Plus Kondo played a piano solo of Grandma's theme from Wind Waker, and of course, the "surprise" Skyward sword theme.
At first to be honest I was a little disappointed; I have heard Hyrule Castle orchestrated numerous times. That quickly changed as the performance went on. Surprisingly Wind Waker's Medley caught me off guard and was very moving. The ocarina melody suite was basically instrumental section introductions, but bringing them all together with Saria's Song at the end was epic. Boss battles was kinda a let down, and Kakariko village was calming, but nothing impressive. The anniversary medley was nice since it had several newer pieces in it that have not been orchestrated before. Ganondorf is as expected. The next suite was nice but sort of blended in at that point. Gerudo valley was an outstanding piece, as was the rest of the performance from there. I was personally surprised how much I enjoyed the Great Fairy's theme, but the harp performers were magnificent.
Anyway, awesome CD on the way for those who preorder
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