2LP   JON LORD

(Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Artwoods)

Concerto For Group And Orchestra

 

Country of release: Germany, 2013

Label: Edel / Thompson Music

Catalogue number: 0208670ERE

Barcode: 4029759086703

 

Condition Record: Mint

Condition Cover: Mint

(Unplayed / Ungespielt)

  LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)

 

Klappcover / Gatefold Sleeve: Ja/Yes

Includes Innersleeves

 

Tracks Side 1:

1. Moderato - Allegro (16:20)

 Tracks Side 2:

1. Andante (19:34)

 

Tracks Side 3:

1. Vivace - Presto (10:48)

 

Tracks Side 4:

1. BBC Interview With Jon Lord (22:21)

 

Listen At YouTube:

 

The orchestra sessions took place at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK, on June 1st and 2nd, 2011, followed by two days of overdubbing at Abbey Road studios, London, on August 13th (with Jon lord and Bruce Dickinson) and on October 20th (with Kasia Laska, Steve Balsamo, and Joe Bonamassa). On May 9th 2012, Steve Morse took a few hours off from working on the new Deep Purple album in Germany to revisit the final, while Darin Vasilev added his guitar to the first movement in Sofia and in London. Mixing took place at Abbey road with the brilliant Andrew Dudman over two days in late May 2012.

Jon Lord’s (1941-2012) Concerto for Group and Orchestra was first recorded by Deep Purple back in 1969. It has always been a real anomaly in the Purple catalog. When I first discovered the group with the Made in Japan album, I had no idea there was a classical skeleton in their closet. Upon discovery of Concerto, I thought that it had to be a product of far too much pretension, and maybe a few too many tokes. Give me “Smoke on the Water” any day over was my feeling. But as I grew older, and came to appreciate classical music, I grew quite fond of Concerto for Group and Orchestra. This was something more than the Moody Blues adding strings to their long-winded tales. With the Concerto, Jon Lord showed that he really knew his business and had written something with real depth.
He obviously knew this all along, and was always proud of the work. Deep Purple’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the renowned Malcolm Arnold. The album has been in and out of print sporadically over the years.

Lord had honed the piece over the course of numerous performances, and in 2011 he decided to give it a definitive treatment. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra were commissioned, along with rock pals such as Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, Steve Morse, Guy Pratt and others.
What they emerged with was a brilliant rendering of the Concerto, which has just been released by Eagle Rock Entertainment (CD). Although Jon Lord’s health had been in question for some time, his passing in July 2012 came as a surprise to all. Fortunately, he had heard and approved the final mixes though, so this release most definitely has his stamp of approval. All involved knew that he wanted it to be released, and so it has been, and stands as a crowning achievement to a long and rewarding musical career.
“Concerto” the song is a three movement composition. The movements are “Moderato-Allegro” (16:20), “Andante” (19:34), and “Vivace-Presto” (10:48). As a young man, I did not know much about classical music, but when listening to Concerto for Group and Orchestra, I always gravitated towards the final segment. In listening to it all these years later, I retain that preference, but that is probably just because it is so exciting. The only way to listen to the disc is straight through though, as the various themes come back in unique ways over the course of the composition.
One thing that remained a constant in his music was the sound of Jon Lord’s playing. His is about the only keyboard playing I have ever heard that can sound as mean (or meaner) than a guitar. His style was uniquely his own, and no matter what he was playing, you knew it was him on the Hammond B-3. This quality is shown to great effect throughout this performance.
The eight musicians (besides the RLPO and Lord), all contribute mightily to the project. No less than three guitar players are involved. In addition to Steve Morse, they are Darin Vasilev and Joe Bonamassa. There are also three vocalists, with Steve Balsamo and Kasia Laska besides Bruce Dickinson. Guy Pratt plays the bass and Brett Morgan is the drummer.
Concerto for Group and Orchestra stands as the proud epitaph of a great musician. ( )There will never be anyone quite like Jon Lord, and this is a great way to hear his Concerto exactly the way he wanted it to be heard. (Greg Barbrick/http://blogcritics.org)

Organ – Jon Lord
Guitar – Joe Bonamassa, Steve Morse, Darin Vasilev
Bass – Guy Pratt
Vocals – Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Kaskia Łaska, Steve Balsamo
Drums – Brett Morgan

Double Bass – Ashley Frampton, Daniel Hammerton, Genna Spinks, Lowri Morgan, Marcel Becker, Nigel Dufty
Percussion – Harry Percy, Henry Baldwin, Josephine Frieze, Richard Winter

Bassoon – Alan Pendlebury, Gareth Twigg
Clarinet – Katherine Lacy, Thomas Verity
Flute – Cormac Henry, Fiona Paterson
Horn – Christopher Morley, David Pigott, Simon Griffiths, Timothy Jackson, Timothy Nicholson
Oboe – Catrin Ruth Davies, Tom Davey
Piccolo Flute – Claire Fillhart
Timpani – Neil Hitt
Trombone – James Blyth Lindsay, Simon Cowen
Trombone  – Simon Chappell
Trumpet – Brendan Ball, Paul Marsden, Rhys Owens
Tuba – Robin Haggart
Cello – Alexander Holladay, Gethyn Jones, Ian Bracken, Joanna Lander, Nicholas Byrne, Ruth Owens, Simon Denton, Stephen Mann
Harp – Eleanor Hudson
Viola – Carolyn Tregaskis, Catherine Marwood, Daniel Sanxis, David Ruby, Ian Fair, Joanna Wesling, John Robert Shepley, Michael Dale, Rebecca Walters, Richard Wallace, Ros Cabot
Violin – Adi Brett, Alexander Marks, Claire Stranger-Ford, Concettina Del Vecchio, David Rimbault, David Whitehead, Donald Turnbull, Elen Richards, Helen Boardman, James Justin Evans, Katharine Richardson, Kathryn Cropper, Martin Anthony Burrage, Martin Clark, Martin Richardson, Miriam Davis,Nicola Gleed, Noel Anderson, Patrick James Hutton, Rakhi Singh, Robert John Hebbron, Sheila Gascoyne, Sophie Coles, Stephan Mayer, Steven Wilkie, Thelma Handy, Wendy De St Paer

Orchestra – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Cor Anglais – Rachael Pankhurst
Conductor – Paul Mann

 

 

 

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