Concerto for Electric Guitar (24bt) [Import, Live]

Yngwie Malmsteen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Pony Canyon Japan
• ASIN: B000065C4P
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,325 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Black Star Overture [Orchestra Only]

2. Trilogy Suite Op. 5, the First Movement

3. Brothers

4. Icarus Dream Fanfare

5. Cavallino Rampante

6. Fugue

7. Prelude to April

8. Toccata

9. Andante

10. Sarabande

11. Allegro

12. Adagio

13. Vivace

14. Presto Vivace

15. Finale

16. Blitzkrieg [Encore]

17. Far Beyond the Sun [Encore]

Editorial Reviews

Full title, 'Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Live With The New Japan Philharmonic'. Asian pressing. 17 tracks including 'Icarus Dream Fanfare', 'Toccata' & 'Allegro'. 2002. HDCD.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One Fans Review, October 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Concerto for Electric Guitar (24bt) (Audio CD)

I`ve always thought Yngwie`s style and technique would blend well with a symphonic arangement. Though I enjoyed the Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op.1, I felt the overall production was a little dense and Yngwie`s guitar was a little buried in the mix. That`s why I like this live version with the new japan philharmonic so much more. Even though it`s live, the Orchestra performance is cleaner and more powerfull, yet it never over powers Yngwie`s guitar. His playing on this night was fantastic as well as flawless. You can clearly every note and the two encores(Blitzkrieg, Far beyond the sun)hold up pretty well with a symphonic arangement.This CD is more for a big fan of Yngwie`s Neo Classical Style than of casual fan more familiar with his Rising Force CD`s.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Czech vs. New Japan Philharmonic, January 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Concerto for Electric Guitar (24bt) (Audio CD)

To me, the CD done with the Czech Philharmonic is superior to this one with the New Japan Philharmonic because of the audio mix. I feel the Czech one is more balanced whereas this one has Yngwie's playing mixed a little too strongly and occasionally overshadowing important aspects of the orchestra. However, if you are more interested in hearing his guitar work, then you would probably prefer this version. Actually, since the only DVD of this work is of this performance with the New Japan Philharmonic, I got it on DVD and got the Czech version on CD.
(NOTE: For those interested in the DVD, it is quite hard to find since it comes out of Japan, but can usually be found on Ebay.)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff, with a couple of minor flaws., March 21, 2002

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"blackdragon480" (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor LIVE (Audio CD)

First of all, I'm a major fan of Yngwie's music both as a joy to listen to, and exciting to use as a teaching tool (I'm learning guitar and my teacher uses a lot of Yngwie's stuff to demonstrate ideas in Classical playing and obscure bits of theory), and I loved the original studio version of the Concerto Suite. I think that this new version is as good, but certainly not better than the studio cut.

This could have been an absolutely awesome CD, but instead it is mearly a pretty good one. The main problem is the acoustic and volumatic problems, that the other reviews have mentioned. When this was recorded at the Shibuya Orchard Hall in Tokyo, it had to be done in a slightly different matter than a normal orchestrial concert.

In order to get the volume and tone he wanted Yngwie had to use more amplification than the orchestra itself could overcome. So as to not have the orchestra drowned out, the engineers working on the show cleverly filtered and amplified the orchestra using the Halls state of the art PA and speaker system. However by doing this they created a different type of acoustic dynamic and enviornment than a standard classical concert setting. Because it was different than a normal concert's acoustics it caused problems when it came time to mixing it using the classical standard 24-bit recording. This type of recording is best when done in a completely acousitc manner, when any amplification takes place it must be acounted for and balanced out in the mixing. With all the types of amplification going on, it is quite obvious that they overcompensate in spots, and mixed it too low in others. It is a glaring error on their part for not recording in the manner of a more traditional high volume concert, but overall it doesn't hurt the overall quality of the CD as much as you would think.

Overall its a decent CD, but if your going to import look for the DVD the sound mix is much better, especailly if you have a decent Dolby Digital system and there is another extra track on it. Not to mention the piece has more impact seeing it performed, as opposed to just hearing it.