Three Musical Fables
The Cambridge Singers | The King’s Singers | City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor) | John Rutter (conductor)
CD: £9.00
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Description
A perfect Christmas present for music-loving children, this album brings together three musical fables written by John Rutter.
The Reluctant Dragon and The Wind in the Willows, both adapted by David Grant from Kenneth Grahame stories, were commissioned for Christmas concerts given by The King’s Singers. Written by Rutter himself, the story of Brother Heinrich’s Christmas is built around the legend that the carol In dulci jubilo was first sung by angels who miraculously appeared to the medieval monk Heinrich Suso one Christmas Eve.
With Richard Baker and Brian Kay (narrators).
Track list
- The Wind in the Willows: Introduction
- The Wind in the Willows: Rat and Mole meet – A life on the river
- The Wind in the Willows: Scene at Badger’s house
- The Wind in the Willows: Toad’s car
- The Wind in the Willows: Court scene
- The Wind in the Willows: Toad in gaol – Let me tickle your fancy
- The Wind in the Willows: Toad’s song – I’ve got style
- The Wind in the Willows: The recapture of Toad Hall – Let’s wallop a weasel
- The Wind in the Willows: The banquet at Toad Hall
- The Wind in the Willows: Finale – Home is a special kind of feeling
- Brother Heinrich’s Christmas: Introduction
- Brother Heinrich’s Christmas: Sigismund sings in the abbey choir
- Brother Heinrich’s Christmas: Sigismund is dismissed
- Brother Heinrich’s Christmas: Brother Heinrich and the new carol
- Brother Heinrich’s Christmas: The angels appear on Christmas Eve
- Brother Heinrich’s Christmas: Brother Heinrich writes down the Angel’s carol
- Brother Heinrich’s Christmas: Christmas morning
- Brother Heinrich’s Christmas: The Angels’ Carol and Christmas dinner
- The Reluctant Dragon: Introduction
- The Reluctant Dragon: The boy visits the dragon’s cave
- The Reluctant Dragon: The villagers and St George arrive
- The Reluctant Dragon: Trio – I say, old boy
- The Reluctant Dragon: Planning the tournament – First he waves his spear around
- The Reluctant Dragon: The tournament
- The Reluctant Dragon: Banquet fugue
- The Reluctant Dragon – Let’s begin again
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