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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
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
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
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
SKU: 10409
A bird dancing, an ox on a roof, flowers doing a waltz, a swan twirling about …what world is this? This is the magical world of ballet. The stage is full of people in colourful costumes, but nobody speaks. All the stories are told by music and dancing. Composers have written such exciting pieces for ballet: listen to this collection and see which ones you like best!
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:
Adolphe Adam, Aaron Copland, Leo Delibes, Alexander Glazunov, Aram Khachaturian, Darius Milhaud, Sergei Prokofiev, Franz Schubert, Dmitry Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Total: 73:16
SKU: 10410
Beethoven was a musical giant. He wasn’t taller or fatter than everyone else, but his music is big and his name is important. Beethoven is like the Olympic champion of classical music. Some of the music he wrote is strong and serious, and some of it is very gentle. Listen here to orchestras, pianos, violins, and other instruments playing some of the most famous pieces of all!
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.
Total: 78:36
SKU: 10412
For centuries, babies and children all over the world have been rocked to sleep with a song to calm them. Whether parents sing or play, or press play, they know that music so often soothes with success. Composers have written lullabies for different reasons—sometimes as standalone songs or pieces and sometimes as part of a larger work. My First Lullaby Album is a variety of restful tracks to foster the sweet dreams of all!
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 Lullaby Album include:
Arnold Bax, Johannes Brahms, Joseph Canteloube, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, John Dowland, Antonin Dvorak, Sir Edward Elgar, Gabriel Faure, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Igor Stravinsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Total: 70:54
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