Product: Deep Purple with Orchestra: Live at Montreux 2011 [Blu-ray] (2011)
Rating: 5.0
Maybe the best Deep Purple concert ever!
Do we need another review of this? What the heck, here is my 2 cents worth. Of all the Montreux shows this is my favorite. Granted (here comes a disclaimer) Ian Gillian passes up on some of those impossibly high screams he used to do. (After all, he has been doing this for over 40 years. Get over it.) But he still does a good job and the band is absolutely smoking. And it's amazing how well the orchestra integrates with the band by adding a whole new dimension of depth, complexity, power and freshness to these songs. And where else could you hear a call and response duel between Steve Morse on guitar and the conductor on violin (Lazy). I don't know how they are going to top this one. For my money this is the best Deep Purple concert ever.