SPARKY’S MAGIC PIANO

                and other classic recordings for children

 

Approximate running time: 2 ½ hours

 

From the very start of the recording era, the radio, the 78 and LPs have produced an unforgettable list of Classic Children’s Favourites. Here, on this unique 2 CD/ MC set, are many of the finest – performed by great stars of the past.

 

Danny Kaye presents Tubby the Tuba and others; Spike Jones sings Old Macdonald Had A farm, Harold Fraser-Simson is At Buckingham Palace (with Christopher Robin). There is The Runaway Train, The Owl and the Pussy Cat, The Teddy Bears’ Picnic and I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat.

 

On a gentler note, the inimitable Paul Robeson sings Little Man, You’ve Had A Busy Day. There are the cut-glass accents of Uncle Mac, the uninhibited rasp of Popeye. Every one is an old memory for parent and grandparent and a new memory for children.

 

ENHANCED WITH CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM THE NAXOS CATALOGUE

 

·          Compiled by Peter Dempsey

·          Mastered by Sarah Butcher

 

Naxos Audio Books 2cds  NA227912