Symphonicities - Sting
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  • Summary: A companion CD to Sting's 2010 world tour, this album pairs the artist's greatest hits with new symphonic arrangements. Multiple conductors lend their help to the project, which also includes orchestral versions of Police songs.
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  1. Accompanied by London's Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Sting reimagines Roxanne as a lush Latin ballad and gives Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic a swelling Celtic thrust.
  2. It's lively and fun, and it's Sting's most satisfying record in a long time.
  3. You expect the worst from Police faves like Roxanne and Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, since those tunes were tautly written, with minimal pop intricacy. But the RPCO adds an interesting melancholic layer to the former, giving it more drama, as orchestras tend to do.
  4. There are only a few moments when Symphonicities doesn't seem completely preposterous.

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