Title : Beethoven's Wig: Sing Along Symphonies
Author : Richard Perlmutter
Release Date : 20020305
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $12.98
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Editorial Reviews : Inspired and wildly imaginative, Beethoven's Wig is one of the best introductions to classical music you could give to your children. Featuring snippets of 11 classical music staples--Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, et al.--the disc and its creators, Richard Perlmutter and friends, pour on the silly lyrics the first time around to familiarize young ears to the old masters. Then in the last half of the record, the orchestra plays the same 'serious' music pieces instrumentally. You might cheerfully recall Alan Sherman's popular spoofs of old classical works in Wig; pieces like 'Drip, Drip, Drip,' which adapts Delibes's 'Pizzicato from Sylvia,' and if so, you'll again chuckle. You'll also marvel at the expertise throughout the CD, with all the pieces well played and thoroughly fun. Beethoven's Wig is an orchestral treasure with a sense of humor as old or as new as its listeners (and the fun questions that run throughout the CD's liner notes are almost as entertaining as the zany musical interludes). Highly recommended.
Buyer Reviews : Great Cd, putting silly lyrics with famous Classical music. We love the one about Tchykosty's Canon Ball, the Can Can song and Fur Elise (who lost her music piece in her pelisse, stolen from a guy from Greece!) My seven year old sings along and knows the mname of all the classics!
