Amazon.com Working Classical might just be the perfect outlet for the composing skills of Sir Paul McCartney. Here, the former Beatles (and, let's not forget, Wings) member scales things down from his previous classical-music endeavors--the overweight works Liverpool Oratorio and Standing Stone. In the hands of the Loma Mar Quartet chamber group and the London Symphony Orchestra, McCartney's shorter compositions sound all the more intimate (and effective). Album opener "Junk" is a simple waltz dating from the composer's days with the Fab Four, performed here by the Quartet with short-but-sweet results. "A Leaf" is another waltz motif, this one performed with a full orchestra. McCartney pop favorites "Warm and Beautiful," "Somedays," "She's My Baby," and "The Lovely Linda" all get chamber-music treatments that bring out their compositional beauty. And, while influences seem to range from Janácek to Morricone, there's no doubting that McCartney knows how to write a convincing ditty--pop or otherwise. --Jason Verlinde Product description Working Classical - Orchestral and chamber music by Paul McCartney / London Symphony Orchestra, Loma Mar Quartet / MPL Audio CD 1999 Stereo UPC 724355689726 /// Working Classical is Paul McCartney's third full-length release of original classical music as a double LP and as a single CD, and was issued less than a month after Run Devil Run's release in 1999. /// Label: MPL – 724355689726 Format: CD, Album Country: Europe Released: 1999 Genre: Classical Style: /// Tracklist: 1 The Loma Mar Quartet– Junk 2:49 2 The London Symphony Orchestra– A Leaf Conductor – Lawrence Foster 11:08 3 The Loma Mar Quartet– Haymakers 3:33 4 The Loma Mar Quartet– Midwife 3:33 5 The London Symphony Orchestra– Spiral Conductor – Lawrence Foster 10:02 6 The Loma Mar Quartet– Warm And Beautiful 2:31 7 The Loma Mar Quartet– My Love 3:48 8 The Loma Mar Quartet– Maybe I'm Amazed 2:04 9 The Loma Mar Quartet– Calico Skies 1:52 10 The Loma Mar Quartet– Golden Earth Girl 1:57 11 The Loma Mar Quartet– Somedays 3:05 12 The London Symphony Orchestra– Tuesday Conductor – Andrea Quinn 12:26 13 The Loma Mar Quartet– She's My Baby 1:47 14 The Loma Mar Quartet– The Lovely Linda 0:54 Design – Dewynters Engineer – Eddie Klein, Keith Smith (2) Executive-Producer – Paul McCartney Liner Notes – Julian Haylock Mastered By – Steve Rooke Producer – John Fraser, ISBN13: B00001ZSXH ISBN10: B00001ZSXH Material Type: audioCD
