Prokofiev, Sergei : Music for Children, Op. 65

SKU: HL.14006541

ISBN 9780711956100. 9.0x12.0x0.088 inches.

Twelve easy pieces for piano written and arranged by Carol Barratt. An entertaining selection all about animals: superbly arranged classics plus imaginative original pieces. Includes music from 'Peter And The Wolf', 'Carnival Of The Animals' and Carols Barratt's 'Giraffes'. Suitable for players of grade 1 to grade 2 standard. Contents: Aunty Lizzie's Old Pig * Giraffes * Sheep May Safely Graze * Swan Lake * The Bear * The Cat From Peter and the Wolf * The Cat in the Corner * The Crow * The Cuckoo (Muller) * The Duck (Peter and the Wolf) * The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals) * The Pony (Couppey).

SKU: BT.DHP-0960683-010

The Russian ballet director Sergei Diaghilev commissioned many composers to write music for the theatre. This was what caused Serge Prokofiev to compose the four part Scytische Suite (also known as Ala and Lolli) in 1916, from which The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits can be heard on this CD. This suite is one of Prokofiev's first works, and received negative criticism following its first performance on account of its being uncivilised. Prokofiev himself wrote after this first performance . . . The timpani player beat the skin of the timpani to tatters, and the whole orchestra voiced a protest. A cellist complained that he only put up with the violence, createdby the blaring brass, on account of his sick wife and three children . . ..