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SKU: 10413
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: a great Russian name for a great Russian composer! Tchaikovsky was not always a happy man. He didn’t laugh a lot, but he wrote music that is full of good melodies. He often felt sad, but sometimes this made him write music that was even more special. This CD is all about Tchaikovsky. Imagine the ballet dancers twirling around to his tunes: you can twirl around too, if you like!
The "My First" album series is the ideal springboard for a lifelong journey through classical music. Each selection is carefully tailored for younger listeners and includes famous tracks as well as unexpected gems. The booklet is full of information on every piece of music. Unique and imaginative, these CDs will open a door to a wonderful world that
children and parents can discover together.
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SKU: 10414
From folk music to film music, the violin is the star of instruments. Millions of children all over the world learn how to play it and the top performers make it sound beautiful. They can also do clever things on it, with their fingers whizzing up and down, and the bow moving so fast you can hardly see it. Take the music of Mr Paganini on track 1, he really knew how to show off. Here is the violin in the spotlight: listen to it sing!
The "My First" album series is the ideal springboard for a lifelong journey through classical music. Each selection is carefully tailored for younger listeners and includes famous tracks as well as unexpected gems. The booklet is full of information on every piece of music. Unique and imaginative, these CDs will open a door to a wonderful world that children and parents can discover together.
Composers featured on My First Violin Album include:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Bazzini, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak, Sir Edward Elgar, Enrique Granados, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn, Vittorio Monti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolo Paganini, Pablo de Sarasate, Dmitry Shostakovich, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, John Williams
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ALONG THE WAY YOU'LL LISTEN to the greatest works in classical music and HEAR each instrument of the orchestra and LEARN fun facts about the music, composers and musicians, including:
-Bach wasn't famous until 100 years after he died
-Some people think that years of playing the oboe can make you crazy
-Beethoven was totally deaf by the time he wrote the famous 9th Symphony
-The contrabassoon would be 16 feet tall if unwound
-Copland composed at night and on weekends and had a day job as an insurance agent
Illustrated in exquisite and colorful detail with over 100 original drawings and photographs, engaging text and delightful musical selections on the accompanying 70-minute CD lead children ages 8 to 12 (and parents, too!) on an exciting and educational tour through the instruments and music of the orchestra. The engaging text is broken into three sections: an introduction to each instrument of the orchestra from the cello to the timpani, the stories of famous composers from Bach to Stravinsky and an explanation of different musical styles from Baroque to Modern. Each step of the way, children can listen to actual musical examples of what they are learning about. Young readers will hear the sound of an actual violin as they study the instrument and enjoy the playful tune of a Mozart minuet as they read about the composer's precocious exploits as a child.
Age range: 8 - 12 (and older!)
Written by Robert T. Levine, Illustrated by Meredith Hamilton
Black Dog & Leventhal Pub—ISBN 1579121489 (hardback with CD), 96 pp.
21 all-instrumental tracks include favorites such as:
Air on the G String
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Sheep May Safely Graze
Preludes from the Well-Tempered Clavier & Minuets from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook
Adagios from the 2-violin Concerto and Keyboard Concerto No. 5
Preludes and dances from keyboard, violin and cello suites
Artists include the MOscow Chamber Orchestra under conductor Constantine Orbelian; guitarist Paul Galbraith; the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; pianist Carol Rosenberger; flutist Eugenia Zukerman with the Shanghai String Quartet; oboist Allan Vogel with harpsichordist Patricia Mabee and gambist Mark Chatfield; cellist Tatiana Zavarskaya; violinists Pavel Bereslavtsev and Alexei Strelnikov.
Total Playing Time: 68:04
Fifteen all-instrumental tracks, including Fur Elise; 6 Bagatelles from Op. 119; Symphony No. 6 Pastorale - "Scene by the Brook" and "Shepherd's Song"; and music from the Septet for Strings and Winds, Op. 20, Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, Symphony No. 1, String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 3.
Artists include Carol Rosenberger, Gerard Schwarz, Allan Vogel, David Shifrin, Robin Graham, Ken Munday. Ensembles include Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestras, Orford String Quartet.
Total Playing Time: 70:59
Artists include:
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian, conductor
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Oleg Sergeev, flute
Illona Nokkilainen, harp
Pavel Bereslavtsev, violin
Tatiyana Zavarskaya, cello
Nikolai Mozgovenko, clarinet
Yevgeni Talisman, piano
20 all-instrumental tracks include:
Lullaby (Cradle Song)
We Strolled
How Delightful You Are
May Night
Like a Melody
Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 1
On the Way to my Sweetheart
Serenade (Ständchen)
Sunday
Serenade (Serenate)
Solitude in the Meadow
If I Knew the Road back to Childhood
Secret
Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2
Love Song
Minuet from Cello Sonata No. 1
Maiden's Song
Andante from Violin Sonata No. 2
Song of the Larks
Lullaby (Cradle Song)
Total Playing Time: 58:52
Ten all-instrumental tracks include:
"I am the jolly bird-catcher" (The Magic Flute)
Piano Sonata K. 545, Andante
"The man who feels true love" (The Magic Flute)
Divertimento #1, Andante
String Quartet #23, Andante
Piano Concerto #27, Adagio
Piano Sonata K. 332, Adagio
Clarinet Concerto, Adagio
Piano Concerto #21 "Elvira Madigan," Andante
Divertimento #3, Andante
Artists include Jean Pierre Rampal, Claudi Arimany, flutes; Carol Rosenberger, piano; Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Moscow Chamber Orchestra; David Shifrin, clarinet; Gerard Schwarz, conductor; New YOrk Chamber Symphony; Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; Dennis Helmrich, piano; Shanghai String Quartet.
Total Playing Time: 60:17
Includes accompaniment CD!
"This fictional account surrounding the composition and naming of one of Bach's most famous musical works tells the story of Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, an orphan who is one of the composer's students. When the boy becomes a servant for Count Keyserlingk, he has no time to practice during the day, so he practices in the middle of the night. One night, the Count hears him and urges him to learn a new piece every week; first one filled with energy, then a canon, then a piece "with everything." Desperate, the boy turns to his teacher, who plays his "Variations," a complex composition that has a musical "riddle" hidden within it. The child practices it faithfully and by the end of the week, he plays it for the Count, who is so delighted that he names Goldberg the Court's official harpsichordist and often calls out to him, "Goldberg! Play your variations!" A note explains that the origins of the piece are unclear, but it is known that Bach visited the count in Dresden in 1741 and shortly thereafter Goldberg began playing this composition. This accessible and readable story will lead young readers to find out more about both Bach and his young student. The watercolor illustrations, filled with period touches, give the lad an appealing personality as he struggles with his chores and his music. The four cherubs who adorn many of the pages add to the 18th-century tone as they echo both the sentiments and the music on the page."
Jane Marino, Bronxville Public Library, NY
Features include hardcover, book sleeve, full-color illustrations and CD!
Ages: 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Language: English
Includes accompaniment CD!
"Celenza's story is a delightful introduction to Joseph Haydn, his "Farewell Symphony," and 18th-century court life. The composer asks Prince Nicholas if the homesick musicians might invite their families to join them at the summer palace in Hungary, and the answer is an emphatic and angry no. When the stay extends into late fall, the musicians again appeal to their royal music director, this time to convince the prince to return to Austria. Since words again fail to persuade him, Haydn decides to try music. His Symphony in F-sharp minor reflects the musicians' anger, sadness, and frustration, and finally moves Nicholas to return home. Based on true events, the story is well told and suitably illustrated with striking watercolor-and-ink cartoons with simple lines and exaggerated characterizations that convincingly convey a sense of the excess and finery of the period. The white-wigged musicians are bathed in fiery crimson as they play the angry first movement and the tearful prince is covered in a wash of blue during the sorrowful second passage. There are notes on both 18th-century symphonic form and instruments as well as on the events and personalities in the story. An entertaining musical history and a well-produced package."
Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ
Features include hardcover, book sleeve and full-color illustrations.
Ages: 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Language: English
Laurie Edwards, West Shore School District, Camp Hill, PA
Features include hardcover, book sleeve and full-color illustrations.
Ages: 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Language: English
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