A Visit To The Zoo (Classics for Kids)


A Visit To The Zoo (Classics for Kids)
Various Artists
Label
Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue No.
4829475
Barcode
00028948294756
Format
1-CD
About

What could be more fun than discovering the colours of classical music by visiting a zoo? A menagerie of birds and beasts come to life on this delightful collection – a perfect way to introduce to the wonderful world of classical music.

 

TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS

JIMMIE DODD
Mickey Mouse March (arr. by Bill Pape)
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf (Text by the composer; English translation revised by Sting)
Sting, narrator
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado

JACQUES IBERT
The Little White Donkey
Varda Nishry,
piano

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
The Hen
Varda Nishry, piano

LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN
The Cuckoo
Varda Nishry, piano

FRANCOIS COUPERIN
The Gnat
Varda Nishry, piano

ALAN RIDOUT
Ferdinand for speaker and solo violin (Text: Munro Leaf)
Elena Bashkirova
, speaker
Gidon Kremer, violin

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Flight of the Bumble-bee (from ‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Carnival of the Animals (Verses by Ogden Nash)
Beatrice Lillie,
narrator
Julius Katchen & Gary Graffman,
pianos
London Symphony Orchestra
Skitch Henderson
with the cooperation of the animals at the London Zoo