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Sting and Paul McCartney will go head-to-head at this year's Classical Brit Awards. The duo, more used to battling it out in the pop charts, have been nominated for the classical album of the year award.
Sting's Songs From The Labyrinth is 16th century lute music and McCartney is nominated for his classical oratorio Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart), a recording in English and Latin with members of the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.