100 Best Children's Classics

Each CD included in this 6-CD set from EMI Classics is inspired by the wonders of childhood. The first CD, CARNIVAL, includes works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev, Britten, and Rimsky-Korsakov. The second CD in this set, TOYS, brings together a collection of charming works about children and their toys by various composers including Fauré, Debussy, Bizet, Mozart, Pierné, and Tchaikovsky. The third CD, NATURE, draws children into the atmosphere of the countryside, allowing them to experience the sights and sounds of nature. Beginning with “Morning” from Grieg’s Peer Gynt, this disc includes works by Smetana, Beethoven, Chopin, Vivaldi, and Grainger. FANTASY, the fourth CD in the set, invites listeners to let their imaginations run free while listening to some of the world’s best-loved descriptive music, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Night on the Bare Mountain, Pictures at an Exhibition, “Uranus the Magician” from The Planets, and L’Apprenti Sorcier. The fifth CD in this set, LULLABIES, presents a collection of some of the most relaxing classics ever written. These will be especially appreciated by children at bedtime! The sixth and final CD of set, DANCE, includes some of the best loved works for dance, figure skating, and opera, including works ranging from Tchaikovsky’s charming “Dance of the Little Swans” to Ravel’s “Bolero.”

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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Flight of the Bumblebee

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1901

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

Performers: Katia Labèque (Piano); Marielle Labèque (Piano)
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Running Time: 20 min. sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1886

Rossini, Gioachino : Guillaume Tell Overture :: Conclusion

Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1829

Prokofiev, Sergei : Peter and the Wolf

Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Running Time: 27 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1936

Britten, Benjamin : The Young person's guide to the orchestra

Conductor: Simon Rattle
Running Time: 16 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1946

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : The Snow Maiden :: Dance of the Tumblers

Conductor: Adrian Boult
Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1903

Mozart, Leopold : Toy Symphony (Cassation), for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings in G major (formerly K. 63)

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Orchestral
Written: by 1759

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Act 2. Divertissement. Chocolate

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Act 2. Divertissement. Coffee

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Act 2. Divertissement. Tea

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 1 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Act 2. Divertissement. Trepak

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Act 2. Divertissement. Dance of the Reed Flutes

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Act 2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1892

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Dolly, Op. 56

Conductor: Thomas Beecham
Running Time: 17 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1893-1896

Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937) : March of the Little Lead Soldiers, for orchestra/piano, Op. 14/6

Conductor: Paul Tortelier
Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: March
Written: 1887

Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner

Performer: Moura Lympany (Piano)
Running Time: 16 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1906-1908

Bizet, Georges : Petite Suite, pieces (5) for orchestra from Jeux d'enfants

Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Running Time: 10 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1871

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt, Incidental Music :: Morning

Conductor: Thomas Beecham
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1875

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57

Performer: John Ogdon (Piano)
Running Time: 6 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1844

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"

Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor: Alberto Lysy
Ensemble: Camerata Lysy Gstaad
Running Time: 9 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: 1725

Smetana, Bedrich : Má vlast :: 112/2

Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Running Time: 12 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1874

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 6 in F "Pastoral" :: 1. Pleasant feelings on arriving in the country

Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 12 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1808

Canteloube, Joseph : Baïlèro

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1923-1930

Canteloube, Joseph : Chants d'Auvergne

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
Running Time: 1 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1923-1930

Canteloube, Joseph : Chants d'Auvergne

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1923-1930

Grainger, Percy : Country Gardens

Conductor: Vivian Dunn
Notes: Composition written: 1908-18.
Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1908-1918

Grainger, Percy : Shepherd's Hey

Conductor: Vivian Dunn
Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1908-1913

Debussy, Claude : Estampes :: Jardins sous la pluie

Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1903

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

Conductor: Adrian Boult
Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1934

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Forest Murmurs

Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt
Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1871

Debussy, Claude : Syrinx

Performer: Leonore Smith (Flute)
Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1913

Holst, Gustav : The Planets :: Uranus the Magician

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1914-1916

Mussorgsky, Modest : Night on the Bare Mountain

Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Running Time: 10 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1886

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music :: Scherzo

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1843

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an Exhibition :: The Old Castle

Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1922

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an Exhibition :: Bydlo

Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1922

Ravel, Maurice : Ma mère l'oye

Conductor: Simon Rattle
Running Time: 24 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1911-1912

Dukas, Paul [Composer] : The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra

Conductor: Andre Previn
Running Time: 11 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1897

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

Performer: Moura Lympany (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1890-1905

Debussy, Claude : La fille aux cheveux de lin

Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1910

Albinoni, Tomaso : Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1945

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1838

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208 :: Sheep may safely graze

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 02/23/1713

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy)

Performer: Anne Queffélec (Piano)
Running Time: 8 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1888

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: after 1700

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C, K467 "Elvira Madigan" :: 2. Andante

Performer: Annie Fischer (Piano)
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Running Time: 7 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1785

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 :: Air 'on the G string'

Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1731

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109

Performer: John Ogdon (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1830-1832

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A, K622 :: 2. Adagio

Performer: Jack Brymer (Clarinet)
Conductor: Thomas Beecham
Running Time: 8 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1791

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Rafae Frühbeck de Burgos
Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1868

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Pavane, Op. 50

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1887

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Dance of the Hours

Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 9 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1876

Waldteufel, Emile : Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183

Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 7 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Waltz
Written: 1882

Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet :: Dance of the Knights

Conductor: Andre Previn
Notes: Composition written: 1935-36.
Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1935-1936

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake :: Dance of the Little Swans

Conductor: John Lanchbery
Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1875-1876

Khachaturian, Aram : Gayaneh :: Sabre Dance

Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov
Notes: Composition written: 1941-42.
Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1941-1942

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40

Performer: Felix Kok (Violin)
Conductor: Louis Frémaux
Running Time: 6 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1874

Lanchbery, John : The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

Conductor: John Lanchbery
Running Time: 7 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 10 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Waltz
Written: 1867

Ferdinand Hérold (1791 - 1833) : La Fille mal gardée :: Widow Simone - Clog Dance

Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Ballet
Written: 1828

Ravel, Maurice : Boléro

Conductor: Jean Martinon
Running Time: 14 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1928

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