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- Record Label: Deutsche Grammophon
- Release Date: Jun 9, 2015
- Artist(s): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Summary: The 1973 rock opera was adapted into a classical work by Rachel Fuller with conductor Robert Ziegler leading the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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- Record Label: Deutsche Grammophon
- Genre(s): Classical, Pop/Rock, Classical Crossover
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Jul 20, 2015On paper, such an ambitious sonic reinvention could easily be dismissed as an overblown conceit, yet in reality this new Classic Quadrophenia soars.
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Jul 20, 2015It is recognizably the album in its form but not quite in feel.
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Q MagazineJul 20, 2015With hints of Maurice Jarre on the title song and Love Reign O'er Me achieving full-chest-beating catharsis, it suits its new symphonic frame. [Aug 2015, p.114]
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MojoJul 20, 2015Classic Quadrophenia, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and TV-friendly tenor Alfie Boa, works, but only sometimes. [Aug 2015, p.91]
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Jul 20, 2015A classical version of a rock album only reveals how tonally conservative rock is (formally, Quadrophenia’s compositions would have sounded hidebound in the late 19th century), while at the same time revealing classical music’s inability to convey the electric volatility and the spine-tingling, physical frisson that’s unique to rock.