Bert Bailey wrote:

>Unlike McCartney, the more jovial half of the Lennon/McC.  creative duo,*
>Costello is one of pop music's few real heavyweights, IMO, and far more
>likely to produce something of real import in CM.

For one of the best examples of Elvis Costello in classical, check out the
gorgeous album Terror and Magnificence by John Harle (one of the Michael
Nyman band, and a great musician)

Dave Mepham