100 Best Children's Classics (2010)

Track Listing

1. The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
2. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble
3. Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Conclusion
4. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67
5. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34

1. The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
2. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble
3. Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Conclusion
4. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67
5. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34
6. The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka), suite for orchestra: Dance of the Tumblers
7. Toy Symphony (Cassation), for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings in G major (formerly K. 63)
8. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Chocolate: Spanish Dance
9. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Coffee: Arabian Dance
10. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Tea: Chinese Dance
11. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Trepak: Russian Dance
12. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Divertissement. Dance of the Reed Flutes
13. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
14. Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56
15. March of the Little Lead Soldiers, for orchestra/piano, Op. 14/6
16. Children's Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), CD 119 (L. 113)
17. Petite Suite, pieces (5) for orchestra (orchestration of Jeux d'enfants Nos. 6, 3, 2, 11, 12)
18. Peer Gynt Suite, for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Morning
19. Berceuse for piano in D flat major, Op. 57, CT. 7
20. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno"), RV 297, Op. 8/4 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4)
21. Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast No. 2), JB 1:112/2
22. Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68: 1. Pleasant feelings on arriving in the country
23. Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 2)
24. L'Aio dè Rotso (L'eau de source), folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 3a)
25. Malurous qu'o uno fenno, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 3, No. 5)
26. Country Gardens, folk song for orchestra (arrangement not by Grainger) (BFMS 22)
27. Shepherd's Hey!, folk song for orchestra (BFMS 16)
28. Estampes, for piano, CD 108 (L. 100): Jardins sous la pluie
29. Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera "Sir John in Love")
30. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Forest Murmurs
31. Syrinx, for solo flute, CD 137 (L. 129)
32. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Uranus the Magician
33. Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov
34. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61, MWV M13: Scherzo
35. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: The Old Castle
36. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Bydlo
37. Ma mère l'oye, ballet for orchestra, M. 60
38. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra
39. Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), CD. 82/3 (L. 75/3)
40. La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, CD 125/8 (L. 117/8)
41. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)
42. Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7
43. Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt" ("Hunt Cantata"), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3): Sheep may safely graze
44. Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy)
45. Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement
46. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467: 2. Andante
47. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air 'on the G string'
48. Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109
49. Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: 2. Adagio
50. Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4
51. Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50
52. Dance of the Hours, ballet (from La Gioconda)
53. Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"),