Peter Gabriel New Blood Live in London is the most gorgeous, intricate and detailed blu-ray I have watched this year
Filmed this past year on March 23 and 24 at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo London it captures Gabriel with a 46 piece orchestra under the excellent direction of John Metcalfe.
However, you have to realize this show is very slow paced and that may not sit well with fans of Gabriel’s dynamic shows with his always killer band.
22 songs with stunning orchestra arrangements of classic Gabriel songs like Red Rain, Biko, the hand clppping Solsbury Hill and the showstoppping In Your Eyes with Sevara Nazarhan, Downside Up with Melanie Gabriel and Don’t Give Up with Ane Brun will blow you away.
The vocal work is organic and nuanced
The 5.1 mix and orchestra solo’s are gorgeous, but the real gift besides the vocal work is the superb piano nuances of Tom Cawley. Cawley with Gabriel’s vocals are the glue and anchor of this amazing show.
Again, this is not prog rock, art rock or world music with a band. Any Gabriel fan will be very imnpressed.
Slow and quietly beautiful.
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