Liverpool Oratorio

Live Album by Paul McCartney

Released 11 October 1991

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Liverpool Oratorio: Ia. War: Andante
    2:02
  • 2
    Liverpool Oratorio: Ib. War: “Non nobis solum” (Boy Solo, Boys’ Choir, Chorus)
    2:35
  • 3
    Liverpool Oratorio: Ic. War: “The air raid siren slices through” (Shanty, Chorus)
    2:09
  • 4
    Liverpool Oratorio: Id. War: “Oh will it all end here?” (Shanty)
    1:36
  • 5
    Liverpool Oratorio: Ie. War: “Mother and father holding their child” (Chorus)
    1:16
  • 6
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIa. School: “We’re here in school today to get a perfect education” (Boys, Shanty, Headmaster)
    2:10
  • 7
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIb. School: “Walk in single file” (Headmaster, Boys)
    1:02
  • 8
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIc. School: “Settle down” (Boys)
    0:40
  • 9
    Liverpool Oratorio: IId. School: “Kept in confusion” (Shanty, Men’s Chorus)
    2:35
  • 10
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIe. School: “I’ll always be here” (Mary Dee, Women’s Chorus, Full Chorus, Shanty)
    1:35
  • 11
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIf. School: “Boys, this is your teacher” (Headmaster, Boys, Miss Inkley)
    1:23
  • 12
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIg. School: “Tres conejos” (Miss Inkley, Boys, Headmaster, Shanty)
    1:50
  • 13
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIh. School: “Not for ourselves” (Boys, Chorus, Headmaster, Miss Inkley, Shanty, Women’s Chorus)
    0:55
  • 14
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIIa. Crypt: “And so it was that I had grown” (Shanty)
    0:48
  • 15
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIIb. Crypt: Dance
    1:44
  • 16
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIIc. Crypt: “I used to come here when this place was a crypt” (Shanty, Preacher)
    1:58
  • 17
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIId. Crypt: “Here now” (Shanty)
    0:46
  • 18
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIIe. Crypt: “I’ll always be here” (Mary Dee, Women’s Chorus, Shanty)
    2:24
  • 19
    Liverpool Oratorio: IIIf. Crypt: “Now’s the time to tell him” (Mary Dee, Chorus, Shanty)
    2:21
  • 20
    Liverpool Oratorio: IVa. Father: Andante lamentoso – “Father, Father” (Chorus)
    2:59
  • 21
    Liverpool Oratorio: IVb. Father: “O Father, you have given” (Chief Mourner, Women’s Chorus)
    1:05
  • 22
    Liverpool Oratorio: IVc. Father: “(Ah) O Father, you have given” (Full Chorus, Chief Mourner)
    1:13
  • 23
    Liverpool Oratorio: IVd. Father: “Hey, wait a minute” (Shanty)
    1:44
  • 24
    Liverpool Oratorio: IVe. Father: “Father, Father, Father” (Chorus, Boys, Shanty, Chief Mourner)
    4:12
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Liverpool Oratorio: Va. Wedding: Andante amoroso – “I know” (Shanty, Mary Dee, Chorus)
    5:42
  • 2
    Liverpool Oratorio: Vb. Wedding: “Father, hear our humble voices” (Boys, Preacher, Women’s Chorus, Full Chorus, Solo Quartet)
    1:13
  • 3
    Liverpool Oratorio: Vc. Wedding: “Hosanna, Hosanna” (Chorus, Mary Dee, Shanty)
    1:40
  • 4
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIa. Work: Allegro energico
    1:20
  • 5
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIb. Work: “Working women at the top” (Women’s Chorus, Mary Dee)
    2:52
  • 6
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIc. Work: Violin solo
    5:05
  • 7
    Liverpool Oratorio: VId. Work: “Did I sign that letter that you typed up yesterday?” (Mary Dee, Women’s Chorus)
    1:34
  • 8
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIe. Work: Tempo I
    0:30
  • 9
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIf. Work: “When you ask a working man” (Men’s Chorus, Shanty, Mr. Dingle)
    1:34
  • 10
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIg. Work: “Let’s find ourselves a little hostelry” (Mr. Dingle, Mary Dee)
    2:04
  • 11
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIa. Crises: Allegro molto
    0:54
  • 12
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIb. Crises: “The world you’re coming into” (Mary Dee, Boy Solo)
    2:28
  • 13
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIc. Crises: Tempo I
    0:45
  • 14
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIId. Crises: “Where’s my dinner?” (Shanty, Mary Dee)
    2:40
  • 15
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIe. Crises: “Let’s not argue” (Shanty, Mary Dee)
    0:31
  • 16
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIf. Crises: “I’m not a slave” (Mary Dee, Shanty)
    0:52
  • 17
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIg. Crises: “Right! That’s it! I’m off!” (Mary Dee)
    0:49
  • 18
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIh. Crises: “Stop” (Chorus)
    2:03
  • 19
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIi. Crises: “Do you know who you are” (Nurse)
    3:36
  • 20
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIj. Crises: “Ghosts of the past left behind” (Boys, Men’s Chorus, Nurse, Women’s Chorus, Mary Dee, Shanty)
    3:08
  • 21
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIk. Crises: “Do we live in a world” (Mary Dee, Nurse, Shanty, Chorus)
    3:18
  • 22
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIIa. Peace: “And so it was that you were born” (Shanty, Boy Solo, Boys’ Choir)
    1:22
  • 23
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIIb. Peace: “God is good” (Men’s Chorus, Full Chorus)
    1:26
  • 24
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIIc. Peace: “What people want is a family life” (Preacher, Basses, Altos, Tenors, Boys, Full Chorus)
    2:17
  • 25
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIId. Peace: “Dad’s in the garden, he won’t speak to Mum” (Nurse, Mary Dee, Shanty, Preacher, Full Chorus, Solo Quartet)
    3:13
  • 26
    Liverpool Oratorio: VIIIe. Peace: “So on and on the story goes” (Shanty, Mary Dee)
    1:06

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Release credits

  • conductor
  • choir vocals [2.1-3, 2.5-10, 2.12, 2.14-26, 1.2-14, 1.16-24]
  • chorus master [1.2-14, 1.16-24, 2.1-3, 2.5-10, 2.12, 2.14-26]
  • solo [1.2, 2.12, 2.22], treble vocals [1.2, 2.12, 2.22]
  • solo [1.3-4, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.13-14, 1.16-19, 1.23-24, 2.1, 2.3, 2.9, 2.14-16, 2.20-22, 2.25-26], tenor vocals [1.3-4, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.13-14, 1.16-19, 1.23-24, 2.1, 2.3, 2.9, 2.14-16, 2.20-22, 2.25-26]
  • solo [1.10, 1.18-19, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14-17, 2.20-22, 2.25-26], soprano vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14-17, 2.20-22, 2.25-26, 1.10, 1.18-19], vocal [12]
  • violin
  • choir vocals [1.2-14, 1.16-24, 2.1-3, 2.5-10, 2.12, 2.14-26]
  • performing orchestra
  • mezzo-soprano vocals [1.11-13, 1.21-22, 1.24, 2.19-21, 2.25], solo [1.11-13, 1.21-22, 1.24, 2.19-21, 2.25]
  • bass-baritone vocals [2.2, 2.9-10, 2.24-25, 1.6-7, 1.11-13, 1.16], solo [2.2, 2.24-25, 1.6-7, 1.11-13, 1.16]

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