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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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| SAINT-SAËNS, Camille (1835-1921) | | | Carnival of the Animals* (verses by Jeremy Nicholas) | | | 1. | Verse | 2:25 | | | 2. | Introduction & Royal March of the Lion | 1:49 | | | 3. | Verse | 0:57 | | | 4. | Hens & Cocks | 0:55 | | | 5. | Wild Asses | 0:29 | | | 6. | Verse | 0:27 | | | 7. | Tortoises | 1:45 | | | 8. | The Elephant | 1:22 | | | 9. | Verse | 0:55 | | | 10. | Kangaroos | 0:44 | | | 11. | Aquarium | 2:19 | | | 12. | Verse | 0:12 | | | 13. | Long-eared Characters | 0:33 | | | 14. | Verse | 0:25 | | | 15. | The Cuckoo in the Heart of the Woods | 2:16 | | | 16. | Verse | 0:11 | | | 17. | Aviary | 1:14 | | | 18. | Verse | 1:24 | | | 19. | Pianists | 1:08 | | | 20. | Fossils | 1:14 | | | 21. | Verse | 0:12 | | | 22. | The Swan | 2:46 | | | 23. | Verse | 0:34 | | | 24. | Finale | 2:02 | | | IBERT, Jacques-François (1890-1962) | | | 5 Histoires (Stories), for piano & piano, 4 hands | | | 25. | La cage de crystal | 1:22 | | | 26. | A giddy girl | 1:30 | | | 27. | Le petit ane blanc | 1:57 | | | 28. | La meneuse de tortues d'or | 2:35 | | | 29. | Le cortege de Balkis | 2:03 | | | POULENC, Francis (1899-1963) | | | 30. | L'histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant, melodrama for narrator & piano (or orchestra), FP 129 | 24:32 | | “Nicholas nudges Nash aside for a delightfully witty talk with the animals. Nicholas provides a welcome narrative context - a parade of Saint-Saën's menagerie through the streets of Paris - whose memorable visual images will likely enthral savvier children. The performance here by Nettle and Markham... and a crackerjack instrumental ensemble is top-notch too.”
Gramophone, April 2008
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