Showing posts with label Patrick Rondat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patrick Rondat. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

Patrick Rondat & Herve N'Kaoua - Patrick Rondat & Herve N'Kaoua 2008






Genre: Classic, Neo-classical Metal
Format: flac + cue + log
Released: 2008
Label: XIII Bis Records






01.
Mozart : Les Noces de Figaro, K492 : Ouverture
02. Vivaldi : Concerto N°4 en Fa Mineur, Rv297 'L'Hiver' : Allegro Non Molto
03. Vivaldi : Concerto N°4 en Fa Mineur, Rv297 'L'Hiver' : Largo
04. Vivaldi : Concerto N°4 en Fa Mineur, Rv297 'L'Hiver' : Allegro
05. Beethoven : Sonate N°3 en Mi Bemol Majeur, Opus 12 N°3 : Allegro Con Spirito
06. Beethoven : Sonate N°4 en La Mineur, Opus 23 : Allegro Molto
07. Beethoven : Sonate N°1 en Re Majeur, Opus 12 N°1 : Allegro Con Brio
08. Beethoven : Sonate N°2 en La Majeur, Opus 12 N°2 : Andante Piu Tosto Allegretto
09. Beethoven : Sonate N°7 en Do Mineur, Opus 30 N°2 : Finale
10. Vivaldi : Concerto N°2 en Sol Mineur, Rv315 'L'Ete' : Presto
11. Kreisler : Prelude et Allegro dans le style de Pugnani
12. Faure : Sonate en La Majeur, Opus 13 : Allegro Vivo




When the metal and classical music together ... Known for having already released five albums and a live instrumental, Patrick Rondat is a guitarist of many talents. He has never hidden his passion for classical music. In making the acquaintance of musician Herve N'Kaoua this project to unite electric guitar and acoustic piano for performances of classical themes has finally taken shape. An accomplished pianist, first prize at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris, Herve N'Kaoua been developing for several years an international career as soloist and recitalist. It is with this partner has an impressive resume that Rondat has carefully selected the works that make up this disc. Drawn from the directories of Beethoven, Faure (sonatas), Kreisler (Prelude and Allegro), Vivaldi (Winter of the 4 seasons), Mozart (the opening of The Marriage of Figaro), these pieces originally written for piano and violin, have was recorded live and in duet. An exercise and a novel approach that shatter the boundaries that some had been put up between two musical worlds, a priori, if different.












Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Patrick Rondat - On The Edge 1999





Genre: Neo-classical Metal
Format: APE + cue + log
Released: 1999
Label: Inside Out Germany





01. Duality Intro
02. Duality Part I
03. Duality Part II
04. Duality Part III
05. Destinies
06. Into the Wild
07. If Ever I Come Back
08. On the Edge
09. Burn Out
10. Why Do You Do Things Like That?
11. Cloudy Mountain
12. Across the Bridge
13. Our Paths Crossed




Patrick Rondat: electric & acoustic guitars
Phil Woindrich: piano & keyboards
Patrice Guers: bass
Tommy Aldridge: drums






French guitarist of Jean Michel JARRE is back with the follow up to his magnificent "Amphibia" album from 1996. This one has equally complex compositions as its processor. He has got a well-known drummer in Tommy Aldridge, known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne and WHITESNAKE among others. On this one he also got two guest jazz musicians, Didier Lockwood and the late Michel Petrucciani.

The music is instrumental progressive hard rock / heavy metal. Patrick is a very skilful guitarist with a great technique, and his inspirations are Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Montrose, Eddie Van Halen, and Al Di Meola among others. His guitar playing is also reminiscent to Tony McAlpine, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. The highlights are "On The Edge", "Burn Out (acoustic version)", "Why Do You Do Things Like That?" and "Cloudy Mountain".

This is an incredible album from a talented guitar virtuoso, and probably one of the best guitar albums to come out this year.
Review by Greger