Elmo and The Orchestra

Sarah Albee (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Niccolo Paganini (Composer), Aram Khachaturian (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Charles / Mitchell, Edvard Brissette (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Composer), Camille Saint-Saens (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Jacques Offenbach (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Northwest Sinfonia (Orchestra), Jerry Nelson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Jerry Nelson
• Orchestra: Northwest Sinfonia
• Composer: Sarah Albee, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolo Paganini, Aram Khachaturian, Edvard Grieg, et al.
• Audio CD (January 23, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Wonder (Audio)
• ASIN: B000056PFI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,710 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. excerpt

3. excerpt

4. Sabre Dance (excerpt) [from The Gayneh Ballet]

5. 1st Movement (Excerpt)

6. Morning Mood (Excerpt)

7. Alla hornpipe (Excerpt)

8. J'aime Percussion, for percussion

9. Excerpt

10. Excerpt

11. Thunderstorm (Excerpt)

12. Flight of the Bumblebee

13. Excerpt

14. Dance of The Sugar Plum Faries (Excerpt)

15. Can-Can (Excerpt)

16. Excerpt

17. Excerpt

18. Ride of the Valkyries (Excerpt)

19. Excerpt

20. Excerpt

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great way to introduce kids to classical music!, May 21, 2001

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Sheri Hoffman (Ambler, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elmo and The Orchestra (Audio CD)

If your kids love Sesame Street, but you want to introduce them to classical music, then this is the album for you. Big Bird introduces Elmo to the "Birdapest Symphony" and "Leonard Birdseed", conductor. They teach us about the different instruments part by part, and help Elmo to find the symphony he's heard once before but can't quite remember. Well, after giving us parts of some wonderful classical bits of music, Elmo finds his piece of music. And it's wonderful. The album is great fun, and my only regret is that they never play an entire piece, or even half a piece, it's only a taste, a glimpse. So it's a great introduction, but not truly satisfying. It's very educational and very enjoyable for all to listen to, especially in the car. But it's too short--I wish they would not talk over the music, and that they had included longer bits.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to classical music, December 16, 2010

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C. lee "clee" (bethesda, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elmo and The Orchestra (Audio CD)

This CD uses very funny conversations between Elmo, Big Bird and the Birdapest symphony orchestra to introduce famous classical tunes. My 3 year old loves the conversations; my 7 year old can now hum all these classical tunes and know which composer wrote them. The conversations ask the kids to imagine certain things according to the tunes, so they can appreciate the music a whole lot more. My 7 year old actually asks for classical radio stations in the car! I think it's a masterpiece, to introduce classical music in a fun and interactive way to kids.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun music for classical interests, May 2, 2009

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Homeschool wannabe (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elmo and The Orchestra (Audio CD)

We have enjoyed this music. Good for introducing classical music to preschool ages. Fun to listen to.