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GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Violin Concerto / Children's Suite Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, etc [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] ..a 'rarity to treasure' (The Penguin Guide) |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / GERALD FINZI / MICHAEL TIPPETT
Who are these children? Mark Padmore (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "A much-praised singer steps into the recital spotlight" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine May 2005 |
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Mike & Peggy Seeger
American Folksongs for Children [ Rounder Kids / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1977 ] An earlier review summarizes this project as being for ages three to seven, but perhaps this isn't the best target audience for such an extensive project. Above all this set should be of interest to many listeners conceptually, as it represents... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
A Ceremony Of Carols / Friday Afternoons / Three Two-part songs New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "Ronald Corp directs bright, refreshing performances of a delightful collection of Britten choral pieces... A splendid bargain." - The Penguin Guide |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Dream Children / Wand of Youth / Nursery Suite New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] "The freshness of inspiration is a delight, superbly brought out in these fine performances from New Zealand, with James Judd always an idiomatic Elgarian. The Wand of Youth Suites in particular range wonderfully wide in mood and invention; they... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Arrangements for Wind Quintet The Orlando Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] A sheer delight: arrangements for wind ensemble of three of Ravel's masterpieces! Ravel himself was an avid arranger/transcriber of his own music, a master orchestrator, with an incredible ear for timbre and colour. A real treat therefore to... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Preludes / Children's Corner Paavali Jumppanen (piano) [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 12/Jan/2018 ] "This is not the sort of music-making that immediately grabs you…But after listening to only a few bars, it becomes difficult to imagine how it could be played any other way. (Gramophone) |
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Sam Hinton
Whoever Shall Have Some Peanuts & Other Folk Songs for Children [ Smithsonian Folkways / CD ] |
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The Starbugs
Kids Sing The Beatles [ Universal Children's Audio / CD - released 3/Jun/2008 ] Beatles songs have retained their appeal for years, but children have had a problem singing along. Until now! Top young singers have been carefully selected to provide the perfect role model on this stunning release. This fab collection reflects... |
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MENDELSSOHN / POPPER / FAURE / POULENC / SIBELIUS / BRYARS / BEACH / etc
Children's Cello Steven Isserlis (cello) / Stephen Hough (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "With a household that pulsates to the glorious tones of the cello there's clearly much material for this volume…highlights here include a sumptuous rendition of Faure's Berceuse, and a deliciously piquant pereformance of Poulenc's Serenade" 5 Stars |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Who are these Children? - Songs Daniel Norman (tenor) Christopher Gould (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] This Britten recital combines two of the composer's major song cycles, Winter Words, from 1953, and Who are these Children? (1969). In them he explored themes of loneliness, transcience and war. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite / Dream Children Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] 'The playing in Ulster is attractively spirited; the music-making engagingly combines refinement and warmth. The Nursery Suite is strikingly well characterised, and with first-class digital sound this is highly recommendable.' Penguin Guide |
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Various Artists
Baby be Green - Water Baby [ Universal Children's Audio / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] Presented in beautiful recycled packaging, and set in a natural environment, introducing children to a fascinating variety of sounds from the elements, birds and animals. |
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Various Artists
Nga Pihi 1 - Maori Songs for Children [ Universal Children's Audio / CD - released 5/Oct/2007 ] Winner: Best Children's Album, NZ Music Awards Nga waiata whakakoi koi i te hinengaro o te hunga ngawari. Fresh, original songs and well-known waiata to delight tamariki. Nga Pihi 1 focuses on simplicity, repetition, variety, and spiritual... |
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Dumbo
[ Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] Experience the daring adventures of the world's only flying elephant with a dazzling all-new digital restoration and brilliant Disney enhanced high definition theatre... |
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Maleficent
[ Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 4/Nov/2014 ] A beautiful, pure-hearted woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately... |
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Other People's Children
[ Palace Films Collection DVD / DVD - released 2/Nov/2023 ] 40-year-old Parisian high school teacher Rachel loves her life: she's inspired by her work and is close to her friends, and family. When she meets a man in her community guitar class - the recently-separated Ali, Rachel commences a relationship with... |
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Anti-Flag
Lies They Tell Our Children (LP) [ Spinefarm / LP - released 6/Jan/2023 ] Incendiary Pittsburgh punk rockers ANTI-FLAG will release their 13th album Lies They Tell Our Children. "The album itself is the first conceptual album the band has ever done, spawned out of a compulsive need to not just comment on the dystopian... |
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Boards of Canada
Music Has The Right To Children (Double Gatefold LP) [ Warp / 2 LP - released 20/Apr/1998 ] 'Music Has the Right To Children' arrived in 1998 as a joint release from Warp and the burgeoning Skam imprint, and proved a seminal release which helped define Warp's place in electronic music's hall of fame, and gained the introspective, mysterious... |
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Children's Hospital
Alone Together (LP) [ Sacred Bones / LP - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |