Gallery of Dreams – Plus Live by Gandalf with Steve Hackett.
With the advent of the New Year 2012 well
past us, new age and popular artists of every genre are releasing their
best new project for 2012. While brand new CD and mp3 album downloads
are arriving daily at music stores, legendary new age artist Gandalf and
popular rock music icon Steve Hackett, formerly of Genesis, have a new
2012, re-mastered release of an exquisite instrumental music classic.
Gandalf’s Gallery Of Dreams – Plus Live featuring Steve Hackett
is the title given to this definitive 3 CD Anniversary Edition, that is
progressive instrumental music at its finest! Also available as mp3
digital downloads, the first CD is an original studio Gallery Of Dreams album digitally re-mastered.
Plus, Gandalf and Steve Hackett’s
previously unreleased 2 CD live concert recordings at the Wiener
Konzerhaus concert in Vienna, Austria are included in the special 3 CD
Anniversary Edition, comprised of several world-class quality guest
instrumentalists, and a wonderful vocalist named Tracy Hitchings on the
title track.
Gandalf – featuring Steve Hackett – Live in Concert Part 1 & Live in Concert Part 2
are the official titles for the 2 live concert CDs. The 3 CD
Anniversary Edition of Gandalf and Steve Hackett’s legendary studio
recording, plus their 2 CD live concert recorded during the Wiener
Konzerthaus concert in Vienna Austria is an exceptional collection of
songs. The finer points with this release are the artisanship, cinematic
qualities and cultural fusion of new age and progressive rock music.
Gallery Of Dreams by Gandalf, featuring Steve Hackett
is a masterful arrangement that amazed the music world in 1992, like
the definitive anniversary collection carries on the tradition today.
Gandalf’s Gallery Of Dreams is a
timeless instrumental classic, powerful in depth by the beauty of
orchestral instruments of oboe, flute, piano and English horn in perfect
rhythm with classical, acoustic and electric guitar. Even while
conveying an air of refinement and complexity, the focus on instrumental
warmth and harmony create a personable atmosphere from beginning to
end.
It is in a likeness to predecessor Symphonic Landscape,
another instrumental album by Gandalf whose symphonic innovations
remain ageless with the passing of time. I say with near certainty, Gallery Of Dreams – Plus Live
is one of the rarest albums destined to be one of the best progressive
instrumental albums I, or any review publicist will write a review about
in 2012.
Gandalf featuring Steve Hackett – Live In Concert – Part 1 & Part 2
CDs are previously unreleased live recordings during Gandalf’s Gallery
Of Dreams in 1992 at the Wiener Konzerhaus concert in Vienna Austria,
with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett as special guest artist.
Live In Concert Part 1 & Live In Concert Part 2 is parallel to the Gallery Of Dreams
studio album by the inherent music qualities given by the artists
involved, but perhaps more dynamic being a concert recording made on
stage in front of a live audience.
Steve Hackett takes the lead in rock opera styled guitar refrains on a number of songs. Live In Concert Part 1 contains the two Genesis songs Horizons & In that Quiet Earth.
As fans of the band Genesis know, guitar virtuoso Steve Hackett in
classic form and bravura will leave a lasting impression on the listener
every time.
Gandalf and Steve Hackett each have their
own highly successful solo albums with distinctive style and technique,
but it was Steve Hackett’s musical influence that made a major
impression on Gandalf’s music. The natural ability of both artists as
soloist is legendary. Gandalf and Steve Hackett complement one another
beautifully during their performance, so it’s no surprise their
collaborative effort together has resulted in a phenomenal collection of
songs.
The 3 CD Anniversary Edition comes with a 6 page color photo booklet, concert poster, and a song video clip of Face in the Mirror
that is playable on your computer. For Gandalf concert information, the
Gandalf – Art Of Infinity Concert is scheduled for November 3, 2012 at
the Planetarium Bochum in Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany.
Full credits for artists performing on Gallery of Dreams – plus live, Live in Concert Part 1 & Live in Concert Part 2
are; Gandalf – electric guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, piano,
keyboards, sitar, sequencers and atmospheres. Steve Hackett – electric
and classical guitars. Robert Julian Horky – flutes. Andrea Krauk –
oboe, English horn.
Peter Aschenbrenner – flutes, soprano
saxophone, and keyboards. Erich Buchebner – bass and fretless bass,
taurus, bass-pedals and acoustic guitar. Toni Muhlhofer – percussion and
Tracy Hitchings is the vocalist on Gallery of Dreams title track.
Visit Gandalf.at and BSCMusic.com to purchase, and then visit HackettSongs.com. Cover art and photos are courtesy Gandalf & Steve Hackett.
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