VA - Classics for Children (1999)

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Title: Classics for Children
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
Total Time: 02:30:13
Total Size: 660 Mb / 384 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1:
1-1 – Britten The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra 16:33
Conductor – Benjamin BrittenOrchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
Schumann Scenes From Childhood
Piano – Vladimir Ashkenazy
1-2 – Foreign Lands And People 1:42
1-3 – A Curius Story 0:59
1-4 – Catch-me-if-you-can 0:32
1-5 – Entrating Child 1:00
1-6 – Perfect Happiness 1:15
1-7 – An Importante Event 0:57
1-8 – Dreaming 2:48
1-9 – By The Fireside 0:59
1-10 – Knight Of The Hobby-horse 0:42
1-11 – Almost Too Serious 1:55
1-12 – Frightening 1:30
1-13 – Child Falling Asleep 2:26
1-14 – The Poet Speaks 2:33
Saint-Saëns The Carnival Of The Animals
Conductor – Charles Dutoit
Orchestra – London Sinfonietta
Piano – Cristina Ortiz, Pascal Rogé
1-15 – Introduction And Royal March Of The Lion 2:17
1-16 – Hens And Cockerels 0:57
1-17 – Wild asses 0:30
1-18 – Tortoises 2:16
1-19 – The Elephant 1:31
1-20 – Kangaroos 0:57
1-21 – Aquarium 2:31
1-22 – Persons With Long Ears 0:44
1-23 – The Cuckoo In The Depths Of The Woods 2:33
1-24 – Aviary 1:12
1-25 – Pianists 1:20
1-26 – Fossils 1:19
1-27 – The Swan 2:47
1-28 – Finale 1:52
1-29 – Rameau The Hem 4:36
Piano – Varda Nishry
1-30 – Daquin The Cuckoo
Piano – Varda Nishry
1-31 – Couperin The Fly 1:27
Piano – Varda Nishry
L. Mozart Toy Symphony
Conductor – Karl MünchingerOrchestra – Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
1-32 – I Allegro 3:19
1-33 – II Menuetto and Trio 4:15
1-34 – III Finale: Allegro 1:36

CD 2:
2-1 – Prokofiev Peter And The Wolf 26:18
Conductor – Sir Malcolm Sargent
Narrator – Sir Ralph Richardson
Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
Debussy Children's Corner
Piano – Pascal Rogé
2-2 – Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum 2:15
2-3 – Jimbo's Lullaby 4:06
2-4 – Serenade For The Doll 2:39
2-5 – The Snow Is Dancing 2:50
2-6 – The Little Shepherd 2:12
2-7 – Golliwog's Cake-walk 2:53
Bizet Children's Games
Conductor – Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra – L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
2-8 – March (Trumpet And Drum) 2:16
2-9 – Lullaby (The Doll) 2:28
2-10 – Impromptu (The Spinning-top) 1:02
2-11 – Duo (Little Husband, Little Wife) 3:24
2-12 – Galop (The Ball) 1:47
2-13 –Ibert The Little White Donkey 2:11
Piano – Varda Nishry
2-14 – Rimsky-Korsakov The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee 1:38
Conductor – Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra – L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
2-15 – Tchaikovsky* Waltz of the Snowflakes 6:20
Choir – Finchley Children's Music GroupC
horus Master – John Andrewes
Conductor – Richard Bonynge
Orchestra – National Philharmonic Orchestra
2-16 – Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice 10:54
Conductor – Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra – L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande

With world class performances from the London Symphony Orchestra and London Sinfonietta, conducted by the likes of Charles Dutoit, Karl Münchinger and Sir Malcolm Sargent, this album is anything but a run-of-the-mill baby compilation. And with pieces including Peter and the Wolf, The Carnival of the Animals, and The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, it serves as a fantastic introduction to some great music - no matter how old you are.