Guitar Concerto (+1 Bonus Track) [Live, Import]

Tomoyasu Hotei | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Import
• Label: Poly_
• ASIN: B0000088US
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,347 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Kamen at his absolute best!, May 29, 1999

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This review is from: Guitar Concerto (+1 Bonus Track) (Audio CD)

This album is truely an emotional ride through Michael Kamen's magnificent depth. It combines the sound of a very melodic electric guitar with an emotionally driven orchestral backup. I love how the themes develope and come full circle in the end. The first movement has all the dynamics you could wish to hear from such a combo, and revolves around a theme clearly taken straight from the composer's heart. The second movement starts slow with a melancholic repeating pattern for the basses and celli, then enters the electric guitar with such sad beauty, playing overtop the repeating pattern. The very slow crecendo leads to an ultimate high for emotional electricity pouring out of the guitar with the support of the full orchestra...all the way leading to the explosion of happiness in the final movement. Michael Kamen originally wrote this for Eric Clapton, and there are bootlegs of that recording from their 24 nights tour, but this is Hotei with a studio recording, and tons of perfected sounds and energy. I wish there were more albumns like this. This is guaranteed to blow you away if you enjoy good deep music. Edge of Darkness is a bonus that stands alone and is just as good.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best music I have ever listened to., November 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Guitar Concerto (+1 Bonus Track) (Audio CD)

When I first heard the clips of the First and Third movement in the Stars on Ice tour back in 1996, I fell in love with the songs. It brought tears to my eyes because the First movement was so sweet and soothing. This CD is so unique because it brings a whole new word to classical music. You can listen to the orchestra and the electric guitar brings a new age/modern life into the song. It is great. I give it all to Michael Kamen and Tomoyasu Hotei. I've waited since 1996 for this to exist for us to hear and it's worth it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great piece of modern music!, November 11, 2000

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D. Roberts "Hadrian12" (Battle Creek, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guitar Concerto (+1 Bonus Track) (Audio CD)

I had heard rumors that this CD existed for years. I checked & re-checked music stores time & again. Every visit, I would be told that the CD does not exist. It has to be imported from Japan (hence the steep price).

In this album, the great Michael Kamen demonstrates his impressive musical prowess. He is able to fuse elements of both the classical and rock genres into the concerto format. There are only a handful of people in the worldwho could pull something like this off (David Foster, perhaps Pete Townsend come to mind). Kamen puts on his display his mastery of the concerto form; the results are downright astounding.

Hotei is a well-equipped guitarist for this music. He has an almost David Gilmour-like lyrical quality in his guitar playing. The 2nd movement brings this ability to the forefront. He is the perfect match for a musical project such as this.

Fans of this album may also like to by Kamen's concerto for saxaphone (written for & performed by David Sanborn). This is an exciting, colorful and elegant album. The musicianship and performance quality are exquisite. Any fan of music would be remiss if he did not include it in his CD collection.