Album Review - Paul McCartney - Ecce Cor Meum / Behold My Heart
There's little doubt that Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio and
Standing Stone were ambitious projects, but their execution,
nonetheless, couldn't help but to feel disjointed and tentative as he
struggled to extend his skills as a songwriter into the realm of
classical composition. Beyond the obvious thematic scope of his
subsequent endeavor Working Classical: Orchestral and Chamber Music by
Paul McCartney, he wisely didn't even try to assimilate his structural
concepts into a cohesive whole. Instead, he presented a series of
shorter works alongside orchestral interpretations of his familiar pop
tunes, and without the pressure to produce a fully integrated score, he
was able to refine his craft considerably while also paying tribute to
the memory of his late wife Linda. Deploying all of the lessons that he
has learned, McCartney's latest effort Ecce Cor Meum bears the fruit of
his labor, and the maturity that he brought to the project is enough to
assure that the four-part suite lives and breathes as a single,
interconnected entity.
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