Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio è l'undicesimo album in studio di Paul McCartney e il primo di musica colta pubblicato nel 1991.
Descrizione Composto in collaborazione con Carl Davis in commemorazione del 150º anniversario della nascita della Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,
L'opera, in parte cantata e in parte strumentale, è strutturata in otto movimenti diversi che ripercorrono in maniera autobiografica i momenti salienti della vita di McCartney, dalla nascita durante la seconda guerra mondiale (WAR), all'infanzia (SCHOOL), dalla nascita del primo figlio (FATHER), al matrimonio (WEDDING) e al successo nella carriera artistica (WORK), ecc.
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Tutte le composizioni sono opera di Paul McCartney e Carl Davis. I primi quattro movimenti sono sul primo disco, i secondi quattro sul disco due.
I Movimento: WAR Andante (Orchestra) – 2:02 Non nobis solum – 2:35 The Air Raid Siren Slices Through... (Shanty) – 2:09 Oh Will It All End Here? (Shanty) – 1:36 Mother And Father Holding Their Child – 1:16
II Movimento: SCHOOL We're Here In School Today To Get A Perfect Education – 2:10 Walk In Single File Out Of The Classroom (Headmaster) – 1:02 Settle Down – 0:40 Kept In Confusion (Shanty) – 2:35 I'll Always Be Here (Mary Dee) – 1:35 Boys, This Is Your Teacher (Headmaster, Miss Inkley) – 1:23 Tres conejos (Miss Inkley, Headmaster, Shanty) – 1:50 Not For Ourselves (Headmaster, Miss Inkley, Shanty) – 0:55
III movimento: CRYPT And So It Was That I Had Grown (Shanty) – 0:48 Dance – 1:44 I Used To Come Here When This Place Was A Crypt (Shanty, Preacher) – 1:58 Here Now (Shanty) – 0:46 I'll Always Be Here (Mary Dee, Shanty) – 2:24 Now's The Time To Tell Him (Mary Dee, Shanty) – 2:21
IV Movimento: FATHER Andante Lamentoso – 2:59 O Father, You Have Given... (Chief Mourner) – 1:05 (Ah) – 1:13 Hey, Wait A Minute (Shanty) – 1:44 Father, Father, Father (Shanty, Chief Mourner) – 4:12
V Movimento: WEDDING Andante Amoroso - I Know I Should Be Glad Of This (Shanty, Mary Dee) – 5:42 Father, Hear Our Humble Voices (Preacher) – 1:13 Hosanna, Hosanna (Mary Dee, Shanty) – 1:40
VI Movimento: WORK Allegro Energico – 1:20 Working Women At The Top (Mary Dee) – 2:52 Violin Solo – 5:05 Did I Sign The Letter... (Mary Dee) – 1:34 Tempo I – 0:30 When You Ask A Working Man (Shanty, Mr. Dingle) – 1:34 Let's Find Ourselves A Little Hostelry (Mr. Dingle) – 2:04
VII Movimento: CRISES Allegro Molto – 0:54 The World You're Coming Into (Mary Dee) – 2:28 Tempo I – 0:45 Where's My Dinner? (Shanty, Mary Dee) – 2:40 Let's Not Argue (Shanty, Mary Dee) – 0:31 I'm Not A Slave (Mary Dee, Shanty) – 0:52 Right! That's It! (Mary Dee) – 0:49 Stop. Wait. – 2:03 Do You Know Who You Are... (Nurse) – 3:36 Ghosts Of The Past Left Behind (Nurse, Shanty, Mary Dee) – 3:08 Do We Live In A World... (Mary Dee, Nurse, Shanty) – 3:18
VIII Movimento: PEACE And So It Was That You Were Born (Shanty) – 1:22 God Is Good – 1:26 What People Want Is A Family Life (Preacher) – 2:17 Dad's In The Garden (Nurse, Mary Dee, Preacher, Shanty) – 3:13 So On And On The Story Goes (Shanty, Mary Dee) – 1:06
Musicisti Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Liverpool Cathedral Choiristers Carl Davis - direttore d'orchestra Ian Tracey - direttore d'orchestra Kiri Te Kanawa - soprano Jerry Hadley - tenore Sally Burgess - mezzosoprano Willard White - baritono
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