The Who With Orchestra: Live At Wembley

Isobel Griffiths Orchestra, The Who

Released on 31/03/2023 by UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Main artists: The Who Isobel Griffiths Orchestra
Genre: Rock

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The Who with Orchestra: Live at Wembley captures the group's return to Wembley on July 6, 2019. It was their first time playing the venue in 40 years and the only show the Who played in the U.K. during their Moving On tour, so it was designed as an event. Some of that spectacle does translate on The Who with Orchestra: Live at Wembley, which came to home media in a variety of formats, including triple-vinyl, double-CD, and audio Blu-ray. The Who integrate the orchestra quite seamlessly throughout the performances, especially during an extended segment focused on Quadrophenia material; the orchestra helps Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey summon a bit of the old Who's flair for bombast. Even so, the moments on the record that cut the deepest are when the band plays without the orchestra. "Substitute" and "The Seeker" sound vigorous delivered by a straight rock combo, while Townshend and Daltrey's acoustic renditions of "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Behind Blue Eyes" help make these old warhorses sound relatively fresh.

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The Who With Orchestra: Live At Wembley

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Who Are You (Live At Wembley, UK / 2019)

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Alan Thomas, Trumpet - Rick Koster, Violin - Richard George, Violin - Eliza Marshall, Flute - Ian Burdge, Cello - Ed Tarrant, Trombone - Richard Pryce, DoubleBass - Lucy Morgan, Viola - Billy Nicholls, BackgroundVocalist - The Who, MainArtist - Pete Townshend, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Roger Daltrey, Producer, Vocalist - Andy Wood, Trombone - Miles Showell, MasteringEngineer - Julian Tear, Violin - Anthony Pike, Clarinet - Rob Farrer, Timpani - Marianne Haynes, Violin - Emma Owens, Viola - Jo Archard, Violin - Eleanor Mathieson, Violin - Laura Melhuish, Violin - Jon Button, BassGuitar - Matt Ward, Violin - Lucy Wilkins, Violin - Melissa Reiner, Violin - Reiad Chibah, Viola - Jake Walker, Viola - Emil Chakalov, Violin - Joby Burgess, Percussion - Simon Townshend, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Oli Langford, Violin - Laurence Davies, FrenchHorn - Zak Starkey, DrumKit - Danny Keane, Cello - Vicky Matthews, Cello - Ellie Stanford, Violin - Audrey Snyder, Cello - Chloe Vincent, PiccoloFlute - Dan West, BassTrombone - Kate Robinson, Violin - Rachel Harwood-White, Oboe, EnglishHorn - Daniel Bhattacharya, Violin - Keith Levenson, Conductor, Producer, Piano - Gareth Johnson, MixingEngineer - Shelley Britton, Violin - Loren Gold, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Dan Ellis, Percussion - Toby Coles, Trumpet - Richard Whittaker, Producer, MixingEngineer - Bob Pridden, MixingEngineer - Calina de La Mer, Violin - Katherine Mayes, Violin - Paul Boyes, Bassoon - Rory Dempsey, DoubleBass - Charys Green, BassClarinet - Dave Elliott, Percussion - Elise Campbell, FrenchHorn - Isobel Griffiths Orchestra, MainArtist - Laurence Ungless, DoubleBass - Ruth Berresford, Oboe - Ollie Heath, Violin - Dan Trodden, Tuba - Jenny Nendick, Contractor - Katie Jacoby, Violin - Alexei Watkins, FrenchHorn - Anna Douglass, FrenchHorn - Elizabeth Trigg, Contrabassoon - Tom Fountain, Trumpet - Catherine Derrick, Harp