Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra (2005) Review

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Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra (2005) ReviewBack in the mid 1980's, when Yngwie first burst onto the scene, Yngwie Malmsteen said that a dream of his was to compose a concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra. After hearing "Rising Force", I always thought that it would be great to hear "Black Star", "Far beyond the Sun" and "Icarus Dream Suite" played with the depth of an orchestra in the background instead of rock instruments. At the beginning of this millenium, the dream was realized with the release of "Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra" on CD. Now that same Suite is available on DVD. This is not a typical working of a rock band and orchestra which has been done by everyone from Elton John to Metallica. Yngwie wrote every note for every instrument and even for a full Choir. His understanding of music theory is far superior to any previous attempts at orchestra and rock.(Except for Keith Emerson) Proof of this can be heard on the "Black Star Overture" which features the orchestra playing melodies from 'Black Star' in an overture style. This really shows how Yngwie's classical style can stand out on its own without him playing over it. The Concerto Suite is aptly named as it doesn't follow the typical 3 movement format of a romantic period Concerto. Instead, this is a real classically styled Suite with an electric guitar replacing a violin. The Concerto Suite is divided into eleven parts. All of the parts have their own defined melodies and style. The Concerto Suite will not disappoint fans of Malmsteen's technique as all of the string skipping, Sweep Picking and alternate picking styles of Yngwie are played over some orchestrated melodies. The orchestration might not be on par with Bach, Vivaldi or someone of the actual Classical Era but it is far better than any Avante Garde period orchestration. The orchestration is diverse enough to sound like it could belong to the Classical or Romantic period. It would be great to hear Yngwie compose Baroque Period Counterpoint like his idol J.S. Bach, but that might be on the second Concerto Suite.
As previously stated, the guitar playing by Yngwie has never been better. He lets loose on all of the parts of the suite and plays some amazing acoustic guitar on "Prelude" and "Tocatta". He is truly enjoying himself and the guitar playing shows it.
Also on this DVD is the "Icarus Dream Fanfare" which is a piece based on the main theme from 'Icarus Dream Suite". This piece also is amazing and the greatness of the main theme is accentuated even when Yngwie does his thing over it. No overplaying by Malmsteen on this one.
There are also great orchestrated versions of "Trilogy Suite", "Blitzkrieg", "Evil Eye", "Brothers" and "Far Beyond the Sun". All of these are superior to the versions with a rock band. The version of "Far Beyond the Sun" is simply incredible, and I wish that Yngwie would do more of this on the next Concerto Suite. His ability to compose classical influenced melodies and to play guitar like a violin are much more clear with an orchestra and not with a rock band.
I highly recommend this to fans of Yngwie or to anyone who wants to hear something so original it defies previous conventions. The wait for true Classical Rock is over. Yngwie's realization is better than the dream.Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra (2005) Overview

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