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Copland: Symphony No. 3 / Billy the Kid Suite

CD-Charts > Music > All Childrens Music
from: Naxos

Release Date March 04, 2002
As I write the English composer Matthew Arnold has been dead only a few weeks. He has been described as writing chamber music for orchestra. The same can be said of Aaron Copland. There is a simplicity and incisiveness to his orchestration, and the impression that he was happiest with smaller forces. He sounds most at home in works like the original score of Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments and the 10 minute long Quiet City for clarinet, trumpet, saxophone and piano. Certainly there is a rare beauty to his slow passages where just a few instruments interweave.

Both works here find Copland in similar musical territory to that of his best known work Appalachian Spring. Passages of slow slanting strings are interrupted by explosions ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 32
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Teddy Bear's Picnic - V/A Nursery Rhymes, Stories and Songs

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by: V/A Nursery Rhymes, Stories and Songs

Release Date October 08, 2007
As I write the English composer Matthew Arnold has been dead only a few weeks. He has been described as writing chamber music for orchestra. The same can be said of Aaron Copland. There is a simplicity and incisiveness to his orchestration, and the impression that he was happiest with smaller forces. He sounds most at home in works like the original score of Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments and the 10 minute long Quiet City for clarinet, trumpet, saxophone and piano. Certainly there is a rare beauty to his slow passages where just a few instruments interweave.

Both works here find Copland in similar musical territory to that of his best known work Appalachian Spring. Passages of slow slanting strings are interrupted by explosions ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 33
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Sesame Street: Platinum All-Time Favourites

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by: Sesame Street

Release Date May 05, 2008
This CD has made many car trips bearable for both my daughter and me . The songs are fun and silly and in no time at all you will all be singing along . This was a gift from good friends and I am pleased to return the favor for their new baby

CD-Charts Position 34
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Beethoven for Babies: Brain Training for Little Ones

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by: Various

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the music is a mellow compilation of beethovens work, and when the baby doesn't sleep it helps the mother.

CD-Charts Position 35
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Singable Songs for the Very Young

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by: Raffi

Release Date March 06, 2006
Raffi is a Canadian children's singer, and having grown up in Canada, this album is a major part of my childhood. Memories of long car journeys singing the songs with my sister, mum and dad, making up new verses for Down By The Bay and using the names of the people we knew for Willoby Wallaby Woo are great.

And it felt like a special club, because none of my friends knew the songs!

Now I am a mum, my 21 month son has already been exposed for months to the joys of Raffi and I hope will grow up with similar memories to me.

Buy this album for your kids - they are songs that adults will love to sing as they are so much more fun than ordinary nursery rhymes!

CD-Charts Position 36
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Children\'s Classics

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by: Prokofiev/Saint-Saens/Mozart

Release Date July 21, 2008
This version of Peter and the Wolf is much better than that in the usually excellent naxos collection. The narration by Peter Ustinov is far superior to that of the irritating Edna Everage in the naxos version, who talks over the orchestra at each opportunity and refers to listeners as "possums". If you want Peter and the Wolf, get this cd instead. The other naxos children's cds that I've heard are very good except for Peter and the Wolf. I haven't heard Carnival of the Animals in the naxos collection, but I don't need to now as it is also on here so you get 2 for 1 as well. The Toy Symphony by Leopold Mozart is also on here so excellent quality and excellent value.

CD-Charts Position 37
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The Mozart Effect: Music For Children, Vols. 1-3

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by: Don Campbell & Mozart

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This set comprises of specially selected Mozart tracks to engage the mind and focus the brain.
Inlay cards provide parents and educators with brief, reader friendly explanations on the theory behind the Mozart Effect as well as offering useful pointers on how to maximise the effect of selected tracks.
As a parent and teacher, I found that the children responded enthusiastically to the idea of using music as a stimulus during study, relaxation and 'time out'.
Of the 3 CDs, 'Tune Up Your Mind' and 'Relax, Daydream and Draw' were played most. 'Tune Up Your Mind' served as a useful study aid and was used regularly at both home and school to focus and sustain concentration. Music selected for 'Relax, Daydream and Draw' enabled the family ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 38
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Mozart for Mother and Baby

CD-Charts > Music > All Childrens Music
from: Global Journey

Release Date August 07, 2007
This set comprises of specially selected Mozart tracks to engage the mind and focus the brain.
Inlay cards provide parents and educators with brief, reader friendly explanations on the theory behind the Mozart Effect as well as offering useful pointers on how to maximise the effect of selected tracks.
As a parent and teacher, I found that the children responded enthusiastically to the idea of using music as a stimulus during study, relaxation and 'time out'.
Of the 3 CDs, 'Tune Up Your Mind' and 'Relax, Daydream and Draw' were played most. 'Tune Up Your Mind' served as a useful study aid and was used regularly at both home and school to focus and sustain concentration. Music selected for 'Relax, Daydream and Draw' enabled the family ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 39
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Ultrasound: Music for the Unborn Child

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by: Ultrasound

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This set comprises of specially selected Mozart tracks to engage the mind and focus the brain.
Inlay cards provide parents and educators with brief, reader friendly explanations on the theory behind the Mozart Effect as well as offering useful pointers on how to maximise the effect of selected tracks.
As a parent and teacher, I found that the children responded enthusiastically to the idea of using music as a stimulus during study, relaxation and 'time out'.
Of the 3 CDs, 'Tune Up Your Mind' and 'Relax, Daydream and Draw' were played most. 'Tune Up Your Mind' served as a useful study aid and was used regularly at both home and school to focus and sustain concentration. Music selected for 'Relax, Daydream and Draw' enabled the family ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 40
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Mozart for Baby

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by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Release Date March 06, 2006
This is an excellent compilation of Mozart for babies. It helps the baby to stay alert but peaceful. 5 stars.