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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY: Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)- Magdalen College Boys Choir, Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge, Gavin Greenaway |
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Paul McCartney's new "classical" oratorio is called Ecce Cor Meum, which
translates as "Behold My Heart." The idealistic texts, also by McCartney,
are meditations on goodness, spirituality, peace, and love, and are
well served by the pretty, Romantic melodies; the long choral and
orchestral sections flow one into the next. The Interlude (composed
after the death of his wife, Linda), with its lovely oboe solo, is
simple and moving. The music builds throughout to an emotional climax
and the entrance of the organ later in the work--beautifully played and
handsomely recorded--is quite remarkable. This is a far more advanced
work than 1991's Liverpool Oratorio: better orchestrated, more
through-composed. No, it's not the last word in compositional
sophistication, but it has many beautiful moments, and McCartney's
legions of fans will need to own it. --Robert Levine
Details
Artist: Il Divo
Binding: Audio CD
Creator: Paul McCartney
Format: Box set
Label: EMI Classics
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
Number of Discs: 1
Package Height: 54
hundredths-inches
Package Length: 555
hundredths-inches
Package Wight: 18
hundredths-pounds
Package Width: 497
hundredths-inches
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release Date: 2006-09-26
Studio: EMI Classics
UPC: 094637042427
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