Two decades after her debut, Tori Amos took a surprising new path. The red-haired American turned out to have a predilection for classical music, which resulted in the special album Night Of Hunters (2011). Love seems to have a long life, because the successor Gold Dust has also become a classic record. This time she dropped her Bösendorfer piano and decided to give some old songs an orchestral
… look. Where Amos usually opted for a sober, modest style on those albums, much of the work now suddenly sounds a lot warmer, more bombastic and even fairytale-like every now and then. Her voice also seems to come out a lot nicer than on her previous record. This is partly due to the Metropole Orchestra, which was conducted by Jules Buckley. In short, a collaboration that turned out particularly well. (BvdV)more
