The arrangements sometimes get a bit overwrought, but then again that's kind of the point. The performances are tightly edited together on this album, so that the pace never falters. A class act, though a bit slick and businesslike. A strangely bloodless album. This is listenable, but completely unexciting.
Several tracks are drekky, thouh many are fairly good.
Sure, it has its iffy moments, but in general it's a pretty strong concert album. Bethania's strong, forthright vocals are generally at odds with the cloying, muzak-y arrangements. Two samba tracks bookend this set, in which she largely veers away from the tropicalia composers and explores instead the sultry blues ballad. A few mildly cloying moments, but on the whole a rather solid album. As usual, Bethania's voice is nice, but the arrangements leave much to be desired.