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Tchaikovsky discovers America [sound recording] : [a tale of courage and adventure].

Cowling, Douglas. (Author). Fox, Coli (Added Author). Budd, Barbar (Added Author). Boyes, Derek (Added Author). Babiak, Walte (Added Author). Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 Concertos, violin, orchestra Sound recording (Added Author). Studio Arts Orchestra (Added Author). Highland Park Girls Choir (Added Author).

Summary:

A dramatized story of Tchaikovsky arriving in New York in 1891 for the grand opening of Carnegie Hall. During his trip to Niagara Falls, he shares stories with a young family about his music, life, and fear of conducting. Contains over two dozen excerpts of Tchaikovsky's music, and a mosaic of well-known American music of the time, including ragtime, spirituals, and popular folk classics

Record details

ISBN: 1895404673
Physical Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in., in container.
Publisher: [Toronto] : Classical Kids : p1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Compact disc. Douglas Cowling, writer. Subtitle from container. "Susan Hammond's Classical kids." Program notes with lyrics for the two children's choir selections in container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Piano concerto #1, 1st movement ; Danse napolitaine (Swan lake) -- Trepac (Nutcracker) -- Swing low ; Turkey in the straw ; Waltzes (Serenade, and Swan lake) -- Tea, Coffee, Chocolate (Nutcracker) -- Danse des cygnes, allegro (Swan lake) -- 1812 Overture, excerpts -- Silver (Sleeping beauty) ; Ragtime -- Overture, act II (Swan lake) -- Girls' chorus (Eugene Onegin) -- Coda, act II (Nutcracker) ; Ragtime -- Marche slav -- Violente (Sleeping beauty) -- Sugar-plum fairy (Nutcracker) -- Le sommeil, panorama (Sleeping beauty) -- Long, long ago ; Girls' chorus (Onegin) ; Waltz Op. 20, (Swan lake) -- Amazing grace ; Serenade, for strings, mvt. 1 -- Serenade for strings, finale ; 1812 overture, finale.
Participant or Performer Note:	Colin Fox, Barbara Budd, Derek Boyes, Ray Landry, Amos Crawley, Kelly Campbell, actors; Studio Arts Orchestra; Walter Babiak, conductor; Highland Park Girls Choir; Anne Cooper-Gay, Errol Gay, directors.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded at Manta Eastern Sound, Toronto.