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 | 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 :
Everyone at my house loves this CD (brought to us by Grandma) -- my husband (classically trained musician), our 8 year old son ..., our 2 year old daughter (who dances around the family room to the tunes), and me.
The lyrics Perlmutter has put to these grand warhorses of classical music are so witty and inventive you can't help chortling. And how he manages to get through these parodies with wonderfully straight performances is a great mystery to us all.
Each of us has our own favorites. The 2 year old likes 'Harmony.' The 8 year old likes 'Drip, Drip, Drip.' I'm partial to 'Kings and Queens of England' and 'Hey Guitar Teacher.' And all of us love the Night Music ('Sheep will never help me sleep!').
I also should mention that the music and the humor hold up to repeated listenings (which is good b/c with kids you get repeated listenings).
Give this one a try. You won't regret it.
(by Deborah J. Taub)
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