- Record Label: Transgressive
- Release Date: Dec 16, 2016
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Dec 9, 2016Definitely one of 2016's better achievements. [Jan 2017, p.99]
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Q MagazineDec 9, 2016The real highlights are when the orchestra are left to fly, communicating the powerful feeling underpinning a reunion that was clearly as poignant as it was joyful. [Jan 2017, p.104]
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Dec 9, 2016Defying all bureaucracy, borders, and strife, this concert and this orchestra proves that art at its very best is a grand gesture of empathy above all.
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UncutDec 9, 2016The famous guests broaden the appeal--but ultimately it's the Syrians who are the true stars. [Jan 2017, p.32]
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Dec 22, 2016It’s an entertaining, impressively varied set, and includes a fine reworking of the Blur song Out of Time. But the Syrian Orchestra surely deserved a full album of their own material, accompanied by a second set of collaborations.