Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
2CD + Bonus DVD
Featuring orchestral music by Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Respighi, Tchaikovsky and many more, as well as piano works of Schumann and Debussy performed by Hong Kong pianist Colleen Lee.
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Conductor : Yip Wing-sie
Disc 1
Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals
– Introduction & Royal March of the Lion
– Hens and Cockerels
– Wild Asses
– Tortoises
– The Elephant
– Kangaroos
– Aquarium
– Persons with Long Ears
– The Cuckoo in the Depth of Woods
– Aviary
– Pianists
– Fossils
– The Swan
– Finale
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op 21
Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre, Op 40
Respighi The Birds
– Prelude
– The Dove
– The Hen
– The Nightingale
– The Cuckoo
Disc 2
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Mussorgsky/ Ravel From Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)
– Bydlo
– Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Tchaikovsky From The Swan Lake Suite (excerpts)
– Scene from Act II
– Dance of the Swans
– Waltz from Act I
Leroy Anderson The Waltzing Cat
Schumann Scenes from Childhood, Op 15
– Of Foreign Lands and People
– Strange Story
– Blind Man’s Bluff
– Entreating Child
– Contentment
– An Important Event
– Dreaming
– By the Fireside
– Knight of the Hobbyhorse
– Almost Too Serious
– Frightening
– Child Falling Asleep
– The Poet Speaks
Debussy Children’s Corner
– Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
– Jimbo’s Lullaby
– Serenade for the Doll
– The Snow is Dancing
– The Little Shepherd
– Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
Bonus DVD
Scenes from the recording of This is Classical Music 3
Camille Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals – Finale
Colleen Lee: a mini portrait of an Artist