American Folk Songs For Children

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Average customer rating: Excellent compilation at the right price. A bit too much? How are you listening?

American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for Children Pete Seeger Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Revival | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Folk Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music Smithsonian Folkways Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes Little & Big: Animal Folk Songs Smithsonian Folkways Children's Music Collection Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child Abiyoyo (And Other Songs and Stories) Children's Concert at Town Hall ASIN: B00003OP49 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Bought Me a Cat
2. Jim Crack Corn
3. Train Is A-Coming, The
4. This Old Man
5. Frog Went A-Courting
6. Jim Along Josie
7. There Was a Man and He Was Mad
8. Clap Your Hands
9. She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
10. All Around the Kitchen
11. Billy Barlow
12. I Know a Little Girl
13. I Want to Be a Farmer
14. Skip to My Lou
15. Candy Gal
16. Ring Around the Rosy/Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush/London Bridge
17. Shoo Fly
18. Liza Jane
19. Pig in the Parlor
20. New River Train
21. Yankee Doodle
22. Jolly is the Miller

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Customer Reviews:

Excellent compilation at the right price........2003-08-05

A bit too much? How are you listening?.......2000-06-27

However, if you select several tracks - any tracks, they may be your whim of the day - you will find the normal excellent performance of Pete Seeger - and an excellent selection of folk music. For example, his "Jim Crack Corn" (many of us learned it as "Jimmy Crack Corn") is a varient with enough difference in the musical rhythm that anyone would note the difference ... a step towards showing children that folk music doesn't have a "right text". And pieces perhaps too well known to children when this material was record, e.g. Here We Go 'Round the Mulburry Bush, get melded into medleys ... again showing that folk music is already known without wasting a lot of precious LP space on it.

Average customer rating: I love this Fun for the whole family Great! A little goes a long way This music is great!

American Folk Songs For Children Mike & Peggy Seeger Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Folk Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Traditional Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer Songwriters | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Leadbelly Sings For Children American Folksongs For Children Widdecombe Fair I Got Shoes Not for Kids Only ASIN: B0000003EU Release Date: 1997-01-14

Tracks:

1. Yonder She Comes - Mike And Peggy Seeger
2. Down Came A Lady - Mike And Peggy Seeger
3. Who's That Tapping At The Window? - Mike And Peggy Seeger
4. Such A Getting Upstairs - Mike And Peggy Seeger
5. Toodala - Mike And Peggy Seeger
6. How Old Are You? - Mike And Peggy Seeger
7. Jimmy Rose He Went To Town - Mike And Peggy Seeger
8. What Shall We Do When We All Go Out? - Mike And Peggy Seeger
9. Goodbye, Julie - Mike And Peggy Seeger
10. Goodbye, Old Paint - Mike And Peggy Seeger
11. Oh, Oh, The Sunshine - Mike And Peggy Seeger
12. Sweet Water Rolling - Mike And Peggy Seeger
13. The Wind Blow East - Mike And Peggy Seeger
14. Rain, Come Wet Me - Mike And Peggy Seeger
15. It Rained A Mist - Mike And Peggy Seeger
16. Rain Or Shine - Mike And Peggy Seeger
17. One Cold And Frosty Morning - Mike And Peggy Seeger
18. By'm Bye - Mike And Peggy Seeger
19. Jim Along Josie - Mike And Peggy Seeger
20. There Was A Man And He Was Mad - Mike And Peggy Seeger
21. Riding In The Buggy, Miss Mary Jane - Mike And Peggy Seeger
22. Billy Barlow - Mike And Peggy Seeger
23. The Juniper Tree - Mike And Peggy Seeger
24. Old Joe Clarke - Mike And Peggy Seeger
25. Down By The Greenwood Sidey-O - Mike And Peggy Seeger
26. Roll That Brown Jug Down To Town - Mike And Peggy Seeger
27. As I Walked Out One Holiday - Mike And Peggy Seeger
28. She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain When She Comes - Mike And Peggy Seeger
29. Juba - Mike And Peggy Seeger
30. Run, Chillen, Run - Mike And Peggy Seeger
31. All Around The Kitchen - Mike And Peggy Seeger
32. I'm Going To Join The Army - Mike And Peggy Seeger
33. Scraping Up Sand In The Bottom Of The Sea - Mike And Peggy Seeger
34. Old Mister Rabbit - Mike And Peggy Seeger
35. Old Molly Hare - Mike And Peggy Seeger
36. Oh, John The Rabbit - Mike And Peggy Seeger
37. The Little Pig - Mike And Peggy Seeger
38. Bought Me A Cat - Mike And Peggy Seeger
39. Hop, Old Squirrel - Mike And Peggy Seeger
40. My Horses Ain't Hungry - Mike And Peggy Seeger
41. Did You Go To The Barney? - Mike And Peggy Seeger
42. Have A Little Dog - Mike And Peggy Seeger
43. Frog Went A-Courtin' - Mike And Peggy Seeger
44. Little Bird, Little Bird - Free Little Bird - Mike And Peggy Seeger

Tracks:

1. Free Little Bird - Peggy And Mike Seeger
2. Poor Little Crow - Peggy And Mike Seeger
3. Ducks In The Millpond - Peggy And Mike Seeger
4. Jim Crack Corn - Peggy And Mike Seeger
5. Eency Weency Spider - Peggy And Mike Seeger
6. Dog Tick - Peggy And Mike Seeger
7. Who Built The Ark - Noah, Noah - Peggy And Mike Seeger
8. Mary Wore Her Red Dress - Peggy And Mike Seeger
9. Pretty Little Girl With The Red Dress On - Peggy And Mike Seeger
10. This Lady She Wears A Dark Green Shawl - Peggy And Mike Seeger
11. Walk Along, John - Peggy And Mike Seeger
12. Do, Do Pity My Case - Peggy And Mike Seeger
13. Hanging Out The Linen Clothes - Peggy And Mike Seeger
14. Lula Gal - Peggy And Mike Seeger
15. Old Aunt Kate - Peggy And Mike Seeger
16. What Did You Have For Your Supper? - Peggy And Mike Seeger
17. Baby Dear - Peggy And Mike Seeger
18. Johnny, Get Your Hair Cut - Peggy And Mike Seeger
19. I Got A Letter This Morning - Peggy And Mike Seeger
20. Rose, Rose, And Up She Rises - Peggy And Mike Seeger
21. What'll We Do With The Baby? - Peggy And Mike Seeger
22. Hush, Little Baby - Peggy And Mike Seeger
23. Pick A Bale Of Cotton - Peggy And Mike Seeger
24. This Old Hammer - Peggy And Mike Seeger
25. The Train Is A-Coming - Peggy And Mike Seeger
26. The Little Black Train - Peggy And Mike Seeger
27. When The Train Comes Along - Peggy And Mike Seeger
28. John Henry - Peggy And Mike Seeger
29. Every Monday Morning - Peggy And Mike Seeger
30. Going Down To Town - Peggy And Mike Seeger
31. Sailing In The Boat - Peggy And Mike Seeger
32. Blow, Boys, Blow - Peggy And Mike Seeger
33. Fire Down Below - Peggy And Mike Seeger
34. Sally Go Round The Sunshine - Peggy And Mike Seeger
35. This Old Man - Peggy And Mike Seeger
36. Skip-A To My Lou - Peggy And Mike Seeger
37. When I Was A Young Maid - Peggy And Mike Seeger
38. The Closet Key - Peggy And Mike Seeger
39. Built My Lady A Fine Brick House - Peggy And Mike Seeger
40. Where Oh Where Is Pretty Little Susie? - Peggy And Mike Seeger
41. Jingle At The Windows - Peggy And Mike Seeger
42. Adam Had Seven Sons - Peggy And Mike Seeger
43. Here Sits A Monkey - Peggy And Mike Seeger
44. Go To Sleepy - Peggy And Mike Seeger
45. Monday Morning Go To School - Peggy And Mike Seeger
46. Hush 'N' Bye - Peggy And Mike Seeger
47. Turtle Dove - Peggy And Mike Seeger
48. Mary Had A Baby - Peggy And Mike Seeger
49. Jesus Borned In Bethlea - Peggy And Mike Seeger
50. The Cherry Tree Carol - Peggy And Mike Seeger

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Customer Reviews:

I love this.......2006-02-24

Fun for the whole family.......2004-03-25

Some of the songs are very short, only a couple of lines long, and made us wonder if they were portions of longer but now forgotten songs.

We have great discussions about life and social customs and history prompted by the songs. Some of the themes and songs may be disturbing to some children. My children insist we skip over one song which contains the story of the murder of a child by a neighbour. It was a bit of a shock to hear the phrase "stabbed him like a sheep" next to "Roll That Brown Jug" and "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain".

We also have "Not For Children Only" by Garcia and Grisman. We like the jokes and spoken pieces on NFCO but the length and variety of "American Folk Songs For Children"

Great!.......2002-10-02

A little goes a long way.......2001-10-14

This music is great!.......2001-06-12

Average customer rating: great CD for little babies Great CD and fun to listen too for parents...and baby! Excellent sound quality, diversity of voices/songs Good musicians and creative arrangements

Al Agua Pato Latin American Music for Children Cantare Manufacturer: Cantaré Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Children's Nursery Rhyme Songs in Spanish/Canciones Infantiles Para Ninos en Espanol Songs in Spanish for Children Fiesta Songs! Latin Lullaby De Colores and Other Latin American Folk Songs ASIN: B000BGQW6E Release Date: 2005-10-06

Tracks:

1. Al agua pato
2. Ya lloviendo est
3. Que llueva, que llueva
4. Debajo del bot
5. Chim pum fuera
6. Baguala del grillo
7. La mar estaba serena
8. En un vag
9. El payaso Plin Plin
10. Guerra y Parra
11. El rey de Constantinopla
12. Pepe Pecas
13. Maria Chucena
14. Pablito clav clavito
15. Mi barba tiene tres pelos
16. Porque tengo muchas ganas
17. Digo sdigo no
18. Saco la manito
19. Los piecitos
20. Conga, conga
21. TMonica
22. Hokey Pokey en espa
23. Al agua pato Reprise

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Customer Reviews:

great CD for little babies.......2007-07-05

Great CD and fun to listen too for parents...and baby!.......2006-12-23

Excellent sound quality, diversity of voices/songs.......2006-05-27

Good musicians and creative arrangements.......2005-11-28

Average customer rating: Fabulous! Great! Wow! Magnificient Talent!!! Children with a gift

Volume 1 Von Trapp Children Manufacturer: Rattlesby Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Von Trapp Children, Vol. 2 Christmas With the Von Trapp Children Christmas With the Trapp Family Singers At Home with the Trapp Family Singers The Original Trapp Family Singers ASIN: B00007MB2E Release Date: 2003-01-28

Tracks:

1. Wayfaring Stranger
2. Father`s Eyes
3. Cuckoo
4. Dona Nobis
5. O Wie Wohl
6. All the Pretty Little Horses
7. Ching-a-ring-chaw
8. Edelweiss
9. Lonely Goatherd
10. Come Thou Fount
11. Scarborough Fair
12. Children`s Prayer
13. Amazing Grace
14. Danny Boy
15. Blue Cheese
16. Good News About the Chariot
17. Homeward bound

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Customer Reviews:

Fabulous!.......2004-12-28

Great!.......2004-11-27

Wow! Magnificient Talent!!!.......2003-02-01

My cat came and sat next to the speakers, which he has never done before, when the lovely voices sang so eloqenntly
and wonderously high.

I am so thankful this is available through Amazon!!!

Val Lee of Meridian, Idaho

Children with a gift.......2002-03-07

Average customer rating: Mountain Songs Magic

Mountain Songs: A Cycle of American Folk Music Manufacturer: Music Masters Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Corea, Armando Chick | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schuman | Schuman, William | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000FN1 Release Date: 1994-12-20

Tracks:

1. Barbara Allen
2. House Carpenter
3. He's Gone Away
4. Hush-You-Bye
5. Cindy
6. The Cuckoo
7. Fair And Tender Ladies
8. Quicksilver
9. Will-O'-The-Wisp
10. To A Wild Rose
11. A Deserted Farm
12. The Smile Of Contentment And Love
13. Jennie's Own Schottische
14. Beautiful Dreamer
15. If You Only Have A Moustache
16. Children's Song No.2
17. Orpheus And His Lute
18. Waltz
19. We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder
20. Ll Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant

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Customer Reviews:

Mountain Songs Magic.......2001-07-30

Average customer rating: I love this Fun for the whole family Great! A little goes a long way This music is great!

American Folk Songs for Children Mike and Peggy Seeger Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Traditional Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer Songwriters | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Leadbelly Sings For Children American Folksongs For Children Widdecombe Fair I Got Shoes Not for Kids Only ASIN: B0000003MW Release Date: 1992-02-14

Tracks:

1. Yonder She Comes
2. Down Came a Lady
3. Who's That Tapping at the Window?
4. Such a Getting Upstairs
5. Toodala
6. How Old Are You?
7. Jimmy Rose He Went to Town
8. What Shall We Do When We All Go Out?
9. Goodbye, Julie
10. Goodbye, Old Paint
11. Oh, Oh, the Sunshine
12. Sweet Water Rolling
13. The Wind Blow East
14. Rain, Come We Me
15. It Rained a Mist
16. Rain or Shine
17. One Cold and Frosty Morning
18. By'm Bye
19. Jim Along Josie
20. There Was a Man and He Was Mad
21. Riding in the Buggy, Miss Mary Jane
22. Bily Barlow
23. The Juniper Tree
24. Old Joe Clarke
25. Down by the Greenwood Sidey-O
26. Roll That Brown Jug Down to Town
27. As I Walked Out One Holiday
28. She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes
29. Juba
30. Run, Chillen, Run
31. All Around the Kitchen
32. I'm Going to Join the Army
33. Scraping Up Sand in the Bottom of the Sea
34. Old Mister Rabbit
35. Old Molly Hare
36. Oh, John the Rabbit
37. The Little Pig
38. Bought Me a Cat
39. Hop, Old Squirrel
40. My Horses Ain't Hungry
41. Did You Go the Barney?
42. Have a Little Dog
43. Frog Went A-Courtin'
44. Little Bird, Little Bird

Tracks:

1. Free Little Bird
2. Poor Old Crow
3. Ducks in the Millpond
4. Jim Crack Corn
5. Eency Weency Spider
6. Dog Tick
7. Who Built the Ark: Noah, Noah
8. Mary Wore Her Red Dress
9. Pretty Little Girl with the Red Dress On
10. This Lady She Wears a Dark Green Shawl
11. Walk Along, John
12. Do, Do, Pity My Case
13. Hanging Out the Linen Clothes
14. Lula Gal
15. Old Aunt Kate
16. What Did You Have for Your Supper?
17. Baby Dear
18. Johnny, Get Your Hair Cut
19. I Got a Letter This Morning
20. Rose, Rose, and Up She Rises
21. What'll We Do With the Baby?
22. Hush, Little Baby
23. Pick a Bale of Cotton
24. This Old Hammer
25. The Train Is A-Coming
26. The Little Black Train
27. When the Train Comes Along
28. John Henry
29. Every Monday Morning
30. Going Down to Town
31. Sailing in the Boat
32. Blow, Boys, Blow
33. Fire Down Below
34. Sally Go Round the Sunshine
35. This Old Man
36. Skip-a to My Lou
37. When I Was a Young Maid
38. The Closet Key
39. Built My lady a Fine Brick House
40. Where Oh Where Is Pretty Little Susie?
41. Jingle at the Windows
42. Adam Had Seven Sons
43. Here Sits a Monkey
44. Go to Sleepy
45. Monday Morning Go to School
46. Hush 'n' Bye
47. Turtle Dove
48. Mary Had a Baby
49. Jesus Borned in Bethlea
50. The Cherry Tree Carol

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Customer Reviews:

I love this.......2006-02-24

Fun for the whole family.......2004-03-25

Some of the songs are very short, only a couple of lines long, and made us wonder if they were portions of longer but now forgotten songs.

We have great discussions about life and social customs and history prompted by the songs. Some of the themes and songs may be disturbing to some children. My children insist we skip over one song which contains the story of the murder of a child by a neighbour. It was a bit of a shock to hear the phrase "stabbed him like a sheep" next to "Roll That Brown Jug" and "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain".

We also have "Not For Children Only" by Garcia and Grisman. We like the jokes and spoken pieces on NFCO but the length and variety of "American Folk Songs For Children"

Great!.......2002-10-02

A little goes a long way.......2001-10-14

This music is great!.......2001-06-12

Average customer rating: A document A magnificent artist Stunning vocalism After they revived me.... One of the most impressive dramatic sopranos i've heard

Eileen Farrell Sings Opera Arias & Songs Manufacturer: Testament UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Menotti | Menotti, Gian Carlo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ponchielli | Ponchielli, Amilcare | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Eileen Farrell Sings Verdi Puccini Arias I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues: The Eileen Farrell Album Sings Torch Songs Eileen Farrell - An American Prima Donna ASIN: B000003XJE Release Date: 1996-05-09

Tracks:

1. Alceste, Act 1: Divinities Du Styx
2. Oberon, Act II: Ozean, Du Ungerheuer
3. Ernani, Act I: Recit: Sorta e la notte
4. La Gioconda, Act IV: Suicidio
5. Jeanne d'Arc, Act I: Adieu, forets!
6. Herodiade, Act I: Celui Dont La Parole...
7. L'Enfant Prodigue: L'annee en vain...
8. The Consul, Act II: To this we've come
9. Song Recital: Summertime-From Porgy & Bess
10. Song Recital: Where is dis road a-leadin' me to?
11. Song Recital: There shall be more joy
12. Song Recital: Hickory Hill
13. Song Recital: Sing to me, sing, Op. 28
14. Song Recital: Through the years
15. Song Recital: To the Children, Op. 26, No.7
16. Song Recital: A Dream, Op. 48, No. 6
17. Song Recital: Down by the Sally Gardens
18. Song Recital: Danny Boy

Customer Reviews:

A document.......2005-02-13

A magnificent artist.......2005-01-10

Stunning vocalism.......2004-02-26

After they revived me...........2003-08-26

One of the most impressive dramatic sopranos i've heard.......2001-06-20

Average customer rating: Not a Lullaby at All! Not for babies, but certainly for singers! Caveat emptor Ultimate Lullaby Album Is there a dispute?

Ultimate Lullaby Album Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Canteloube, Joseph | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Humperdinck, Engelbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Classical Lullabies Disney's Lullaby Album The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer ASIN: B00000IX7P Release Date: 1999-05-11

Tracks:

1. Cradle Song
2. Summertime (Porgy And Bess)
3. Beautiful Dreamer
4. Pinnochio: When You Wish Upon a Star
5. Greensleeves: What Child Is This
6. I Dream of Jeanie
7. Shenandoah
8. Ave Maria
9. Maria's Lullaby
10. Sleep My Little Prince, Sleep
11. Hansel And Gretel: I Am The Little Sandman
12. Hansel And Gretel: Children's Prayer
13. Ave Maria
14. Lullaby
15. O Danny Boy
16. Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus
17. Hine E Hine: Maori Lullaby
18. Songs of Auvergne: Brezairola
19. Songs My Mother Taught Me
20. Bist Du Bei Mir (When Thou Art Near)
21. Sea Slumber Song

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Customer Reviews:

Not a Lullaby at All!.......2003-09-10

Not for babies, but certainly for singers!.......2003-08-08

Caveat emptor.......2002-10-21

Try "Celtic Lullaby" if you're looking for a truly sleep-inducing CD.

"The Ultimate Lullaby Album" contains a wonderful assortment of Marilyn Horne and Leontyne Price solos, which is all to the good if you're not trying to snooze. My two favorites are the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria" sung by Price (I don't think there is a more perfect rendition), and Bach's "Bist Du bei Mir" sung by Horne in her rich, smooth, chocolate-y prime.

Unfortunately another grand voice is not at its prime in "When You Wish upon a Star." I'd guess Dame Joan was near the end of her stellar (sorry) career when she recorded this Disney song. Her vibrato stretches as wide as Dumbo's behind.

Another rather odd selection is the only instrumental arrangement on this CD: "O Danny Boy" as rendered by the English Chamber Orchestra, with a trombone as the lugubrious solo instrument. It's long enough and trite enough to be used as the soundtrack for that tacky sequel to "Gone with the Wind."

"The Ultimate Lullaby Album" is definitely not for baby's room. If you want your kid to grow up listening to "Londonderry Air," get Kiri Te Kawana's version. It'll prickle up the hair on the back of your neck if you can find it. I can't. I wore out my original tape and have fruitlessly searched the Internet for a new copy. If anyone out there in Amazon land has a recording of Dame Kiri singing folksongs of the British Isles, please consider selling it to me.

Ultimate Lullaby Album.......2002-06-01

Is there a dispute?.......2002-01-12

Average customer rating: My toddlers and I dance like crazy! The cat came back again and again Not For Children Only Folk fun

I Got a Bullfrog: Folksongs for the Fun of It David Holt Manufacturer: High Windy Audio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Grandfather's Greatest Hits Let It Slide Live and Kickin' at the National Storytelling Fest ASIN: B000008RYP Release Date: 2000-02-09

Tracks:

1. Doodle Daddle Day
2. The Cat Came Back
3. Blackeyed Susie
4. Ain't No Bugs On Me
5. C-H-I-C-K-E-N
6. Mole In The Ground
7. Who Broke The Lock?
8. I Got A Bullfrog
9. The Glendy Burke
10. Cindy
11. Long John
12. Keep On The Sunnyside
13. Sail Away Ladies
14. Yes, Papa
15. When The Train Comes Along
16. This Little Light Of Mine

Customer Reviews:

My toddlers and I dance like crazy!.......2007-03-20

The cat came back again and again.......2006-03-02

Not For Children Only.......2000-04-28

Folk fun.......1999-01-23

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