Joni Mitchell

This bizarre two-disc recording finds the loftiest of singer-songwriters collaborating with a
seventy-piece orchestra, revisiting her past work. The arrangements treat Mitchell's tunes
as precious artifacts, making little attempt to seduce the listener; only on "The Circle
Game," for example, do the strings provide the kind of romantic sonic brocades associated
with great orchestral rock. Mitchell -- in strong, ultraconfident voice -- proceed... More >