Children's Classics - Beatrice Lillie, Skitch Henderson

Label : Decca

Format : Flac track

Cover : Front

Tracklist :

SERGEI PROKOFIEV

Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS

Carnival of the Animals – zoological fantasy

(verses by Ogden Nash)

Introduction and Royal March of the Lions

Cocks and Hens

Wild asses

Tortoises

Elephants

Kangaroos

Aquarium

People with Long Ears

Cuckoo in the heart of the woods

Aviary

Pianists

Fossils

The Swan*

Finale

Beatrice Lillie, narrator

Kenneth Heath, cello*

Julius Katchen and Gary Graffman, pianos

London Symphony Orchestra

Skitch Henderson

with the co-operation of animals at London Zoo

Uncle Ken’s Nursery Rhymes (trad. arr. Sharples)

Hey diddle dumpling, my son John – London Bridge is falling down – Polly put the kettle on – Here we come gathering nuts in May – Little Jack Horner – Little Miss Muffet

Old Mother Hubbard – Jack and Jill – Three Blind Mice – Hey diddle Diddle, the cock and the fiddle – What are little boys made of – Bye Baby bunting – Ding Dong Bell – Cock-a-doodle-do – Pat-a-cake – Little boy blue – Oh where, oh where, has my little boy gone – The North wind doth blow – Three Little Kittens

Lucy Lockett – Georgie Porgie – Humpty Dumpty – There was a little Man – Ride a cock horse – Doctor Foster went to Gloucester – The Lion and the Unicorn

There was a crooked man – Simple Simon – Old King Cole – Mary, Mary quite contrary – Goosey goosey gander – There was an old Woman – Pussy cat, pussy cat – I love little pussy – Hush-a-bye Baby

Kenneth McKellar

Accompaniment directed by Robert Sharples