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Classical Kids Series
Dramatizations about the lives of composers are performed by adult and child
actors. Done through the eyes of children, each title uses pieces by the
composer to illustrate the story. The stories are fictional, but listeners gain
insights into the life of the composer depicted as well as the time period
through events, places and people who are real. Recordings are about 45 minutes
each.
In addition to cassettes and CDs, we carry Teacher's Notes bundled with their
corresponding CD (they are no
longer sold by the publisher individually). They are
36-43 pages long and include additional background information, discussion
topics, activity ideas and suggestions for exploring the music.
Cassettes are
also in limited supply as they are no longer being made. Guides and music
are designed for ages 5-12.
 Mr.
Bach Comes to Call -
Young Elizabeth, who is feeling musically uninspired, gets a surprise
visit from J.S. Bach, a magic orchestra and boys' choir.
The series' premiere recording opens with the launch of Bach's music into space
aboard the Voyager II spacecraft. Mr. Bach magically arrives and reminisces
about his life and music; his twenty children, his time in jail and his devotion
to the church.
Not until the very end does he reveal the reason for his visit, "Every time my
music is played... I am alive."
More than 28 musical excerpts include Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring,
Brandenburg Concerto #5, Air on the G-string, Flute Sonatas and Badinerie,
Goldberg Variations, minuets and preludes, organ music and Cantata #78.
The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 39 pages.
CD: #407X $16.98 $13.99
DVD: #6406 $21.98 $19.99
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 Beethoven
Lives Upstairs - Young Christoph is convinced his mother has rented out the upstairs
room to a madman. That boarder is Ludwig Van Beethoven who is busy composing his
Ninth Symphony, one of his greatest works. The boy and the cantankerously
eccentric deaf composer eventually meet and Christoph begins to see the softer
side of Beethoven as his music begins to win the boy over.
The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 36 pages.
Cassette: #4320 $10.98
$4.99
Limited copies available.
CD: #4061 $16.98 $13.99
DVD: #2582
$24.98
$19.99
Interactive
CD-ROM: #0042 $29.99
(Out of print, one copy available. Windows format only.)
On the CD-ROM:
Learn all about music and musical instruments - including
tone, rhythm, pitch, expression and composition; how to read a score - even play
Beethoven's piano! Paint your own original pictures while listening to the
CD-quality soundtrack of Beethoven's greatest hits. Capture all the music,
artwork and writing you create in your own personal journal.A Classical Kids
Music Gallery featuring more than 50 minutes of music. Choose from a variety of
arcade style musical games that are certain to inspire play and advance
learning.Features scenes from the Emmy Award-winning video, Beethoven Lives
Upstairs.
Beethoven habite a l'etage - French
version of Beethoven Lives Upstairs
CD: #3325
$16.98
$13.99
One copy available.
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 Hallelujah Handel! -
Katarina, first introduced in Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, has left
Venice for England with her grandfather. At an elegant - though rather bizarre-
party in London, she meets the great composer George Frideric Handel. Katarina
and Maestro Handel are drawn together by the haunting voice of Thomas, a young
boy brought by his keeper to sing for the assembled guests. Katarina and Handel
are filled with compassion for the boy and gradually unravel his strange past.
Through the kindness of Katarina, the generosity of the famous composer and the
power and majesty of Handel's music, Thomas's heart is healed, unlocking the
voice of an angel.
Hallelujah Handel! brings to life the soundscapes of 18th century London
and is filled with more than two dozen excerpts of Handel's most glorious music
including the Sarabande in D-, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks,
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, and of course, Messiah.
The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 40 pages.
Cassette: #4967 $10.98 $4.99
Limited copies available
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 Mozart's
Magic Fantasy - A young girl falls into a production of Mozart's great
opera The Magic Flute. Sarah, Prince Tamino and a faint-hearted dragon
embark on a magic journey from the dark realm of the Queen of the Night to
Sarastro's enchanted castle, with only a magic flute and bells to guide them to
the princess Pamina. Together they reunite Prince Tamino with his Princess and
help the birdman Papageno find his Papagena.
This recording includes the most popular themes and arias from the original
opera, all freshly translated and recorded using child-appropriate verse. Lyrics
included.
The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 39 pages.
Cassette: #4363 $10.98 $4.99
CD: #410X $16.98 $13.99
Teacher's Notes with CD Combo #2726 $32.99
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 Mozart's Magnificent Voyage -
The Dream Children are about to be written out of Mozart's most famous opera.
Hoping to change their fate, they enlist the help of the composer's young son
Karl. Together the children embark on an incredible journey that takes them back
in time to Mozart's childhood as well as far into the future. Along the way,
Karl learns much about his father and comes to understand his legacy of timeless
music.
Features more than 24 excerpts of Mozart's most important and engaging works
including Symphony No. 1, Clarinet Quintet, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, plus
excerpts from Mozart's most famous operas including The Marriage of Figaro,
Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute.The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 40 pages.
Cassette: #9689 $10.98 $4.99
CD: #9697 $16.98 $13.99
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 Song of the
Unicorn (Classical Kids recording, narrated by Jeremy Irons).
When a young queen falls ill, her children are sent in search of her only cure:
the unicorn. The magician Merlin helps them on their quest. With riddles and the
unicorn's song, the children travel to the magical isle of Avalon for the cure.
Features more than two dozen excerpts of pre-Baroque music, including
traditional English songs like Greensleeves and Early One Morning, Gregorian
Chant, Celtic songs, Medieval dances plus a journey into the future of music
with Bach, Beethoven and beyond. The CD has pictures and activities you can play
on your computer and includes Internet links. Approximately 45 minutes. Ages
5-12.
The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 43 pages.
Cassette #045X $10.98 $4.99
CD #0468 $16.98 $13.99
Teacher's Notes with CD Combo #2795 $32.99
 Tchaikovsky
Discovers America -
The great composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky arrives in New York for the grand
opening of Carnegie Hall. It's all aboard for fun as two children join the
composer on a musical journey to Niagara Falls. The children set the stage for
the story to reveal much about Tchaikovsky -- his life in Russia, his love of
music and his fears of conducting. In the end, both the composer and the
children discover something about courage -- and about themselves.
This recording features more than 24 of Tchaikovsky's best-known and best-loved
works including The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, the First Piano
Concerto, String Serenade and 1812 Overture. Also included is a
musical mosaic of well-known American music of the time, including ragtime,
spirituals and popular folk classics.
My favorite Classical Kids recording!
The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 44 pages.
Cassette: #4533 $10.98 $6.99
Limited quantities available!
CD: #4673 $16.98 $13.99
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 Vivaldi's
Ring of Mystery - In this touching tale, a gifted young violinist is
sent to study music at the Pietà orphanage in Venice with the great composer
Antonio Vivaldi. It's Carnival time, magic is in the air and mystery unfolds as
Katarina enlists Giovanni, the gondolier, to help in her search to discover her
origins.
In a climactic scene, a masked stranger reunites Katarina with her family and
she must make an important choice between staying with her music at the Pietà or
entering the world.
More than 24 excerpts from Vivaldi's most popular and important works have been
freshly recorded, including the Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in A-, Guitar
Concerto, Piccolo Concerto, and Double Trumpet Concerto.
The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 36 pages.
Cassette: #4444 $10.98 $6.99
CD: #4770 $16.98 $13.99 (Out of stock)
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Extra Savings on Boxed Sets!
Also from Classical Kids:
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Classical Kids Christmas by Susan Hammond - Classical carols and classic poetry
combine to tell the story of Christmas, just like the pageants of days gone by.
Follow the Three Wise Men as they set out for Bethlehem; meet Saint Nicholas
(no, not Santa Claus!); experience the traditions of Christmas around the world.
It's a magical Christmas eve, the celebration of Christmas Day and rejoicing of
animals at the manger. Everyone will enjoy the story of why the stork delivers
babies, how the robin got its red breast and how tinsel came to decorate our
trees.
Features more than 30 traditional carols and holiday songs, including:
Silent Night * O Come, All Ye Faithful * We Three Kings * O Holy Night * Go Tell
it on the Mountain * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen * Handel's Messiah * Christmas
Eve is Here * Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite * Away in a Manger * Polish Lullaby
* Angels We Have Heard on High * This Great Day * Joseph, Dearest * O Tannenbaum
* Vivaldi's Winter * The Friendly Beasts * Here We Come Awassailing * and more!
Length: 45 minutes, ages 4+.
Cassette #2205 $10.98 $4.99
Limited quantities available!
Song Book Only #2221 $19.98 $14.99
Cover has some wrinkling. One copy available.
(Song
Book: Everything you need to perform a Christmas Concert or Dramatic Pageant in
one complete package. 21 songs in SA or SS with piano or guitar accompaniment
plus optional descants for Orff or traditional instruments).
"You'll want to find room on your shelf for this one. This recording meets the
high standard we expect from Susan Hammond. It's not a story, it's a Christmas
pageant -- one of the nicest I've ever heard. Hammond artfully combines music
and poetry, the music is elegant, and in Hammond's trademark style, it's neither
too sophisticated for young minds nor too juvenile for mature ones" - Today's
Parent
"This joyful and reverent blend of poetry, music and history will likely be a
welcome addition to many family music collections." - Publishers Weekly
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 The World’s Very Best Opera for Kids (Classical
Kids) is the first recording to present 14 of the world’s best-loved opera arias
performed in English by some of the world’s finest opera stars and rising stars,
including:
Michael Schade, Jean Stilwell, Allan Monk, Tracy Dahl, Daniel Taylor, Suzie
LeBlanc, and many more!
From the operas:
The Barber of Seville, Madame Butterfly, Rigoletto, Carmen, La Boheme, The Magic
Flute, Xerxes, The Marriage of Figaro, and more! Featuring the Budapest Concert Orchestra MÁV, directed by Tamás Gál, The
World’s Very Best Opera for Kids features fresh arrangements and stunning
performances, resulting in highly entertaining and singable works the whole
family will enjoy.
The World’s Very Best Opera for Kids CD features:
14 best-loved arias performed in English
5 instrumental-only tracks (karaoke-style versions) so that anyone can
sing-a-long as an opera star!
Complete lyrics
A synopsis of each opera setting the scene for each selection.
A short biography about each of the performers
The Teacher's Notes presents a step-by-step strategy for
incorporating classical music across all subject areas: social studies, math,
science communications, and other arts. Includes facts, activities, and
thought-provoking questions. The Teacher's Notes is only available
bundled with the corresponding CD. 39 pages.
CD: #2528 $16.98 $13.99
Teacher's Notes and CD Combo #2671 $32.99
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The Classical Kids Collection: Volume 1
- Boxed set of Mr Bach Comes to Call, Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Mozart's Magic
Fantasy and Vivaldi's Ring of Mysteries.
The Classical Kids Collection: Volume 2 - Boxed set of Tchaikovsky Discovers America, Hallelujah Handel, Mozart's
Magnificent Voyage and Song of the Unicorn.