13th May 2024, Josh Bradley, Creative Loafing
“It quickly became very clear that Sting knew what he was doing when he first hit up an orchestra all those years ago. The Florida Orchestra gave the songs a fuller, new life. And not in the manner of washed-up, B-list singers and bands re-recording the oldies for a four-disc box set being sold on TV in the middle of the night…
A few deep cuts later (“Why Should I Cry For You?,” “The End of the Game”) a brief intermission hit, and Sting shuffled back onstage with “Shape of My Heart” and “Fortress Around Your Heart,” which worked just as divinely with the Francis-directed orchestra as you’d think.”
