A Classic Tale: Music for Our Children

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On occasions when parenthood seems less rewarding than it ought to, discs like A Classic Tale can be a balm. You may be unable to escape a day without scraping peanut butter from your computer keyboard, but at least you can listen in as Sharon Stone, Cher, and Samuel L. Jackson swerve, momentarily, from their larger-than-life personas to serve up a trio of classical works for kids. Stone narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with a forest full of finely tuned, actorly nuances. Next comes Cher, leading the band for Benjamin Britten's classic A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra with enough lightness to even out a sometimes overly earnest piece; and Jackson brings up the rear, generating the necessary air of gravity for Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, a history lesson set to music. High-wattage vocal talent aside, the music's the thing here. The maestro James Levine conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke's, among the country's most celebrated chamber orchestras, throughout this record's moody repertoire. For the classical beginners and kids under 10 of all stripes, what wafts through and around these words is an irresistible intro course. It's a good-looking gift, too--A Classic Tale comes bundled in a chunky board book complete with lyrics, a letter to parents, and even a coloring page. --Tammy La Gorce

A Classic Tale: Music for Our Children, Music, Sergey Prokofiev, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, James Levine, Samuel L. Jackson, Cher Sharon Stone, Children's Stories, Childrens, Classical, Classical Composers
A Classic Tale: Music for Our Children
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    		A Classic Tale: Music for Our Children
    Sergey Prokofiev , Benjamin Britten , Aaron Copland , James Levine , and Samuel L. Jackson, Cher Sharon Stone
    Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Styles | Music
    StoriesStories | Children's Music | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    Deutsche Grammophon: MusicDeutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00005R8EF
    Release Date: 2001-11-06

    Tracks:

    1. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Once Upon A Time - Sharon Stone
    2. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Early One Morning - Sharon Stone
    3. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: On The Branch Of A Big Tree - Sharon Stone
    4. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Just Then, A Duck Came - Sharon Stone
    5. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Suddenly Something Caught Peter's Attention - Sharon Stone
    6. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Grandfather Came Out - Sharon Stone
    7. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: No Sooner Had Peter Gone, Than A Big Grey Wolf Came - Sharon Stone
    8. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Peter, In The Meantime, Stood Behind The Closed Gate - Sharon Stone
    9. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Meanwhile, Peter Made A Lasso - Sharon Stone
    10. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Just Then, Out Of The Woods Came The Hunters - Sharon Stone
    11. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op.34: Introduction: Benjamin Britten Wrote This Piece - Cher
    12. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op.34: Now Let's Hear Each Instrument Play Its Own... - Cher
    13. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op.34: The Highest Voice In The Strings Team - Cher
    14. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op.34: Our Introduction To The Brass Team - Cher
    15. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op.34: There Is An Enormous Number Of Percussion... - Cher
    16. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op.34: Now That We've Taken The Orchestra Apart - Cher
    17. Lincoln Portrait: Leno - Poco Meno Mosso - Subito Allegro - Poco Meno Mosso - A Tempo - Poco... - Samuel L. Jackson

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    On occasions when parenthood seems less rewarding than it ought to, discs like A Classic Tale can be a balm. You may be unable to escape a day without scraping peanut butter from your computer keyboard, but at least you can listen in as Sharon Stone, Cher, and Samuel L. Jackson swerve, momentarily, from their larger-than-life personas to serve up a trio of classical works for kids. Stone narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with a forest full of finely tuned, actorly nuances. Next comes Cher, leading the band for Benjamin Britten's classic A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra with enough lightness to even out a sometimes overly earnest piece; and Jackson brings up the rear, generating the necessary air of gravity for Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, a history lesson set to music. High-wattage vocal talent aside, the music's the thing here. The maestro James Levine conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke's, among the country's most celebrated chamber orchestras, throughout this record's moody repertoire. For the classical beginners and kids under 10 of all stripes, what wafts through and around these words is an irresistible intro course. It's a good-looking gift, too--A Classic Tale comes bundled in a chunky board book complete with lyrics, a letter to parents, and even a coloring page. --Tammy La Gorce

    Track Listings:

    1. All My Concertos
    2. American Orchestral Music
    3. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6
    4. Bach J.S: 6 Solo Suites Bwv 1007-1012 [Import]
    5. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpischord
    6. Bach: 'Wachet auf!' The Schübler, Leipzig and Kirnberger Chorales
    7. Bassoon Music of the Americas
    8. Beethoven: "Appassionata" and "Funeral March" Sonatas
    9. Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck
    10. Brain, Kell, Goossens play Schumann & Beethoven

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    Maxence Larrieu & Susanna Mildonian: Duo Recital

    In the Fishtank [EP]

    French Touch

    Ain't Nothin' to Get Excited About

    Motown Legends: Being With You

    Oklahoma! (Original 1943 Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording] [Original recording remastered] [Cast Recording]

    Maria Callas Sings Operatic Arias

    Let It Enfold You [Import]

    Mass in B Minor: BBC Legends

    Midnight Session [Import]

    La Causa

    Hoy

    Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward

    Raoui