Fairy Tales - Poems and Music for Children: Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, Grieg, Chopin, Shostakovich

Trusler, Matthew;
Koch, Maya;
Roscoe, Martin;
Taylor, Alexander

ORC 100030

Why did no-one think of this before? A batch of bedtime stories, wickedly recited by top actors, interspersed with music derived from the selfsame fairy tales. Simple, and brilliantly done. This makes bedtime so much more fun for parents and kids Start with a subversive version of Cinderella minimum age six, I d reckon read by Tom Conti and sandwiched between two dances from Prokofiev s Cinderella suite, reduced for violin (Matthew Trusler) and piano (Martin Roscoe). This makes bedtime so much more fun for parents and kids than it ever was before. Clive Owen gives a silky reading of Jabberwocky, while Kenneth Branagh s makes merry nonsense of Edward Lear s verse, bookended by two Shostakovich dances. The music is age-neutral and the whole album feels like a family affair, a marriage of lightness and lilt. Click on Stravinsky s Circus-Polka and Spike Milligan s Jumbo Jet and you ll get the point. ***** --Sinfini, 03/06/13

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Orchid Classics

30-05-2013

5060189560301