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McCartney adopts Latin for album
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Aug. 1, 2006

 

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has recorded a classical music album which is sung partially in Latin, a language he studied at high school in Liverpool.

Ecce Cor Meum - or Behold My Heart - was first performed in 2001 and will be released on 26 September.

The oratorio in four movements marks Sir Paul's fourth classical release.

The 64-year-old said he hopes the choral work "could be sung by young people the world over in the same way that Handel's Messiah is".

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