Works Summary
Performers
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)- Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
- Ralph Richardson (Spoken Vocals)
- Varda Nishri (Piano)
- Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Conductors
Ensembles
- Finchley Children's Music Group
- London Sinfonietta
- London Symphony Orchestra
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
- Suisse Romande Orchestra
Composers
- Louis-Claude Daquin (1694 - 1772)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)
- Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1789)
- Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
- Paul Dukas (1865 - 1935)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
- François Couperin (1668 - 1733)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Remarks:
Two and a half hours of well-known classical music, all composed specifically with children in mind. The "Peter and the Wolf" on this set is narrated by the late great English actor Sir Ralph Richardson.Reviews
There are currently no reviews, be the first one!Prokofiev, Sergei : Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
- Performer: Ralph Richardson (Spoken Vocals)
- Conductor: Malcolm Sargent
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Running Time: 26 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: 20th Century
- Written: 1936
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals
- Performers: Ralph Richardson (Spoken Vocals); Pascal Rogé (Piano); Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
- Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- Ensemble: London Sinfonietta
- Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
- Running Time: 22 min. 46 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1886
- Studio/Live: Studio
Britten, Benjamin : Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
- Conductor: Benjamin Britten
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Running Time: 16 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: 20th Century
- Written: 1946
- Studio/Live: Studio
Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner
- Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
- Running Time: 16 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: 20th Century
- Written: 1906-1908
- Studio/Live: Studio
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Tale of Tsar Saltan :: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee
- Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
- Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
- Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1903
- Studio/Live: Studio
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker, Op. 71 :: no 9, Act 1 - Waltz of the Snowflakes
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Ballet
- Written: 1891-1892
- Studio/Live: Studio
Dukas, Paul : L'apprenti sorcier
- Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
- Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
- Running Time: 10 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1897
- Studio/Live: Studio
Mozart, Leopold : Cassation in G major "Toy Symphony"
- Conductor: Karl Münchinger
- Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
- Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
- Running Time: 9 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: circa 1769
- Studio/Live: Studio
Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15
- Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
- Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
- Running Time: 19 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1838
- Studio/Live: Studio
Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin :: no 11, La poule
- Performer: Varda Nishri (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: circa 1729-1730
- Studio/Live: Studio
Daquin, Louis-Claude : Premier livre de pièces :: Troisième Suite - Le coucou
- Performer: Varda Nishri (Piano)
- Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: by 1735
- Studio/Live: Studio
François Couperin (1668 - 1733) : Pièces de clavecin, Book 2 :: Ordre 6 in B flat major - Le moucheron
- Performer: Varda Nishri (Piano)
- Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: by 1717
- Studio/Live: Studio
Bizet, Georges : Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22 :: Petite suite
- Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
- Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
- Notes: Orchestrated: Georges Bizet
- Running Time: 10 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1871
- Studio/Live: Studio
Ibert, Jacques : Histoires :: no 2, Le petit âne blanc
- Performer: Varda Nishri (Piano)
- Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: 20th Century
- Written: 1922
- Studio/Live: Studio
