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DiscountDelight - Beethoven's Wig: Sing Along Symphonies
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List Price: $12.98
Our Price: $8.90
Your Save: $ 4.08 ( 31% )
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Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0011661811225
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rounder / Umgd
Release Date: 2002-03-05
Studio: Rounder / Umgd
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Summary: Kids love it
Comment: I have not actually listened to this one - we gave it as gift and have not heard from them either. But we started with Beethoven's Wig 3 which is OUTSTANDING! My kids love it, as do all the "kid" passengers who have ever heard it. We also have #2, which initially didn't seem as good as #3, but with more listening, we are enjoying it more too. #3 was a winner from the very first song. The lyrics are hilarious and the music is beautiful - and my kids love the instrumental pieces as much as the sing-along versions.
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Summary: Crap/Kitch SAVE YOUR CHILDREN FROM THIS!
Comment: This is so much worse than silly phrases to remember a symphony and the composer. The singing is horrendous, and so much vibrato, that anyone who thinks it is an example of good musicianship will never learn that there is some good music out there - 'cause it ain't HERE!
You want your kids to love classical music? Then play the real thing for them, they can sing along without words that belittle the glorious effort and achievement of the artists. You want silly? Get Tom Lehrer, and you can study up for science class, without becoming a drooling inmate. He even does a great job clarifying musical styles with Clementine!
Barney has already ruined "This Old Man" and hundreds of fine folksongs, why not pull down the rest of the Acropolis with noisy talk-overs a la Science Fiction Theatre 2000. Then, there'll be nothing left but angry obscenities to rap along with.
Don't even read the words - get a comic book for better command of the language, even a goofy Japanese/fake English one.
Yeah, I'm over thirteen. Maybe that's why I can tell it's designed to destroy any possible Mozart effect.
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Summary: You need not be young to have fun
Comment: Growing up,my two best friends' fathers played the viola in the CSO. I was constantly exposed to classical music and enjoyed many summers on the lawns of Ravinia listening to CSO rehearsals. That music made a beautiful and lasting contribution to my life. I passed my love of music on to my children, with inconsistent results. However, in a world where interest in classical music has ebbed, it was my hope that my grandchildren would have some appreciation. I purchased all three of the Beethoven's Wig CD's for them (and me). I also gave one to my remaining childhood friend, now 66, whose father played in the symphony. She loved it. My daughter listened to the CD in the car for the first time while driving carpool with her children. she called me from her car, laughing. "What a great" CD she said. "I am so happy you bought it for Ozzie."
Thank you for your cleverness and far sightedness, Richad Perlmutter.
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Summary: Classical Music Doesn't Need Words
Comment: While I do admit that some of the lyrics in Beethoven's Wig are witty, I do not think this is a good introduction to classical music for children. The lyrics detract from the depth and breadth that this music has to offer. The lyrics also hinder the imagination of a child listening to classical music for the first time and getting to know these great pieces.
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Summary: Great Fun
Comment: This CD is very enjoyable. The lyrics to these famous symphonies help young children to enjoy them. Also, some of the lyrics provide information on the music or the composer. A booklet with lyrics and some trivia questions is included. All of our children (aged 2-12) enjoy this CD, as do we.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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 and you'll again chuckle at pieces like "Drip, Drip, Drip," which adapts Delibes's "Pizzicato from Sylvia." You'll also marvel at the expertise throughout the CD, with all the pieces well played yet 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. --Martin Keller
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