LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

1965's 'The Baroque Beatles Book' was one of the most successful early Elektra albums and one we've been trying to license for years. Josh Rifkin was a mere 21 years old and fresh from the Even Dozen Jug Band when Elektra founder Jac Holzman approached him for the job of adapting Beatles songs into classical forms, and he rose to the occasion magnificently, enlisting the aid of New York's finest freelance classical musicians to craft these whimsical, inventive interpretations. Rifkin was also to put the lessons learned on this recording to good use on his orchestral arrangements for Judy Collins' 'In My Life' and 'Wildflowers' albums; this is a key album in the Elektra catalog. Includes The Royale Beatleworks Musicke-Ouverture: I Want to Hold Your Hand/You're Going to Lose That Girl; Rejouissance: I'll Cry Instead; La Paix: Things We Said Today; L'Amour s'en Cachant: You've Got to Hide Your Love Away; Les Plaisirs: Ticket to Ride; Epstein Variations-Hold Me Tight; Cantata for the Third Saturday After Shea Stadium-Chorus: Please Please Me; Aria: Help!; Chorale: I'll Be Back; Trio Sonata: Das Kaferlein-Grave-Allegro-Grave: Eight Days a Week; Quodlibette: She Loves You/Thank You Girl/Hard Day's Night. A Collectors' Choice Music exclusive, featuring quotes in the notes from maestro Rifkin himself!
Track listing: 1 Overture (I Want To Hold Your Hand) 2 Rejouissance (I'll Cry Instead) 3 La Paix (Things We Said Today) 4 L'Amour S'En Cachant (You've Got To Hide Your Love Away) / Les Plaisirs (Ticket To Ride) / Epstien Variations, Mbe 69A (Hold Me Tight) 5 Chorus: Last Night I Said (Please Please Me) 6 Recitative: In They Came Jorking (Help!) 7 Chorale: You Know If You Break My Heart (I'll Be Back) 8 Grave-Allegro-Grave (Eight Days A Week) 9 Quadlibette: She Loves You / Thank You Girl / A Hard Day's Night 10 Cantata For The Third Saturday After 11 Shea Stadium Chorus: Please Please Me 12 Aria: Help! 13 Chorale: I'll Be Back 14 Trio Sonata: Das Kaferlein Grave-Allegro 15 Quodlibette 16 Girl / Hard Day's Night