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Baroque Beatles Book
- Artist: Joshua Rifkin
- Composer: John Lennon, Joshua Rifkin, Paul McCartney
- Conductor: Joshua Rifkin
- Label: Nonesuch Records
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The Royale Beatleworks Musicke, MBE 1963:Ouverture (I Want to Hold Your Hand) 06:03
Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf, Joshua Rifkin: Joshua Rifkin
Play The Royale Beatleworks Musicke, MBE 1963:Ouverture (I Want to Hold Your Hand) -
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The Royale Beatleworks Musicke, MBE 1963:Réjouissance (I'll Cry Instead) 01:54
Joshua Rifkin, Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf: Joshua Rifkin
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The Royale Beatleworks Musicke, MBE 1963:La Paix (Things We Said Today) 02:03
Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf, Joshua Rifkin: Joshua Rifkin
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The Royale Beatleworks Musicke, MBE 1963:L'amore s'en cachant (You've Got to Hide Your Love Away) 02:06
Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf, Joshua Rifkin: Joshua Rifkin
Play The Royale Beatleworks Musicke, MBE 1963:L'amore s'en cachant (You've Got to Hide Your Love Away) -
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The Royale Beatleworks Musicke, MBE 1963:Les Plaisirs (Ticket to Ride) 02:21
Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf, Joshua Rifkin: Joshua Rifkin
Play The Royale Beatleworks Musicke, MBE 1963:Les Plaisirs (Ticket to Ride) -
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Epstein Variations (Hold Me Tight), MBE 69A 04:16
Joshua Rifkin, Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf: Joshua Rifkin
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"Last Night I Said", Cantata for the third Saturday after Shea Stadium, MBE 38.000:Chorus "Last Night I Said" (Please Please Me) 05:52
Joshua Rifkin, Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf, Harold Brienes...: Joshua Rifkin
Play "Last Night I Said", Cantata for the third Saturday after Shea Stadium, MBE 38.000:Chorus "Last Night I Said" (Please Please Me) -
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"Last Night I Said", Cantata for the third Saturday after Shea Stadium, MBE 38.000:Recitative "In They Came Joking" 01:51
Canby Singers, Harold Brienes, Edward Tatnall Canby...: Joshua Rifkin
Play "Last Night I Said", Cantata for the third Saturday after Shea Stadium, MBE 38.000:Recitative "In They Came Joking" -
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"Last Night I Said", Cantata for the third Saturday after Shea Stadium, MBE 38.000:Aria "When I Was Younger" (Help!) 03:42
Joshua Rifkin, Edward Tatnall Canby, Canby Singers...: Joshua Rifkin
Play "Last Night I Said", Cantata for the third Saturday after Shea Stadium, MBE 38.000:Aria "When I Was Younger" (Help!) -
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"Last Night I Said", Cantata for the third Saturday after Shea Stadium, MBE 38.000:Chorale "You Know, If You Break My Heart" (I'll Be Back) 01:42
Harold Brienes, Canby Singers, Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf...: Joshua Rifkin
Play "Last Night I Said", Cantata for the third Saturday after Shea Stadium, MBE 38.000:Chorale "You Know, If You Break My Heart" (I'll Be Back) -
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Trio Sonata: Das Kaferlein, MBE 004 1/4:Grave - Allegro - Grave (Eight Days a Week) 02:28
Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf, Joshua Rifkin: Joshua Rifkin
Play Trio Sonata: Das Kaferlein, MBE 004 1/4:Grave - Allegro - Grave (Eight Days a Week) -
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Trio Sonata: Das Kaferlein, MBE 004 1/4:Quodlibette (She Loves You, Thank You Girl, Hard Day's Night) 01:13
Joshua Rifkin, Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf: Joshua Rifkin
Play Trio Sonata: Das Kaferlein, MBE 004 1/4:Quodlibette (She Loves You, Thank You Girl, Hard Day's Night)
Description
In preparation for its 1965 Christmas season releases, Elektra Records wanted to capitalize on the Beatles' enormous popularity by producing an album of tongue-in-cheek classical arrangements of their songs. Enlisting the talented Joshua Rifkin to arrange 13 Lennon McCartney songs in takeoffs of Handel and Bach. Employing the top studio musicians in New York at the time, Elektra got more than a novelty record: of all the silly parodies and over-the-top tributes that appeared in the wake of Beatlemania, The Baroque Beatles Book still holds up well today, and is most notable for its clever arrangements; Rifkin's humor (somewhat in the vein of Peter Schickele's P.D.Q. Bach recordings) is tempered by his remarkable skills in imitating Baroque counterpoint and instrumental techniques. Anyone who knows the Beatles' albums from Please Please Me to Help will recognize the tunes immediately, and Rifkin's pastiches of Handel's Royal Fireworks Music, Bach's cantatas, trio sonatas, and the Goldberg Variations -- or is it the Harmonious Blacksmith? -- will amuse classical buffs. The performances by the Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf, led by Rifkin from the harpsichord, are all sharp and professional, though the sound is a little dry and lacking in resonance; these airless recordings are unlikely to satisfy audio buffs. But judged as a whole, this package is quite impressive for only five weeks' work and delightful for its freshness and wit. Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide
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Description
In preparation for its 1965 Christmas season releases, Elektra Records wanted to capitalize on the Beatles' enormous popularity by producing an album of tongue-in-cheek classical arrangements of their songs. Enlisting the talented Joshua Rifkin to arrange 13 Lennon McCartney songs in takeoffs of Handel and Bach. Employing the top studio musicians in New York at the time, Elektra got more than a novelty record: of all the silly parodies and over-the-top tributes that appeared in the wake of Beatlemania, The Baroque Beatles Book still holds up well today, and is most notable for its clever arrangements; Rifkin's humor (somewhat in the vein of Peter Schickele's P.D.Q. Bach recordings) is tempered by his remarkable skills in imitating Baroque counterpoint and instrumental techniques. Anyone who knows the Beatles' albums from Please Please Me to Help will recognize the tunes immediately, and Rifkin's pastiches of Handel's Royal Fireworks Music, Bach's cantatas, trio sonatas, and the Goldberg Variations -- or is it the Harmonious Blacksmith? -- will amuse classical buffs. The performances by the Baroque Ensemble of the Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaf, led by Rifkin from the harpsichord, are all sharp and professional, though the sound is a little dry and lacking in resonance; these airless recordings are unlikely to satisfy audio buffs. But judged as a whole, this package is quite impressive for only five weeks' work and delightful for its freshness and wit. Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide
Features
- Genre: Chamber
- Category: Modern
- Release Date: July 14, 2009
- Label: Nonesuch Records
- Artist: Joshua Rifkin
- Composer: John Lennon, Joshua Rifkin, Paul McCartney
- Conductor: Joshua Rifkin
- Format: CD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 244-05-9717
- ASIN: B002N5KYGA
- Catalog #: 11542773
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 5.57 inches length x 4.93 inches width x 0.39 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.26 pound.
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