Beatles Go Baroque, Vol. 2 / Peter Breiner & His Orchestra

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 22, 2019
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      THE BEATLES BREINER
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Peter Breiner & His Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      PETER BREINER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 22, 2019
    • UPC
      747313407873
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574078
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. I. Come Together

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    2. II. Blackbird

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    3. III. Drive My Car

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    4. I. I Want to Hold Your Hand

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    5. II. Something

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    6. III. Day Tripper

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    7. I. Nowhere Man

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    8. II. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    9. III. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    10. I. A Day in the Life (Spring I)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    11. II. Norwegian Wood (Spring III)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    12. III. Octopus's Garden (Autumn I)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    13. IV. Because (Autumn II)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    14. V. Back in the U.S.S.R. (Winter I)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    15. VI. Julia (Winter II)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    16. VII. Get Back (Summer III)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    17. I. Here, There and Everywhere (Kyrie)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    18. II. Yesterday (Et in terra pax)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    19. III. Hello, Goodbye (Et resurrexit)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    20. The Beatles - Golden Slumbers - Carry That Weight - The End (arr. for violin and orchestra as Abbey Road Medley)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    21. J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048 (arr. for violin and orchestra with Beatles' Her Majesty)

      Composer: Peter Breiner

      Ensemble: Peter Breiner Orchestra

      Performer: Dalibor Karvay

      Conductor: Peter Breiner


Also Available: Beatles Go Baroque / Peter Breiner & His Chamber Orchestra

Classical musicians have always recognized the musicality and originality of The Beatles’ songs, Leonard Bernstein declaring the Lennon-McCartney composing team ‘the Schuberts of our time’. This sequel to Peter Breiner’s multi-platinum Beatles Go Baroque(Naxos 8.555010) takes the original concept even further, keeping 18th-century masterpieces such as Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Bach’s famously stylish and beautiful Violin Concerto No. 1 largely intact, elegantly combining them with The Beatles’ most enduring melodies to create a joyously genuine 21st-century mashup. Peter Breineris one of the world’s most recorded musicians, with over 200 albums released and multiple streams and downloads. Known as a conductor, composer, pianist and arranger, he has conducted, often doubling as a pianist, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bournemouth, Jerusalem, New Zealand, Moscow and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestras, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de France, to mention just a few. His compositions and arrangements have been played in concerts and broadcast worldwide, and some of the most prestigious ballet companies have used his music in numerous performances.

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REVIEW:

With considerable ingenuity, Peter Breiner intertwines original Beatles melodies with unchanged moments from two great composers of the Baroque era. But does this work in the same way as the original Beatles Go Baroque? Well, that will be a personal response. So let’s start from ‘square one’ and simply enjoy the disc as rather quirky light music that is immaculately played by a multi-national chamber orchestra. Breiner’s direction keeps the music bouncing along, while managing to retain respect for the original composer.

– David's Review Corner (David Denton)