The third live is the one from 'Anneke van Giersgergen', who has been busy for ten years after leaving 'The Gathering' with various projects including, among others, 'Agua de Annique', ' Vuur' and the magnificent project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen', 'The Gentle Storm' (see here), and who gave 2 concerts with the 'Residentie Orkest The Hague' which gave rise to the release of 'Symphonized'. She presents us with a kind of 'Best of' of her career with an impressive work at the orchestral level which gives a completely different vision of the original titles. The set is of a rare intensity and it even attacks classic music by interpreting for example this magnificent 'When I Am Laid in Earth' by Henry Purcell 'and we can not remain indifferent to this palpable emotion that she knows how to transmit to the public. In short, 'Synphonized' is a concert that goes well beyond a simple album and shows that beyond the metal label that we can stick to her, 'Anneke van Giersbergen' is above all a complete artist that knows to adapt to any style of music and all that can be summed up in one word: the talent... | |