HKPO 22 Years Live Box Set

A Precious Collectible: "HKPO 22 Years Live Box Set" ~ Various Artists

Universal Music has recently released a mega 6-CD "HKPO 22 Years Live Box Set" which guarantees speechless enjoyment and overwhelming satisfaction for all Canto Pop fans.

The box set includes clips from numerous concerts which feature the HKPO and different "Universal Music singers" in the last 22 years. Singers from various generations such as Guan ZhengJie, Jacky Cheung, Chen HuiXian, Alan Tam and Hacken Lee are included.

The present reviewer fully supports the idea of pop singers to sing with the HKPO. The crossover between pop and classical music not only helps popularise the latter, but also allows the masses to truly experience classical music in a poppy way. Since Guan ZhengJie and Jacky Cheung sparked the crossover, many other different singers have followed and performed with the HKPO, which shall favor the further development of the industry.

Each concert included in the box set is special and unique while Jacky's concert in 1996 and Hacken's in 2001 are among the most popular ones.

Due to the vast collection of songs in the box set, the present reviewer would prefer only recommending some best-of-the-bests here including "Your First Name My Surname" (Disc2, Track#6) by Jacky Cheung, "Couple Time" (Disc3, Track#7) by Chen HuiXian, "Declaration Of Independence" (Disc4, Track#15) by William So, "Good Actor" (Disc5, Track#9) by Hacken Lee, "Red Heart" (Disc6, Track#4) by Alan Tam and the two duet songs by Guan ZhengJie and Lei AnNuo.

The box set sees a mammoth work completed yet not in a perfect way. For instance, more than half of the songs in the two Hacken and Alan concerts are excluded which is badly disappointing.

Reviewer: Stephen Lee (Li Zhong Yan - Hong Kong)
Translator: theDan (Chen EnNeng)