Classics for Children

Martin Hoherman (Artist), Leo Litwin (Artist), Nigel Coxe (Artist), Samuel Lipman (Artist), Eileen Farrell (Artist), Eubie Blake (Artist), Benjamin Britten (Artist), George Gershwin (Artist), Charles Gounod (Artist), Percy Grainger (Artist), Edvard Grieg (Artist), Richard Hayman (Artist), Frank Loesser (Artist), Camille Saint-Saens (Artist), Boston Pops Orchestra (Artist), Arthur Fiedler (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003FVT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #36 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Forms & Genres > Variations
  • #78 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Languages > English

Track Listings

1. Carnival Of The Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion

2. Carnival Of The Animals: Hens and Cocks

3. Carnival Of The Animals: Wild Jackasses

4. Carnival Of The Animals: Tortoises

5. Carnival Of The Animals: The Elephant

6. Carnival Of The Animals: Kangaroos

7. Carnival Of The Animals: Aquarium

8. Carnival Of The Animals: Personages with Long Ears

9. Carnival Of The Animals: The Cuckoo in the Depth of the Forest

10. Carnival Of The Animals: Aviary

11. Carnival Of The Animals: Pianists

12. Carnival Of The Animals: Fossils

13. Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan

14. Carnival Of The Animals: Finale

15. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme: Full orchestra

16. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Woodwinds Theme

17. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Brass Theme

18. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Strings Theme

19. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Percussion Theme

20. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Full orchestra Theme

See all 42 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting performance, April 15, 2007

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Richard "Maui Dreamer" (Napa, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Classics for Children (Audio CD)

This was one of my favorite record albums when I was young. It was a pleasure to introduce to my grandchildren. MOST important is the narrative that starts each track. Many of the other versions do NOT include this. They were my most favorite memories, and the children still resond to them today.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A no - brainer, April 16, 2002

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Bruce Kofoed (Twin Falls, ID, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classics for Children (Audio CD)

Simply, the best. The best performances, the best sound, the best narration. The best. 'Nuff said.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful music, but too much narrative., September 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Classics for Children (Audio CD)

This "unwashed" recording has the exhilarating tonality of a live performance which many modern digitals lack. Saint-Saen's "Carnival of the Animals" was my 4-year-old's favourite, followed by Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette".

Odgen Nash's verses, written to accompany Saint-Saen's work are too clever for young children, who will miss out on the word-play and puns. Also, they tend to interpret the experience too much, which interferes with their imaginations. If a child prefers to make-belief in dragons, for example, as opposed to lions, then there is all of Hugh Down's recitations to sit through and ignore first, since the tracks do not separate the narrative from the music.

Nonetheless, this is one of the better classical recordings I've heard geared specifically for children.