Classical [Import]

Wolf Hoffman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Victor Records
• ASIN: B0000070CQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,499 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prelude

2. In the Hall of the Mountain King

3. Habenera

4. Arabian Dance

5. The Moldau

6. Bolero

7. Blues for Elise

8. Aragonaise

9. Solveig's Song

10. Western Sky

11. Pomp and Circumstance

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY entertaining, January 27, 2004

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DaveSlash "DaveSlash" (sunny Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classical (Audio CD)

I don't understand the reviewer above that claims "The album sounds like an Accept album without UDO's famous vocals."

It's VERY different than Accept's music, but it's still VERY fun and entertaining. Having been an Accect fan for about 20 years (geez, I'm getting old), I appreciate getting to hear some music that he likes ... that he grew up with ... that influenced him.

I especially like the fact that these are not just exact copies of the tunes that we already know. On most of the songs, he added his own syle and interpretation of the original.

For instance, the intro to "In Hall of the Mountain King" is completely original (although it sounds almost AC/DC-like). Even the rest of that song (with the horns and blues-like arrangement) screams originality (which is hard to do with such a well-known piece of music).

I especially like the wide range of styles. From his "trademark" hard-rocking guitar sound to some mellow accoustic (and electic) runs to bluesy electric soloing (like on "Habanera") to a slgihtly middle-eastern sound and many other styles.

Other guitarists have done similar songs or even full albums (see Yngwie Malmsteen's "Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar & Orchestra" or Cirith Ungol doing Bach's "Tocatta"), but I really like this one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just buy this CD...It's AWESOME!!!, October 18, 2003

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Scott D (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classical (Audio CD)

Being an Accept fan from the early 80's I have always thought that Wolf Hoffmann is one of the most underrated guitarists in the past 20 years. If you like Accept then you will hear this awesome guitarist in a whole new light...if you don't know Accept then you will be introduced to a really awe inspiring guitarist.

Wolf's guitar mastery really shines on this CD. There is so much to listen to that you need to just listen to it over and over again to get the most out of it. There are so many multiple guitar styles and tones in each of the tracks that it always keeps you wanting more but it never gets cluttered. This is a well produced and engineered CD that obviously has a lot of hard work behind it.

This CD is one that needs to be in every collection!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classical Metal or a Metal Classic?, April 5, 2006

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Zilva (Sydney - Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classical (Audio CD)

I think Wolf says it all in the liner notes with something like: this is how he thought the Masters would play if they had a Marshall Stack and a Whammy Bar. How a metal axeman out of Accept can be so delicate is beyond me, but the delicacy loses none of the Accept power, even some of the old Accept boys are listed as back up muso's. As a metalhead of old, I never thought I'd listen to the Classics let alone appreciate them, but hearing them from this point of view, metalised maybe, I have discovered a whole new musical appreciation. Introducing metal friends of mine and others who are classical freaks to this album gets the same response ... how brilliant is this, how unbelieveable is Hoffman's guitar work? This brings together 2 worlds that never looked like getting it on - Classical Metal or a Metal Classic(?) you decide - you won't be disappointed!