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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
100 Best Children's Classics (Includes Peter and the Wolf, Carnival of the Animals and The Sorcerer's Apprentice) Various Artists including Neville Marriner, Andre Previn, Simon Rattle, Aldo Ciccolini, Mariss Jansons, Adrian Boult, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] This 6CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works for children, performed by many of the world's leading instrumentalists, orchestras and conductors. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children Various Artists including Robert Tear, Janet Baker, Elisabeth Söderström and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. [ Emi Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 3/Jun/2013 ] This special collection of his works showcases the way in which the composer's love of poetry formed a crucial basis for much of his choral and operatic music; inspired by poets such as Auden, Smart and Hopkins. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The English Hymn Vol 4: 'All things bright and beautiful' - Hymns for Children Wells Cathedral Choir, Rupert Gough, organ / Malcolm Archer [ Hyperion The English Hymn Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] This much-loved series devoted to the rich treasure store that is the English Hymn now turns its attention to a repertoire that will be familiar to us all, taking us back to our earliest days of hymn-singing at school. |
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Warren Miller's Children of Winter
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 16/Aug/2011 ] Never Grow Old… Deep powder. Huge airs. World-class cinematography. It's all part of Warren Miller's Children of Winter, the world's largest action sports film, which is set to music by Radiohead, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Beck, and... |
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2 Discs)
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Apr/2013 ] When she hears a strange song from a crystal radio, Asuna tunes into more than just a magical stream of music. Soon, she is transported to a mysterious world where mythical beasts roam and brave warriors fight for their lives. Agartha is a land of... |
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Blu-Ray Disc)
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Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (Complete)
[ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Nov/2009 ] PG - Contains low level violence. |
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Margaret Mahy's Rumbustifications 2
[ TVNZ DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2013 ] A Magical Journey Into The Enchanting World of NZ's Iconic Author. Imagine a world where your favourite author read your favourite stories to you. A world where your most treasured characters came to life as the stories were read aloud. In this... |
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Men, Women and Children
[ Paramount / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Apr/2015 ] Men, Women and Children follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. The... |
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The Muppet Show - Season Two
[ Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2007 ] And now a show that needs no introduction, but here's one anyway… Go bonkers with Beaker, goofy with Gonzo and join the brave cast of "Pigs In Space" for one of the most revolutionary and acclaimed shows in the history of television. Garnering an... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Songs Vol. 3 Alina Wunderlin (soprano, Esther Valentin-Fieguth (mezzo), Kieran Carrel (tenor) Konstantin Ingenpaß (baritone), Urich Eisenlohr (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] For Brahms, folk songs were sources of musical inspiration, not subjects for academic study. The songs from Books 6 and 7 of the Deutsche Volkslieder exemplify how Brahms' distinctive and expressive accompaniments brought unique qualities to them. |
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MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / MUSSORGSKY / LIEBERSON
Piano Pieces For Children Andre Previn (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Aug/2016 ] "An attractively played collection" (BBC Music) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Angela Rippon (narrator) / Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ondrej Lenard [ Naxos Children's Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] "Angela Rippon's concise narration is dynamically conveyed with interest as one might expect from this lover of ballet. (Presumably she wrote the notes as no credit is given in this respect.)" --Review by Raymond Walker, Musicweb International,... |
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Astro Children
Proteus [ Muzai / CD - released 4/Apr/2014 ] Originally conceived as a punk band until their third member moved away, Dunedin spaceship pop / shoegaze duo Astro Children's (Millie Lovelock and Isaac Hickey) debut record could have sounded entirely different. As it happens the childhood friends... |
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E Nesbit
The Railway Children [ BBC Audio / 2 CD - released 7/Aug/2006 ] The story of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis and their life in the country has never been out of print since it was first published in 1906. Charming, sentimental and unforgettable, the novels enduring appeal lives on in this BBC radio full-cast... |
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BOB CHILCOTT
The Angry Planet BBC Singers, The Bach Choir, The Young Singers, London Youth Choir, Finchley Children's Music Group, David Hill [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] The three works on this 2CD set further confirm Chilcott's status as one of the world's most popular active choral composers. The BBC recently gave Chilcott a [sell-out] concert from BBC Maida Vale, on 5th June, to celebrate BBC Music Day... |
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Bee Gees
Children Of The World [ Universal / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] 'Children of the World' is the landmark 1976 album by the Bee Gees. The first single from the record, "You Should Be Dancing", went to No. 1 in the US and Canada, and was a top ten hit in numerous other territories. 'Children of the World' - the Bee... |
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Bee Gees
Children Of The World (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 14/Aug/2020 ] 'Children of the World' is the landmark 1976 album by the Bee Gees. The first single from the record, "You Should Be Dancing", went to No. 1 in the US and Canada, and was a top ten hit in numerous other territories. 'Children of the World' - the Bee... |
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The Blood Brothers
March on Electric Children [ Epitaph Records / CD - released 11/Jan/2010 ] Long unavailable, this seminal second album from The Blood Brothers is now offered in a radically enhanced version, with bonus studio and live tracks. |
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Boards of Canada
Music Has The Right To Children [ Warp / CD - 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... |