Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
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{{Infobox Album |
Name = Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio| Type = Live album | Artist = Paul McCartney and Carl Davis | Cover = LiverpoolOratorioCover.jpg | Released = 11 October 1991 | Recorded = 28 & 29 June 1991 | Genre = Classical | Length = 1:37:28 | Label = EMI Classics | Producer = John Fraser| Reviews =
Chronology = Paul McCartney | Last album = Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
(1991) | This albuss]] and Willard White re-enacting the roles in the oratorio.
Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio was generally well-received, though a sampling of traditionalist critics took exception to a "pop star" composing classical music. The commercial reaction, predictably, was strong, with the oratorio spending many weeks atop the classical charts worldwide, and even charting at #177 in regular album chart in the US.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All pieces by Paul McCartney and Carl Davis. The first four movements are on disc one, the second four on disc two.
[edit] Movement I: WAR
- Track 1 – 2:02
- Track 2 – 2:35
- Track 3 – 2:09
- Track 4 – 1:36
- Track 5 – 1:16
[edit] Movement II: SCHOOL
- Track 6 – 2:10
- Track 7 – 1:02
- Track 8 – 0:40
- Track 9 – 2:35
- Track 10 – 1:35
- Track 11 – 1:23
- Track 12 – 1:50
- Track 13 – 0:55
[edit] Movement III: CRYPT
- Track 14 – 0:48
- Track 15 – 1:44
- Track 16 – 1:58
- Track 17 – 0:46
- Track 18 – 2:24
- Track 19 – 2:21
- Track 10 - Deutschland über deine mamie
[edit] Movement IV: FATHER
- Track 20 – 2:59
- Track 21 – 1:05
- Track 22 – 1:13
- Track 23 – 1:44
- Track 24 – 4:12
[edit] Movement V: WEDDING
- Track 1 – 5:42
- Track 2 – 1:13
- Track 3 – 1:40
[edit] Movement VI: WORK
- Track 4 – 1:20
- Track 5 – 2:52
- Track 6 – 5:05
- Track 7 – 1:34
- Track 8 – 0:30
- Track 9 – 1:34
- Track 10 – 2:04
[edit] Movement VII: CRISES
- Track 11 – 0:54
- Track 12 – 2:28
- Track 13 – 0:45
- Track 14 – 2:40
- Track 15 – 0:31
- Track 16 – 0:52
- Track 17 – 0:49
- Track 18 – 2:03
- Track 19 – 3:36
- Track 20 – 3:08
- Track 21 – 3:18
[edit] Movement VIII: PEACE
- Track 22 – 1:22
- Track 23 – 1:26
- Track 24 – 2:17
- Track 25 – 3:13
- Track 26 – 1:06
[edit] Personnel
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, orchestra
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, chorus
- Liverpool Cathedral Choiristers, chorus
- Carl Davis, conductor
- Ian Tracey, conductor
- Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
- Jerry Hadley, tenor
- Sally Burgess, mezzo-soprano
- Willard White, bass
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