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- Artist(s): Britten Sinfonia
- Summary: The live release of the collaboration between the Norwegian jazz-rock band and the British chamber orchestra Britten Sinfonia was recorded in London in 2012.
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- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Electronic, Classical, Jazz, Club/Dance, Classical Crossover, Progressive Jazz, Jazz-House, Miscellaneous (Classical), Modern Big Band
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May 23, 2013It's a dynamic album, one so vibrant that listeners can easily envision themselves at the Barbican witnessing all the musicians mesh in the creation of something grand.
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UncutMay 23, 2013The sole new composition, "Prungen," is a funked-out blast of galloping synth arpeggios, while the terrific "Music! Dance! Drama!" fires up a cyclotron of raucous electro-punk fanfares and weapons-grade xylophone riffs. [Jul 2013, p.77]
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May 23, 2013While Live with the Britten Sinfonia may be too formal to provide the wild, free-ranging ride that one might expect from this adventurous lot, it is dazzling in its own right and in almost all the right ways.
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Q MagazineMay 23, 2013There are moments the focus blurs. But it's the exception on an album that dynamic, dramatic and remarkable free of self-indulgence. [Jun 2013, p.99]
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May 31, 2013While some listeners may find themselves getting bored throughout some of the ten minute tracks, others will fall in love and become immersed in the experience, not even realizing that time is whizzing by.
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