The best way to learn exactly what these Four Tales from Beatrix Potter are, and how charming and enchanting they are, is to just put the CD in the player and listen. They are some of Potter's most popular stories set in music in a way that combines narration and musical accompaniment with original songs. From the keepsake-like packaging they would appear to be just narrations with music, and from just a quick glance at the extensive notes they appear to be just incidental music for staged performances of the stories. But ...
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The best way to learn exactly what these Four Tales from Beatrix Potter are, and how charming and enchanting they are, is to just put the CD in the player and listen. They are some of Potter's most popular stories set in music in a way that combines narration and musical accompaniment with original songs. From the keepsake-like packaging they would appear to be just narrations with music, and from just a quick glance at the extensive notes they appear to be just incidental music for staged performances of the stories. But they really are settings made for this recording -- and which would be suitable for concert performance -- that retell the stories with just one actor/singer and an orchestra in a way that will appeal to children and parents. The music by Stephen McNeff is wonderfully descriptive, unmistakably capturing the devilish slyness of the fox in Jemima Puddleduck and the race-like chase of Peter Rabbit by Farmer MacGregor. The BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Clark Rundell are excellent in...
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Seller's Description:
Very good in fair packaging. Originally released: 2005. CD Audio Book, single disc polished and played well when checked, original cardboard case cut and placed in clamshell case, pamphlet also included, no writing, marks or tears but some surface wear, likely withdrawn library but no stamps or stickers on case or disc.
