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Baroque Beatles Book CD

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This record is one of the better executed attempts by "the squares" to understand the Beatles, and one of the best examples of "classical versions of popular music" -- a genre that has no real reason to exist, but so be it. Joshua Rifkin, who would later repopularize Scott Joplin as a composer, "rediscovered and edited" these pieces, which set Lennon-McCartney melodies -- nothing past 1965 -- in the style of Handel, Bach, and Telemann. The liner notes and titles are groanworthy -- "Epstein Variations, MBE 69a" and "Cantata for the Third Saturday After Shea Stadium, MBE 58,000" -- but because Rifkin is no hack, the music is accomplished. These are rhapsodies on themes, not simple symphonic transcriptions. The somber La Paix to which "Things We Said Today" is set reveals a melodic line not too far from an English melody such as "Greensleeves." Thankfully short, the record makes its statement -- a comical counterpart to the music theorists who wanted, at the outset of Beatlemania, to compare Lennon-McCartney to Bach and Mozart. ~ Ted Mills

Liner Note Author: Richie Unterberger.

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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Classical, Easy Listening, Orchestral/Symphonic, Chamber Music/Recitals
Label Collectors' Choice Music
Orig Year 1966
All Time Product Rank 134,125
CD Universe Part number 7104054
Discs 1
Release Date Apr 01, 2006
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Mark Abramson; Paul Rothchild
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1Overture (I Want to Hold Your Hand)
2Rejouissance (I'll Cry Instead) *1:51 $0.99
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3La Paix (Things We Said Today) *2:02 $0.99
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4L'Amour S'En Cachant (You've Got To Hide Your Love Away) / Les Plaisirs (Ticket To Ride) / Epstien Variations, MBE 69A (Hold Me Tight) *2:06 $0.99
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5Chorus: Last Night I Said (Please Please Me) *5:50 $0.99
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6Recitative: In They Came Jorking (Help!) *1:50 $0.99
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7Chorale: You Know If You Break My Heart (I'll Be Back) *1:39 $0.99
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8Grave-Allegro-Grave (Eight Days a Week) *2:27 $0.99
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9Quadlibette: She Loves You / Thank You Girl / A Hard Day's Night
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Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

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3 stars Great reissue
Well, I'm glad to see the Collectors' Choice has reissued one of my favorite off beat albums from the 60's. Albeit from a mint pressing of the LP, and not from a mastertape, this CD sounds excellent. A must have if you like both Beatles and baroque music as I do. All the original liner notes appear to be in place as well. Hope Collectors' Choice continues to keep churning them out!
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5 stars Great album!
A very interesting album. Well known songs like I want to hold your hand are not easily recognized. On the other hand, You've got to hide your love alway is immediatelly recogized. Probably due to the structures of each song. Interesting exercise on Beatlesongs. Worth purchasing and listening while you're reading a book.
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