PIANO FOR KIDS
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What has not been tried over the years in order to twin over children and young people to classical music? There is a veritable market devoted to attracting and luring the young. Pianist Corinna Simon always found one aspect of this endeavor rather strange: Why on earth expose small children at the outset to large-scale works, why expect them to sit still through the entire overture to Mozart’s Magic Flute? We’ve all been there. However, there is actually a wealth of small-scale gems, specially crafted for children’s ears and hands, whose format will not overwhelm or wear out the young listeners. And this treasure trove is now presented on this two-album set by pianist Corinna Simon: Filled with fascinating and diverse material from the undiscovered and vast domain of piano music composed for children, "Piano For Kids" aims to awaken young listeners’ curiosity and to tempt them off the beaten track. In fact, this recording is an enjoyable, easy listening experience not only for children, but for everyone who is interested in piano music.For this recording, Corinna Simon has selected piano pieces from three centuries, ranging from Bach to Haydn and Schumann to Shostakovich and even to the film music composer Nino Rota. That said, many famous composers have indeed written piano works for children. Some of them are well known, such as "Little Preludes" by Johann Sebastian Bach or the "Album for the Youth" by Robert Schumann which are all to be found on this album. However, after many years of experience also as a piano teacher, pianist Corinna Simon has discovered many other fascinating works, which stayed largely unknown, by composers all over the world such as "Six Children’s Pieces" by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, "Dances of the Dolls" by Dmitri Shostakovich, "For Children to Eavesdrop" by Paul Juon, "In the Shoe Store" by Joaquin Turina or "Puppets" by Bohuslav Martinu - just to name a few.TRACKLISTCD1Nino Rota 1911-1979 from Seven Pieces for Children 1 Skips and Games 2 Caprice 3 Lullaby 4 Puccettino in the Jungle Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809-1847 Six Children’s Pieces, op. 72 5 No. 1 Allegro non troppo 6 No. 2 Andante sostenuto 7 No. 3 Allegretto 8 No. 4 Allegro assai 9 No. 6 Andante con moto 10 No. 5 Vivace Aram Chatschaturjan 1903-1978from Sounds of Childhood11 Little Leopard on the Swing Enrique Granados 1867-1916from Stories of the Youth, op. 1 12 Dedication 13 The Ghost 14 The Orphan Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887-1959 Children’s Suite 15 Allegro 16 Andantino 17 Allegretto 18 Allegro non troppo Robert Schumann (1810-1856) from Album for the Young, op. 68 19 Melody 20 Sicilienne 21 First loss 22 The reaper's song 23 The horseman Dmitri Shostakovich 1906-1975 from Dances of the Dolls 24 Lyric Waltz 25 Polka 26 Dance Witold Lutoslawski 1913-1994 from Folk Melodies 27 Hey, I come from Cracow 28 An Apple Hangs on the Apple Tree 29 Master Michael 30 The Lime Tree in the Field 31 Flirting 32 The Grove 33 The Gander 34 The Schoolmaster Edward Elgar 1857-1934 Sonatina 35 Andantino 36 Allegro Bohuslav Martinu 1890-1959 Puppets, Book I 37 Columbine Dances 38 The New Puppet 39 The Shy Puppet 40 Fairy-tale 41 The Puppet's Dance CD 2Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Little Preludes 1 C major BWV 933 2 D minor BWV 935 3 E minor BWV 941 4 E major BWV 937 Joseph Haydn 1732-1809from Twelve Little Pieces 5 No. 1 Andante grazioso 6 No. 2 Allegro 7 No. 3 Andante 8 No. 6 Vivace 9 No.10 Menuetto Allegretto 10 No. 11 Vivace assai Carl Reinecke 1824-1910 from Little Fantasy Pieces, op.17 11 Andantino 12 Allegretto 13 Folk song 14 Hurdy Gurdy and Puppet Show 15 Romance 16 Little Joker 17 Allegro 18 Farewell Paul Juon 1872-1940from For Children to Eavesdrop, op.38 Mother tells fairy tales: 19 of the magic ring 20 of the Princess in the enchanted castle 21 of the young, defiant and brave Knight 22 Rosemarie Dances 23 The Afflicted Doll Reinhold M. Glière 1875-1956 from Eight Easy Pieces, op.4324 Prélude 25 Mazurka 26 Arietta 27 Little March Erwin Schulhoff 1894-1942 Ostinato – Six Family Affairs 28 Papa 29 Mama 30 -da….da- 31 -hopp….hopp- 32 -a….a- 33 -trara- Joaquin Turina 1882-1949 In the Shoe Store 34 Hans Sachs 35 The Silk Shoes of the Marquise 36 Farmer Boots 37 Greek Sandals 38 Ballet Shoes 39 The Shoes of a Beautiful Woman 40 The Shoes of the Bullfighters