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Manufacturer: Steamhammer / SPV
Starring: Blackmore's Night

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0693723986173
Format: Color
Label: Steamhammer / SPV
Manufacturer: Steamhammer / SPV
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Steamhammer / SPV
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-11-06
Running Time: 128
Studio: Steamhammer / SPV
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-11-06

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For a decade, Candice Night, Ritchie Blackmore, and their fellow band of minstrels have crafted an enchanting folk/rock sound with Renaissance overtones that has earned them the devotion of fans around the globe. Over the course of five high internationally charting studio albums, several live and compilation releases, numerous awards and many sold-out tours around the planet, they have truly perfected their signature blend of music. The band continues to tour around the globe and this brand new DVD, filmed at the famous Olympia in Paris, France is a celebration of the past 10 years.

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Summary: Blackmore's Night - Paris Moon (DVD/CD)
Comment: Hello,
I give my testimony about the concert of Blackmore's Night "Paris Moon" in French, because it is hard, I am not able to give feelings and emotions to the public in English, it will be necessary to use your Français-Anglais translate software.
Regrets.

Bonjour !,
J'ai visionné le DVD du groupe Blackmore's Night : Blackmore's Night - Paris Moon (DVD/CD)
Version NTSC américaine.
_Je commence par les défauts techniques pour vite tourner la page :
Le # 7(track 7) est trop bleuté et ça « floute » (distorted or fluff) trop l'image.
Le changement de couche est bref mais il y a une désynchronisation de la moitié inférieure de l'image, vite oublié.
Les choristes pourtant bien présentes et actives n'ont pas eu un niveau correct à la table de mixage, leurs voix sont en retrait.
Contrairement à ce qui est dit sur le site : Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1, l'image est au format 16/9, ce qui est une surprise agréable quand on visionne ce concert.
Il y a une piste audio en DTS, ce qui est dit sur le site.
_Artistiquement :
superbe !.
Le changement rapide de morceau (rythme différent) de musique lors de la deuxième chanson Le # 2&3 (track 2&3) est très intelligent. C'est exceptionnellement beau.
Le batteur fait des prouesses, l'organiste fait un excellent numéro autant vocal qu'instrumental !, Ritchie Blackmore est vraiment au sommet de son art, le bassiste fait preuve d'une bonne dextérité !, Candice Night est sublime, quelles émotions !.
Ce concert à l'Olympia de Paris est une réussite, visiblement le public apprécie beaucoup.
L'image est de fort belle facture, il est assez rare de voir un concert de deux heures non retravaillé en studio... (overdubs)
Le CD est de bon niveau, le choix des titres a été bien fait, le son est plus que correct presque un CD audiophile !.
_Conclusion :
Quand le concert est terminé, c'est toujours de la musique !. Chapeau bas !, quel groupe !.

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Summary: Beautiful DVD
Comment: I discovered BN about a year ago and have since bought all of their CD's and both concert DVD's, and I love all of them. This is an excellent addition to my collection. Every one of the performers is extremely talented. They all look like they're having a great time, the music is high energy and fun. Since I can't seem to make it to any of their concerts in person, this is the next best thing.

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Summary: Five stars for the band performances, 2 stars for the director
Comment: First, the good news: The band puts on a great show. They conspicuously stretch a wide range of styles within the Blackmore-Night constraints. The musicianship is consistently outstanding, with each player's individual performances highlighted. Solid performances all round. Really, when this band is cooking, it's a wonder to behold.

Now the reality check: Technically, this is a sorry state of affairs. While the performers worked hard to entertain, the vision director seems to be merely an observer jogging some few beats behind. There are countless moments when the action has just been missed, or a shot is out of range of what could have been interesting moments ago. A robot camera glides back and forth across the stage, creating a dramatic scope that defies intimacy. And the production values, while outstanding to a gawkish French audience, find the band submerged in fuzzy blue or thuddy red light, causing a gauzing effect on even the adoring close-ups of Blackmore's spidery fingers as he plays. True, the music is compelling throughout, but the images are often ghostly and freakish, stirring speculation as to what the desired effect actually was. I often wondered if the images were intended to create a neon effect, or merely present a crafty, albeit feckless, blur.

Ritchie Blackmore is a virtuoso on guitar. I've been a fan for years and loved what he does with Deep Purple. And he is stunning here. But a showman he is not. When Candice Night implores him to speak to the adoring fans, he shirks. Oh, if he could only speak... And yet no one else in the band can utter human words either. I wondererd: if you love Ritchie Blackmore, is it a given that you will also love Candice Night? (I do like her, of course, but it seems that any musical relationship Blackmore enters must include a front man, be it Coverdale, or, in this case, Mrs. Blackmore. While a she is a good singer, in the front man department she is, in my opinion, very much a lightweight.)

Overall, this is a wonderful, but flawed and testy DVD. I liked it but was surprised at the amateurish technical values and oh-so casual wandering between songs. Perhaps one should have been there to experience it first hand, as were the French fans, who, dressed in medieval garb, were regularly flooded with harsh spotlights and left to cheer and chant and stomp their feet. It appears they enjoyed the show, but the DVD does not reinforce that joy.

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Summary: Good but Castles & Dreams is Better
Comment: "Paris Moon" is Blackmore's Night's second DVD release, so it is natural to want to compare it to their first DVD release "Casles & Dreams". While Paris is a fine performance, Castles & Dreams is superior for several reasons. First, there is a better selection of songs on Csstles. Second, on Paris Moon the violin is missing. While many of the songs work perfectly well without the violin, on others it is missed (Durch Dem Wald Zum Bach Haus without a violin? That's blasphemy!). On Castles & Dreams the violin added not only a warm texture to a lot of these songs, but on Paris Moon the great solos are also missed. Third, there is nothing on Paris Moon which matches the energy and intensity of the last one-half to one-third of the Castles & Dreams performance where hard-driving, hard rocking encores such as All For One, The Clock Ticks On and Black Night had to leave the audience grasping for more. On Castles you could just feel the energy and intensity. On Paris that feeling is never felt. Finally, Castles & Dreams has an entire second CD consisting of background information, special features, impromptu acoustic performances and home movies. Paris Moon has very little in the way of background info but to its credit it would be unnecessary and redundant to rehash the same information again, so on second thought perhaps the "live" music CD is a good idea. For neophytes or casual fans, Castles is certainly the more complete package. Comparisons aside, Paris Moon is a good video in its own right. The sound quality is even better than on Castles, where the electric guitar soounded slightly muddy and undermixed but here is as clear as a bell. Highlights include the the jam among the bassist, keyboardist and drummer during Durch Dem Wald Zum Bach Haus, the electric guitar workout in Ariel, the most fiery and expressive improvised soloing ever in Under A Violet Moon, and the best version of Minstrel Hall yet to be performed, highlighted by Blackmore's interesting noodling and soloing in the latter half of the song. And World of Stone is beyond words. With the addition of operatic female vocals in the midsection and powerful, explosive, varied drumming, especially noticeable in the latter half of the song, this version has been turned into an operatic tour-de-force, a vast, expansive, room-filling epic, a mammoth progressive rock opus for the ages. Candace also sings majestically here. I cannot say enough about this song. It is rare that a song without electric guitar can send shivers up and down one's spine but this song manages to do just that. The only negative is that I wish there were more variety in the song selection from DVD to DVD. With 2 DVDs released so close together in time, there are simply too many of the same songs repeated. There are many great Blackmore's Night songs which many BN fans will never get to see or hear "live" simply because they aren't being performed anymore, songs such as Gone With The Wind, Catherine Howard's Fate, Storm, Way to Mandalay. Maybe on their next DVD they could release some footage of some of their older concerts where these and other songs from the past are performed "live?" And if performing the same songs, how about some completely different versions? For example, we now have FOUR "live" ACOUSTIC versions of Fires At Midnight: Two from the "Past Times" CD and one each from Castles & Dreams and Paris Moon. In the past some incredible "live" ELECTRIC versions of Fires At Midnight were performed; why not get one of these on DVD (just see the "Under A Violet Moon Tour" Video and you will see what I mean!).

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Summary: brillianto!!
Comment: I am always amazed by Ritchie's talent in whatever he does right from day one or should I say sometime during In Rock. Paris Moon is a brilliant dvd given the fact that it is well recorded, video and audio wise. I enjoyed Castles & Dreams but I definitely give the thumps up to Paris Moon. The collection gets better. The electric guitar work by the master is undoubtedly the best part of the show along with the vocalist. If you are an RB, BN or CN fan, say no more. The truth is out there, complete your collection with this outstanding box set.

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