The Kanneh-Masons/Mi Colman - Carnival - Import CD

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The Kanneh-Masons/Mi Colman

Description:

A heartwarming Christmas album featuring narration and music by popular children's authors The Kanneh-Masons, a world-renowned musical family led by British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, together with author Michael Morpurgo and British actress Olivia Colman The Kanneh-Masons have created a Christmas album. This is the first time Shek has worked with his talented brothers on an album. Michael Morpurgo, author of the children's novel "War Horse," is so popular with children that he has written a new script for Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals. It is narrated by Olivia Coleman, who won an Academy Award for her role in the film "Her Majesty's Favorite," along with Morpurgo himself. Also included is the narrated version of Morpurgo's film "Grandpa Christmas," a heartwarming story about a grandfather who wants the earth's environment to be protected so that his granddaughter can live in a better world. Grandpa is played by Morpurgo and his granddaughter is played by Mariatu, the youngest in the Canay-Mason family at 11 years old.The program also includes such favorites as Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Kelp Sugar Spirit" from "The Nutcracker," Rimsky=Korsakov's "The Flight of the Bear Bee," and Eric Whitaker's "The Sea Lion Lullaby." The seven members of the Canay-Mason family perform their own arrangement of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song," 40 years after its initial release. Universal Music/IMS

Tracklisting:

1.Carnival of the Animals~Preamble
2.Carnival of the Animals~Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
3.Carnival of the Animals~Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
4.Carnival of the Animals~Hens and Roosters
5.Carnival of the Animals~Hens and Roosters
6.Carnival of the Animals~Wild Donkeys, Swift Animals
7.Carnival of the Animals~Wild Donkeys, Swift Animals
8.Carnival of the Animals~Tortoises
9.Carnival of the Animals~Tortoises
10.Carnival of the Animals~The Elephant
11.Carnival of the Animals~The Elephant
12.Carnival of the Animals~Kangaroos
13.Carnival of the Animals~Kangaroos
14.Carnival of the Animals~Aquarium
15.Carnival of the Animals~Aquarium
16.Carnival of the Animals~Characters With Long Ears
17.Carnival of the Animals~Characters With Long Ears
18.Carnival of the Animals~The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
19.Carnival of the Animals~The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
20.Carnival of the Animals~Aviary
21.Carnival of the Animals~Aviary
22.Carnival of the Animals~Pianists
23.Carnival of the Animals~Pianists
24.Carnival of the Animals~Fossils
25.Carnival of the Animals~Fossils
26.Carnival of the Animals~The Swan
27.Carnival of the Animals~The Swan
28.Carnival of the Animals~Finale
29.Carnival of the Animals~Finale
30.The Nutcracker Op. 71~Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
31.Grandpa Christmas~Every Year at Christmas
32.Maypole Dance No. 2 from 44 Duos for 2 Violins SZ. 98
33.Grandpa Christmas~To My Little Granddaughter Mia
34.Mosquito Dance No. 22 from 44 Duos for 2 Violins SZ. 98
35.Grandpa Christmas~I Sat There Watching You