Mozart's Magnificent Voyage (Book/CD)

by Classical Kids

Overview

K-Gr 6-Susan Hammond's Classical Kids series has produced several high-quality classical recordings for children over the years. However, this release fails to live up to the rest of the series. The poorly written and poorly acted didactic script follows three children who are in danger of being written out of the opera, The Magic Flute. They travel in the opera's magic boat which takes them to Mozart's son Karl, who doesn't appreciate being the son of a famous composer. The four go back in time and witness special events in Mozart's life. Karl gains a better appreciation of his station in life. Many lines are spoken over-the-top in heavy-handed astonishment. The music takes a back seat to the story in this production. Susan Hammond's Mozart's Magic Fantasy and Kimbo Educational's Moving with Mozart (Oct. 1999, p. 90) are better choices.-Rob Reid, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire/Indianhead Federated Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/17/2004
Label:	Children's Group
UPC:	0068478437216
Rank:	236767

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Classical Kids   Primary Artist
High Park Girls And Boys Choir   Primary Artist
David Fallis   Primary Artist,Conductor
The High Park Girls' and Boys' Choir   Children's Chorus
Lesley Young   Oboe
Gary Pattison   Horn,Piano
Victoria Richard   Violin
Ruth Fazal   Violin
Melvin Berman   Oboe
Diane Tait   Violin
Victoria Richards   Violin
Young Dae Park   Violin
Vera Tarnovsky   Violin
Charles Elliott   Bass
Daniel Blackman   Viola
Stephen Pierre   Bassoon,Clarinet
Marie Peebles   Viola
David Bourque   Clarinet
Mitchell Clarke   Horn,Bassoon
Wendy Rose   Violin
David Fleury   Synthesizer
Carla Huhtanen   Vocals
Miles Hearn   Horn
Carrie Loring   Vocals
Adele Pierre   Violin
Richard Armin   Cello
Adele Armin   Violin
Susan Hammond   Piano
Beverley Spotton   Viola
Suzanne Shulman   Flute

Technical Credits

Susan Hammond   Producer
Martin Julien   Actor
Daniel Goldbloom   Actor
Mary Druce   Actor
John Hurlbut   Mixing
John "Wheels" Hurlbut   Mixing
Scott Murley   Assembly,Engineer,Recording
Ann Cooper Gay   Children's Choirmaster
Shari Saunders   Actor
Douglas Cowling   Composer
J.C. Samonas   Actor
Victoria Adilman   Actor
Caitlyn Torrens   Actor
Noah Reid   Actor
Gary Gray   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Composer,Original Material
Derek Boyes   Actor