The Beatles Concerto

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The Beatles Concerto is an instrumental musical medley of tunes from songs by The Beatles for two pianos and orchestra, arranged and composed by John Rutter within a classical "Piano Concerto Form".

Contents

The LP

A recording from 1979 engineered by Ron Goodwin included the interpretation and performance of concert-pianists Peter Rostal and Paul Schaefer as well as accompaniment from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, Rutter's The Beatles Concerto and its recording have been compared to concertos from Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. [1] It has also been described as not being "...the umpteenth album, with a medley of tunes, by Lennon-McCartney-Harrison, but contains [sic] a number of The Beatles songs, arranged in a classical form...". [1] The original LP record was produced by The Beatles producer George Martin. [1]

A side

  1. 1st Movement: Mæstoso – Allegro Moderato (She Loves YouEleanor RigbyYesterdayAll My LovingHey Jude) 8:00
  2. 2nd Movement: Andante Espressivo (Here, There and EverywhereSomething) 7:36
  3. 3rd Movement: Presto (Can't Buy Me LoveThe Long and Winding Road) 7:53

B side

  1. The Fool on the Hill (Arr. Rutter) 5:09
  2. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Arr. Goodwin) 2:25
  3. Michelle (Arr. Goodwin) 3:15
  4. Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Arr. Goodwin) 2:37
  5. Here Comes the Sun (Arr. Rutter) 3:25
  6. A Hard Day's Night (Arr. Rutter) 4:08 [2]

The bonus 7" single featuring (A-side) "Here, There and Everywhere/Something" and (B-Side) "Can't Buy Me Love/The Long And Winding Road" came free with the album.

Discography

Photography and design for the album package was by Hipgnosis.

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References

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  2. Beatles Routes.com "The Beatles CD-Collection: A different collection". Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2007-11-21. Accessed 18-01-2008