John Rutter : Beatles Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1977)

[@Seeker3876]

Stunningly beautiful piece of arrangement and wonderful rendition!

[@tonysullivan5215]

Bach proved that quality music does not die -it just morfs for new listeners

[@carlsaunders9337]

Simply MAGNIFICENT!!!

[@ofelyasaroyan4657]

It's such a pleasure to listen to this legendary music once again !THANK YOU !!!

[@susanflakes6968]

I had no idea this existed...I love it...John Rutter, you are a genius!

[@susanflakes6968]

Utterly DELIGHTFUL!

[@carolynretzlaff5276]

Very lovely indeed! 4:07pm

[@gurprasadkaur1334]

Just wonderful!

[@janicewillis96]

Gorgeous renditions

[@susanflakes6968]

Rough start but we have ARRIVED TO STAY....this is gorgeous...

[@kazzieloo]

Best Beatles Concerto ever! I had it from iTunes, but it disappeared. So glad it’s here!!

[@WmWQuickMD]

My local NPR station just played this piece, so I'm delighted to listen to it again courtesy of KZbin. It's simply awesome.

[@TheMelaniewilliams]

Ha! Just heard this on my local MPR Classical station so had to find it here on KZbin to share!

[@MarioGimeno]

What does NPR mean?

[@WmWQuickMD]

@@MarioGimeno National Public Radio

[@ronaldbeield7946]

McCartney, Lennon and the rest were clever tunesmiths and pop-song artists, but if one takes their whimsical melodies and re-imagines them into the classical symphonic concerto it's like a metamorphosis and voila! we're hearing the sounds of Grieg, Rachmaninov and even Gershwin. It's almost like first seeing a print of Picaso's Guernica in a book and then viewing the original massive mural in a museum (which I did). The second is a mind blowing experience.

[@nerys2263]

I adore this

[@MyTroubadour]

Une totale réussite. Bravo les Britanniques.

[@cliffpetersen6881]

Absolutely awesome masterpiece thank you!

[@TheAbbeywhite]

I have an LP by Francois Glorieux playing the Beatles in the style of different composers. From Chopin, Gershwin, Mozart, Rachmaninoff and others. My daughters love the LP and ask me to play it when their musical friends visit.

[@janicekociol7702]

I wish I could press "like" a thousand times.

[@johnfmarshall]

Nice to hear this again, some time late 70's I went to the Festival Hall to hear it with Ron Goodwin (composer of 633 squandron) conducting. Amazing night.

[@johnrozek3046]

Adding it to my Spotify Library

[@bowerdw]

A refreshing change. However, I kept having out of context experiences when I tried to identify themes from other concertos. I think I at least heard Saint-Saens and Rachmaninoff.

[@Bouncybon]

Magnificent and enthralling throughout. McCartney & Rutter make a great team.

[@sweedlepipe]

She Loves You is 50-50 Lennon McCartney. So let’s give John some credit. I know it’s only a small proportion of the songs played here but he deserves it nonetheless.

[@bronte4504]

Magnificent!!

[@agomezramos]

That Grieg Concerto part on 10:49, its mainly the same🤣😅

[@rogerhart9481]

The King's Singers also have a lovely album of Beatles songs

[@maxmerry8470]

Fine arrangements that are really enjoyable to listen to. Interesting that McCartney's compositions (rather than Lennon's) form the basis of this Concerto. In fact, apart from Harrison's Something and, possibly, She Loves You, I think the melodies are all his. Second Movement is my favourite.....

[@tonyobadinage6647]

Doesn't this piece show the strength of the songs of The Beatles? A few months ago, I spent a couple days listening again to all of their albums, something I hadn't done for many years. It struck me, upon reflection, that they really were ahead of the game. I'd always loved their music but had not really appreciated just how 'out there' they really were.

[@maxmerry8470]

McCartney's upbringing included a lot of exposure to Hollywood Musicals and the classic songwriters of that period as well as, of course, Rock 'n' Roll. Lennon's more "cynical" world-weariness (at a young age...There's A Place, for instance) and his penchant for surreal literature makes it much easier, with the passing of time, to tell who wrote which songs. And McCartney's more "traditional" melodic sensibility lends itself better, I suppose, to arrangements such as Rutter's.

[@tonyobadinage6647]

I agree, Max. Tellingly, these days it is McCartney's songs which are remembered by most people but here's the thing...... my kids grew up (born in the late 70s) knowing, instinctively, the songs of The Beatles. How is this possible? Moreover, can you ever imagine a band, or singer, whose reputation is such that this could happen again?

[@maxmerry8470]

Nope!! Unique post-WW2 phenomenon. One of those once-in-a-lifetime occurrences where, yes the cultural context of popular music was already there, but, by some osmosis, what came out was totally different. And two great songwriters and one pretty damn good songwriter (George).

[@maxmerry8470]

I should add, of course, the incredible George Martin whose recording-studio experience and wide knowledge of music complemented the Fab Four's output.

[@janicewillis96]

SiriusXM plays this. Love all variations:-)

[@Tubulous123]

Yes!!! Thank you!!!! 1Nation4Life

[@lolllololllo]

Where can I find the score, including all orchestra parts?

[@susanflakes6968]

Ooooo look at that..for two pianos....

[@sutthipotoh7772]

13:33

[@lawrencewhyte1554]

Sounds like Rachmaninoff

[@JS-ln4ns]

Mix of Gershwin in the beginning and ending, with Rachmaninoff in the middle.