Simply fantastic : an introduction to classical music / music selection and explanatory notes, Ana Gerhard ; illustrations, Claudia Legnazzi ; [translation from Spanish to English, Helène Roulston and David Lytle].

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Gerhard, Ana [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Montreal] : Secret Mountain, ©2014.
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (39 min. : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.)

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    Summary note
    "The words of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and others are introducted to children thorugh the magical beings from legends and clasic tales--including gnomes, fairies, witches, goblins, elves, and wizards--that inspired the composers."--Page 4 of cover.
    Notes
    • "Illustrations, explanatory notes, composer biographies and a glossary of musical terms also on CD as a printable PDF file."--CD sleeve.
    • Originally published in Spanish as Seres fantásticos - introducción a la música de concierto.
    Binding note
    Publisher's color printed pictorial boards, illustrated front endpapers, tan back endpapers with cd-rom tipped in.
    Contents
    • CD contents: The fairy-queen / Henry Purcell (The Scholars Baroque Ensemble) (1:24)
    • A midsummer night's dream / Felix Mendelssohn (Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jamie Laredo, conductor) (1:23)
    • Puck's dance (preludes) / Claude Debussy (Martin Jones, piano) (1:56)
    • Dance of the sugar plum fairy (The nutcracker) / Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (Philharmonia Slavonica, Hans-Peter Gmur, conductor) (1:25)
    • The witch Baba Yaga (Album for the young) / Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (Idil Biret, piano) (:38)
    • The hut on fowl's legs (Pictures at an exhibition, IX) / Modest Mussorgsky (Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Mikjailov, conductor) (1:24)
    • The gnome (Pictures at an exhibition, IX) / Modest Mussorgsky (Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Mikjailov, conductor) (1:25)
    • In the hall of the mountain king (Peer Gynt) / Edvard Grieg (Philharmonia Slavonica, Alberto Lizzio, conductor) (2:30)
    • Der Erlkönig (The elf king) / Franz Schubert (Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau, baritone, Gerald Moore, piano) (4:13)
    • Danse macabre / Camille Saint-Saëns (CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor) (1:51)
    • Dance of terror (Love, the magician) / Manuel de Falla (Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra, Anton Nanut, conductor, Eva Novsak-Houska, mezzo-soprano) (2:09)
    • Dance of the blessed spirits (Orpheus and Eurydice) / Christoph Willibald Gluck (Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown, conductor) (1:14)
    • Ride of the Valkyries / Richard Wagner (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Albert Lizzio, conductor) (1:18)
    • The Queen of the Night aria (The magic flute) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Michael Halasz, conductor, Hellen Kwon, soprano) (1:38)
    • Witches' chorus (Macbeth) / Giuseppe Verdi (Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala) (2:00)
    • Witches' dance / Nicolò Paganini (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conductor, Salvatore Accardo, violin) (1:31)
    • The sorcerer's apprentice / Paul Dukas (CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Kenneth Jean, conductor) (2:22)
    • Devil's trill sonata / Giuseppe Tartini (Anne-Sophie Mitter, violin) (2:10)
    • The devil's staircase (Etude no. 13) / Gyorgy Ligeti (Erika Haase, piano) (2:15)
    • Infernal dance of all Kashchei's subjects (The firebird) / Igor Stravinsky (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Craft, director) (4:15).
    ISBN
    • 2924217210
    • 9782924217214
    OCLC
    859187774
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