| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Contents |
Grand waltz from Cinderella suite, for violin and piano / Sergei Prokofiev ; arr. Fichtenholz (5:13) -- Cinderella / Roald Dahl (read by Tom Conti) (5:07) -- Mazurka from Cinderella suite, for violin and piano / Sergei Prokofiev ; arr. Fichtenholz (2:22) -- The jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll (read by Clive Owen) (1:34) -- Danse macabre, for violin and piano / Camille Saint-Saëns (6:10) -- Puck, for piano solo / Edvard Grieg (1:05) -- Silly old baboon / Spike Milligan (read by Simon Pegg) (0:55) -- Minute waltz, for piano solo / Frédéric Chopin (1:36) -- Waltz, from Five pieces, for two violins and piano / Dmitry Shostakovich (1:52) -- The duck and the kangaroo / Edward Lear (read by Kenneth Branagh) (1:44) -- Gavotte, from Five pieces, for two violins and piano / Dmitry Shostakovich (1:35) -- The mirror / A.A. Milne (read by Tom Conti) (0:36) -- The swan, for violin and piano / Camille Saint-Saëns (2:23) -- Jumbo jet / Spike Milligan (read by Simon Pegg) (0:56) -- Circus-polka for a young elephant, for violin and piano / Igor Stravinsky ; arr. Dushkin (3:39) -- Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, from Children's corner, for piano solo / Claude Debussy (2:10) -- The pig / Roald Dahl (read by Tom Conti) (2:07) -- Golliwog's cakewalk, from Children's corner, for piano solo / Claude Debussy (3:02) -- In the dark / A.A. Milne (read by Clive Owen) (1:46) -- Nocturne op. 9/2, for piano solo / Frédéric Chopin (4:69) |
| Summary |
Celebrated movie stars unite to create an album of words and music for children in aid of the Lenny Trusler Children's Foundation. The recording features many of the greatest and much-loved poems for children interspersed with music written on children's themes, such as Cinderella and Children's Corner |
| Notes |
Insert in container (19 pages : color illustrations) includes texts of the poems |
| Performer |
Poems read by Kenneth Branagh, Tom Conti, Clive Owen, or Simon Pegg ; music performed by Matthew Trusler, Maya Koch, violins ; Martin Roscoe or Alexander Taylor, piano |
| Event |
Music recorded Sept. 3-4, 2008 at Champs Hill ; poems recorded Oct. 2010-Feb. 2013 |
| Notes |
Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Children's songs -- Juvenile sound recordings
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Children's poetry -- Juvenile sound recordings
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Violin and piano music.
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Piano music.
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Trios (Piano, violins (2))
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Instrumental music
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Music
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Poetry
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Children's poetry.
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Children's songs.
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Piano music.
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Trios (Piano, violins (2))
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Violin and piano music.
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Streaming audio
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sound recordings.
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Juvenile works.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Enregistrements sonores.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Branagh, Kenneth
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Conti, Tom
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Owen, Clive
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Pegg, Simon, 1970-
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Trusler, Matthew, 1976-
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Koch, Maya, 1978-
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Roscoe, Martin
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Taylor, Alexander (Pianist)
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Orchid Classics (Firm)
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