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Jon Lord – Concerto For Group And Orchestra / Jon Lord, Bruce Dickinson, Joe Bonamassa, Steve Balsamo, Darin Vasilev, Brett Morgan / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Paul Mann / Ear Music Audio CD 2012 / 0208183ERE
UPC 4029759081838
Product Details:
The Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a concerto composed by Jon Lord, with lyrics written by Ian Gillan. It was first performed by Deep Purple and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold on 24 September 1969 and released on vinyl in December 1969. After the score was lost in 1970, it was performed again in 1999 with a recreated score.
The 1969 performance was among the first combinations of rock music with a full orchestra, and paved the way for other rock/orchestra performances such as Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (1972), Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974), Roger Waters' The Wall – Live in Berlin performance (1990), and Metallica's S&M concert (1999).
Tracklist:
| 1 | Moderato - Allegro
Guitar – Darin Vasilev |
16:20 |
| 2 | Andante
Guitar – Joe Bonamassa |
19:34 |
| 3 |
Vivace - Presto
Guitar – Steve Morse |
10:48 |
More Details:
- Bass – Guy Pratt
- Composed By – Jon Lord
- Conductor – Paul Mann (5)
- Drums – Brett Morgan
- Lyrics By – Ian Gillan
- Organ – Jon Lord
- Vocals – Bruce Dickinson, Kaskia Laska, Steve Balsamo
About the Artist:
John Douglas (Jon) Lord (9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012) was an English orchestral and rock composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. In 1968, Lord co-founded Deep Purple, a hard rock band of which he was regarded as the leader until 1970. Together with the other members, he collaborated on most of his band's most popular songs. He and drummer Ian Paice were the only continuous presence in the band during the period from 1968 to 1976, and also from when it was reestablished in 1984 until Lord's retirement from Deep Purple in 2002. On 11 November 2010, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of Stevenson College in Edinburgh, Scotland. On 15 July 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree at De Montfort Hall by the University of Leicester. Lord was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 8 April 2016 as a member of Deep Purple.
