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Hardcover book
60 beautiful full-color pages with amusing animal characters
28-track CD with music samples from history's greatest composers
9.8 x .05 x 9.8 inches
Written by Genevieve Helsby and Illustrated by Jason Chapman
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: 10506
My First Classical Music Album is the keystone of the "My First" album series, encouraging kids to begin a lifelong journey through classical music. Each sampling of music is carefully tailored for younger listeners, and includes famous tracks as well as unexpected gems, including Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Mozart's The Magic Flute, and Rossini's William Tell. The CD comes complete with a booklet full of information on each piece of music.
Unique and imaginative, My First Classical Music Album will open a door to a wonderful world that children and parents can discover together.
Composers featured on My First Classical Music Album include:
John Adams, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bela Bartok, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Paul Dukas, Antonin Dvorak, Gabriel Faure, Edvard Grieg, Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergei Prokofiev, Gioachino Rossini, Camille Saint-Saens, Robert Schumann, Dmitry Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi, John Williams
Total: 73:46
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
SKU: 10408
If you listen carefully to this CD, you will get to know one of the best composers in the world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived 250 years ago but he carries on being famous—so he must have been special. He giggled a lot. He was also good at playing the piano and the violin. And he wrote this amazing music, which people still love hearing today. See if you love hearing it too!
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: 78:37
SKU: 10411
Listen to the piano turn into a bumblebee, a donkey, trolls, a bird, a horse, and a butterfly! Sometimes it isn’t anything except a piano, but the music coming out of it is exciting and beautiful. Can you spot Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star? Mozart makes it twinkle in all kinds of different ways. There are so many things to enjoy here, and all from one amazing musical instrument: the piano.
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 Piano Album include:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Bela Bartok, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, Gabriel Faure, Edvard Grieg, Franz Joseph Haydn, Jacques Ibert, Scott Joplin, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergei Rachmaninov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann
Total: 75:35
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.
Total: 73:51
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
Total: 75:51
SKU: 7789
Hardcover: 40 pages
Reading level: Ages 4-8
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