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A Fairy Fantasy

Music & Verse of Fairyland

Martin Souter (piano), Lynda Sayce (lute), Matthew Spring (lute)

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra conducted, The London Symphony Orchestra, Regina disc player, Christian Rainer, Don Jackson

A Fairy Fantasy

A Fairy Fantasy

Music & Verse of Fairyland

Martin Souter (piano), Lynda Sayce (lute), Matthew Spring (lute)

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra conducted, The London Symphony Orchestra, Regina disc player, Christian Rainer, Don Jackson

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'Over hill over dale, through bush, through briar…' An atmospheric album of favourite poetry and music on the theme of fairies, including famous music by Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Purcell, and poetry from Shakespeare and Herrick, read by Margaret Howard. Children will love it, but so will the grown-ups

Contents and tracklist

Excerpt,Debussy: Préludes - Book 1
Work length2:32
No. 11, La danse de Puck
Track length2:32
Robert Louis Stevenson: A Child's Garden of Verses
Work length2:37
  • Margaret Howard
The Little Land
Track length2:37
trad.: Starlight Waltz
Work length2:37
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Work length0:41
  • Margaret Howard
Over hill over dale
Track length0:41
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III
Work length1:36
  • Musica Donum Dei
Dance of the Fairies
Track length1:36
anon.: If you see fairy ring
Work length0:30
  • Margaret Howard
anon.: Greensleeves
Work length1:22
  • Lynda Sayce, Matthew Spring
Robert Herrick: Oberon's Feast
Work length2:26
  • Margaret Howard
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M 13, a Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Act II
Work length4:56
Scherzo
Track length4:56
William Shakespeare: I know a bank
Work length0:38
  • Margaret Howard
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M 13, a Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Act III
Work length5:39
Nocturne
Track length5:39
Robert Louis Stevenson: A Child's Garden of Verses
Work length0:17
  • Margaret Howard
Fairy Bread
Track length0:17
Excerpt,Debussy: Children's Corner
Work length3:19
III. Serenade for a Doll
Track length3:19
Lewis Carroll: My Fairy
Work length0:45
  • Margaret Howard
Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, PP120
Work length3:51
VII. Nocturne (After Rossini)
Track length3:51
anon.: True Thomas
Work length4:08
  • Margaret Howard
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35, Act I Tableau II
Work length5:12
Waltz of the snowflakes
Track length5:12
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35, Act II Tableau III
Work length14:29
Divertissement: A. Chocolate - Spanish Dance
Track length1:16
Divertissement: B. Coffee - Arabian Dance
Track length3:12
Divertissement: C. Tea - Chinese Dance
Track length1:08
Divertissement: D. Trepak - Russian Dance
Track length1:16
Divertissement: E. Dance of the Merlitons
Track length2:27
Divertissement: F. Mother Gigogne and the clowns
Track length2:58
Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Track length2:12
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Work length0:54
  • Margaret Howard
You Spotted Snakes
Track length0:54
anon.: The Music Box
Work length1:13
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