TY  - SOUND
AU  - Cowling,Douglas
AU  - Tchaikovsky,Peter Ilich
TI  - Tchaikovsky discovers America
SN  - 1895404673
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Toronto, Ontario, Canada, [New York]
PB  - The Children's Group, Distributed in the U.S. by BMG Kidz
KW  - Ballets
KW  - Excerpts
KW  - Compact discs
KW  - Music appreciation
KW  - Juvenile
KW  - Overtures
KW  - Suites (Orchestra)
N1  - "More than two dozen excerpts of Tchaikovsky's music, including The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake, the First Piano Concerto, String Serenade and 1812 Overture. Also included is a musical mosaic of well-known American music of the time, including ragtime, spirituals,and popular folk classics."--Container; Compact disc; Full credits on insert; Piano concerto #1. Mvt. 1 ; Swan Lake. Danse napolitaine -- Nutcracker. Trépac -- Swing low sweet chariot ; Turkey in the straw ; Waltzes (Serenade and Swan Lake) -- Nutcracker. Tea, coffee, chocolate -- Swan Lake. Danse des cygnes. Allegro -- 1812 overture. Excerpts -- Sleeping beauty. Silver ; Ragtime -- Swan Lake. Act II. Overture -- Eugene Onegin. Girls' chorus -- Nutcracker. Act II. Coda ; Rag on Tchaikovsky theme -- Marche Slav -- Sleeping beauty. Violente -- Nutcracker. Sugar-plum fairy -- Sleeping beauty. Le sommeil, panorama -- Long, long ago ; Eugene Onegin. Girls' chorus ; Swan Lake. Waltz, op. 20 -- Amazing grace ; Serenade for strings. Mvt. 1 ; Finale ; 1812 overture. Finale; Studio Arts Orchestra, Walter Babiak, conductor ; High Park Girls Choir, Ann Cooper-Gay and Errol Gay, conductors
N2  - Tchaikovksy arrives in New York for the grand opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891. It's all aboard for a fun-filled musical adventure to Niagara Falls. During his trip, the great composer shares stories with a young family about his music, his life, and his fear of conducting. In the end, both the composer and the family discover something about courage and about themselves
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