-- Antony and the Johnsons have recorded with an orchestra on all four of their studio albums, but the new live one 'Cut the World' that's out this week sounds especially lush and luxurious, thanks to the contributions of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra. It's now streaming in its entirety.
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This review will refer to Antony Hegarty, the transgender heart of Antony and the Johnsons, by the masculine pronoun, though, of course, he is so much more than that.
A studio-produced track acting as the prelude of a live album, 'Cut the World' is lush and restrained. The song begins with strings as searching as predawn light, finding what they need in the beatific voice of Antony Hegarty, frontman of Antony and the Johnsons. Here Hegarty is accompanied by the Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
