same licks, although this performance was recorded before In Rock. In sum, hardcore Purple fans will probably like this DVD because it affords a look at the band right before it recorded In Rock, its greatest album, but if you're one of those fans who think Smoke On The Water was their best song, you probably won't like it.

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Summary: Un DVD de colección
Review: Después de escuchar por muchos años la grabación de este concierto en los ya descontinuados discos de vinilo, es un verdadero gusto ver a la banda en sus primeros años y al mismo tiempo escucharla con un sonido extraordinariamente mejorado.
Asimismo, son muy recomendables las escenas de los ensayos previos al concierto. Solo tiene un detalle; una pequeña parte del primer movimiento parece no haberse grabado.
Para todos los seguidores de "Deep Purple", éste debe ser un DVD de colección.

Rating:
Summary: Un DVD de colección
Review: Después de escuchar por muchos años la grabación de este concierto en los ya descontinuados discos de vinilo, es un verdadero gusto ver a la banda en sus primeros años y al mismo tiempo escucharla con un sonido extraordinariamente mejorado.
Asimismo, son muy recomendables las escenas de los ensayos previos al concierto. Solo tiene un detalle; una pequeña parte del primer movimiento parece no haberse grabado.
Para todos los seguidores de "Deep Purple", éste debe ser un DVD de colección.

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Summary: This is the concerto to buy
Review: Excellent, Excellent DVD. What a treat. Great piece of music. Loved listening to it in 69. Love it now. I like Deep Purple. I like their sound. This doesn't sound like Deep Purple per say. If you remember they sounded a different couple of ways. This was yet slightly different than those because they are performing this piece. Great musicians. Very satisfying piece of music. Oh yea this is the Ritchie Blackmore version. You know the real Deep Purple guitarist. Great picture and sound quality. Jon Lord's commentary on the menu thing option is very entertaining

Rating:
Summary: This is the concerto to buy
Review: Excellent, Excellent DVD. What a treat. Great piece of music. Loved listening to it in 69. Love it now. I like Deep Purple. I like their sound. This doesn't sound like Deep Purple per say. If you remember they sounded a different couple of ways. This was yet slightly different than those because they are performing this piece. Great musicians. Very satisfying piece of music. Oh yea this is the Ritchie Blackmore version. You know the real Deep Purple guitarist. Great picture and sound quality. Jon Lord's commentary on the menu thing option is very entertaining

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Summary: On DVD, at last
Review: I was starting my radio broadcasting career back in 1969. I was still a teenager at the time and was not a classical music fan, yet! When I first heard the Concerto on vinyl for the first time, I knew I had to have it and I eventually bought the CD when it became available. When Deep Purple came out with the 1999 Concerto at the Royal Albert Hall, I was very excited. What a concert! Steve Morse does a remarquable job. And then, the big surprise. The original concert on DVD!!! Goodness, can this be? Yes it's true and it's good. The sound is awsome considering the whole thing was recorded back in 1969. I give it 4 stars out of 5 because of the camera shots. The switcher was not familiar with the music because when Ritchie plays solo, the camera stays too long on somebody else.
Still a must have.

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Summary: Misrepresented Time and Content
Review: When I bought this dvd I thought it was a complete concert.
Instead the whole dvd was only 52 min I have the concerto on cd
since 1998 when I Played this dvd they made cuts in the 1st movement and some of the drum solo in the 3rd movement There were NO CUTS in my cd. So this dvd is NOT 175 min as it says wait and hopefully there will be a reissue of the COMPLETE Concerto with no cuts and whatever there was with it. also I checked out the
newer cd version looked at some reviews and yep! there were cuts on that version will continue to listen to MY copy of the cd which is now out of print.