But her four-piece band, though diligently led by the pianist, are over-dependent on a synth to simulate Bacharach's sweeping arrangements.
Grand daubs of baroque rock and massive, sweeping arrangements sit side by side with heartbreaking declarations of failure ("I just can't make it alone" / "I'm on my knees" / "I ain't got no lullaby").
The song is instead a graceful and even subdued reentry for the singer: "I won't apologize for the fire in my eyes," she sings over sweeping arrangements.
These sweeping arrangements follow the NCRI's annual convention held on July 1st in Paris this year with senior American figures such as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich calling for even more drastic moves against Iran.
It's taken 19 months to make so far (the full film is still unfinished and awaiting a soundtrack from Jo Quail), but not having a sweeping orchestral arrangement has us dialed-in on the soothing sonic vistas of wind and waterfalls.
The other members of the quartet — Joel Forbes on bass, Rossano Sportiello on piano, and Chuck Riggs on drums — filled out the musical profile of a traditional jazz ensemble, with the Teddy Wilson-style piano sweeping through the arrangements like a feather duster dispensing stardust.
They help provide sweeping orchestral-like arrangements to Clark's sonically charged rhythms, avant-garde lyrics and seraphic singing.
Page A10 CONCERNS LINGER IN GREECE Even as the European Union signed off on a sweeping new arrangement to help avert a Greek default and stabilize the euro, many people on the streets saw no end to their country's woes.
ATHENS — Even as the European Union signed off Tuesday on a sweeping new arrangement to help avert a Greek default and stabilize the euro, many people here on the streets saw no end to their country's woes.
The composition then enters an instrumental passage and finishes off with a sweeping string arrangement.
Evidently convinced that her humanity has been secured, Dion returns to her usual mode on "D'Elles," where, as on her English-language CDs, no tune is complete without a sweeping string arrangement or a generous helping of synthesizer cheese.
