Bond - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Filmed at their Royal Albert Hall debut gig in September 2000,Bond  Liveis a slick showcase for four classically trained, ex-session musicians  and their fusion of string quartet and rock music. Whatever the hype (four  beautiful women wearing scanty tops and dancing with violins while backed by a  five-piece rock combo and a small, rarely seen string section), it has nothing  to do with making classical music cool and everything to do with sex. In "Duel,"  first and second violins Haylie Ecker and Eos trade licks "guitar-hero" style,  and most of the tracks are new instrumentals written for the albumBorn, though "The 1812" does  manage to reduce Tchaikovsky's overture to a five-minute dance number. With  rock-show lighting, synthesizers, dance beats, and a finale involving the "James  Bond Theme" followed by a Rio-style fiesta for the closing "Victory--Carnival  Mix," this is camp, melodramatic, sexy fun.--Gary S. Dalkin,  Amazon.co.uk