"Haymakers" redirects here. For other uses, see Haymaker.
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.
Following up on 1997's Standing Stone, the concept behind Working Classical was to place pre-existing (and in some cases, very well known) McCartney songs into an orchestral context. Specially for this project, McCartney also unveiled some new pieces, namely "Haymakers", "Midwife", "Spiral" and "Tuesday". A different performance of "A Leaf" was originally released on 21 April 1995 on a CD single, and is presented here in a new recording.
The title of this project is a pun on the phrase "working class", in the sense that McCartney, despite his elevated stature, still cherishes his Liverpool roots and is proud of them. Mirroring this ideology is his pride in his rock and roll songs and willingness to transfer them into the "elevated" classical music genre.
Release and receptionedit
Paul McCartney's Working Classical was another success in that genre, even though this time it failed to dent the regular US album charts, and was better received critically than his previous effort, Standing Stone. His subsequent forays into the classical realm are 2006's Ecce Cor Meum and 2011's Ocean's Kingdom.
working, classical, haymakers, redirects, here, other, uses, haymaker, paul, mccartney, third, full, length, release, original, classical, music, double, single, issued, less, than, month, after, devil, release, 1999, studio, album, paul, mccartney, with, lond. Haymakers redirects here For other uses see Haymaker 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 Working ClassicalStudio album by Paul McCartney with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Loma Mar QuartetReleased1 November 1999Recorded1998 1999StudioEMI Studios Abbey RoadGenreClassical chamber musicLength61 35LabelEMI ClassicsProducerJohn FraserPaul McCartney chronologyRun Devil Run 1999 Working Classical 1999 Liverpool Sound Collage 2000 Paul McCartney classical album chronologyStanding Stone 1997 Working Classical 1999 Ecce Cor Meum 2006 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2 Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Album title 3 Release and reception 4 Track listing 5 ReferencesBackground and recording editFollowing up on 1997 s Standing Stone the concept behind Working Classical was to place pre existing and in some cases very well known McCartney songs into an orchestral context Specially for this project McCartney also unveiled some new pieces namely Haymakers Midwife Spiral and Tuesday A different performance of A Leaf was originally released on 21 April 1995 on a CD single and is presented here in a new recording Performing the new arrangements are the London Symphony Orchestra and the Loma Mar Quartet with special orchestrations arranged by noted musicians Richard Rodney Bennett Jonathan Tunick and Andy Stein 3 Album title editThe title of this project is a pun on the phrase working class in the sense that McCartney despite his elevated stature still cherishes his Liverpool roots and is proud of them Mirroring this ideology is his pride in his rock and roll songs and willingness to transfer them into the elevated classical music genre Release and reception editPaul McCartney s Working Classical was another success in that genre even though this time it failed to dent the regular US album charts and was better received critically than his previous effort Standing Stone His subsequent forays into the classical realm are 2006 s Ecce Cor Meum and 2011 s Ocean s Kingdom Track listing editAll pieces by Paul McCartney Junk 2 49 A Leaf 11 08 Haymakers 3 33 Midwife 3 33 Spiral 10 02 Warm and Beautiful 2 31 My Love 3 48 Maybe I m Amazed 2 04 Calico Skies 1 52 Golden Earth Girl 1 57 Somedays 3 05 Tuesday 12 26 She s My Baby 1 47 The Lovely Linda 0 54References edit Ruhlmann William Working Classical at AllMusic Larkin Colin 2006 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4th edn New York NY Oxford University Press p 1257 ISBN 0 19 531373 9 Working Classical album notes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Working Classical amp oldid 1162918098, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
