| Live at the Sydney Opera House | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Josh Pyke with Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
| Cover: | Live_at_the_Sydney_Opera_House_by_Josh_Pyke.png |
| Released: | 1 July 2016 |
| Recorded: | 29–30 April 2015[1] |
| Venue: | Sydney Opera House |
| Length: | 70:10 |
| Label: | Sydney Symphony Orchestra / ABC Music |
| Chronology: | Josh Pyke albums |
| Prev Title: | But for All These Shrinking Hearts |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | The Best of Josh Pyke, B Sides and Rarities |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Live at the Sydney Opera House is a live album by Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It was released in July 2016 and peaked at number 27 on the ARIA Charts.
Upon release, Pyke said "[I'm] very excited to say the live recordings of the shows I did with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the amazing Sydney Opera House are out now! I'm so proud of this record. The whole experience was amazingly rewarding and a huge learning curve for me.I love the fact that these songs have been given a new lease on life in this new form, and I can't wait to share them with you! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you enjoy the record."[2]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.[3]
Tim Kroenert from The Music said "Collaborations between popular artists and orchestras often feel ego-driven, yet the songs performed here, selected mostly from Pyke's first four albums (the shows predated 2015's But for All These Shrinking Hearts), at least conspire to remind us what a smart songwriter he is. His voice is in great shape too, and the arrangements bring genuine freshness: tribal percussion and solo trumpet make an oddity of 'Still Some Big Deal'; swelling strings carry 'Goldmines' from alt-country to Spaghetti Western; the woodwind flourishes on 'Love Lies' are lovely. Elsewhere, 'Sew My Name', 'Memories & Dust' and others simply bloom with renewed drama."