Classical Baby
4 Episode ever made!
The Full Collection of Classical Baby Episodes including
The Music Show
The Art Show
The Dance Show and
The Poetry Show!
"This whimsical, charming, deceptively simple marriage of animation to the music of Tchaikovsky, Bach and Ellington becomes an interactive treat for young children and parents alike.”
The Music Show
1. Open, Music: "Piano Concerto No. 1" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky performed by Philharmonic Slavonica
2. Bear Hugs, Music: "The Flower Duet" from Lakmé by Léo Delibes performed by Mady Mesplé (soprano) and Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano) Orchestre du Théatre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Alain Lombard
3. Baby's Hands, "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen" from Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 1 by Robert Schumann performed by Vladimir Horowitz, piano
4. Baby Steps, "Dance of the Reed-Flutes" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, Peter Wohlert, conductor
5. Busy Caterpillar, "Prelude" from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Yo-Yo Ma, cello
6. The Cow Song, "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi by Puccini performed by Ying Huang, soprano, London Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, conductor
7. Good Morning, Peer Gynt: "Morning Mood" by Edvard Grieg performed by CSFR State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice), Stephen Gunzenhauser
8. Night Music, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed by Capella Istropolitana Wolfgang Sobotk, conductor
9. Aquarium, "Aquarium" from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns performed by Chamber Ensemble Philippe Entremont and Gaby Casadesus, pianos
10. Musical Faces, "A Mare Encheu" by Heitor Villa-Lobos performed by Christina Ortiz
11. Appalachian Spring, "Appalachian Spring Ballet Suite" Moderato coda movement by Aaron Copland performed by London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland, conductor
12. The Cricket on the Roof, "Stamping Dance" from Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 written by Béla Bartók performed by Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
13. My Blanket, "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy performed by CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Keith Clark, conductor
14. "Lullaby" by Johannes Brahms performed by Budapest Strings
The Art Show
*Open, Music: Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky performed by Philharmonic Slavonica
*Frogs, with music by Erik Satie, painting by Claude Monet
I Love You, paintings by Mary Cassatt, with music by Franz Schubert
Shapes, based on a painting by Joan Miró, with music by Johann Sebastian Bach
*The Museum, with music by Gabriel Fauré
Trucks, with music by Duke Ellington, painting by Fernand Léger
Dance Class, with music by Amilcare Ponchielli, painting by Edgar Degas
The Conductor, Music: The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss, performed by Vienna Opera Orchestra
The Kiss, with music by Edward Elgar, painting by Marc Chagall
*Art Faces, Music: "Habanera" from Carmen Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet
Busy Bees, with music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, painting by Jackson Pollock
City Streets, with music by Count Basie, painting by Piet Mondrian
The Sculpture Garden, with music by Scott Joplin
The Starry Night, with music by Claude Debussy, painting by Vincent van Gogh
Baby paints with music by Frédéric Chopin – no title
The Dance Show
Open Music "Piano Concerto No. 1" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (performed by Philharmonic Slavonica)
Waltz of the Flowers Dance inspired by George Balanchine Music "Waltz of the Flowers" from "The Nutcracker" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dancing Sheep to Sheep, featuring Cheek to Cheek
Music Irving Berlin performed by The Boston Pops
Barn Dance
Dance inspired by the "Dance of the Little Swans"
from "Swan Lake" Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (London Festival Orchestra)
Mambo
Music "Mambo No. 5" (Original 1940's recording) performed by Pérez Prado
The Swan
Dance inspired by Anna Pavlova
Music "Le Cygne" from "Le carnaval des animaux" Camille Saint-Saëns
The Rectangles
Dance inspired by Jerome Robbins
Music "Prologue" from "West Side Story" Leonard Bernstein
The Scarecrow
Dance inspired by Martha Graham
Music Aaron Copland
Tap Dance
Dance inspired by the Nicholas Brothers
Music "I Got Rhythm" George and Ira Gershwin
Sleepy Lion
Music "Mbube" performed by Miriam Makeba & the C. Mitchell Trio
Dancers
dance inspired by Pilobolus
Music Erik Satie
The Hippo Dance
Music "Rum Sugar Cherry" by Duke Ellington
Dancin' in the Rain
The Poetry Show
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams
Grassy Grass Grass by Woody Guthrie
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
Sonnet XVIII by William Shakespeare
Mariposa (Butterfly) by Federico García Lorca
This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams
Skylark by Johnny Mercer
April Rain Song by Langston Hughes
A Very Valentine by Gertrude Stein
Who Has Seen the Wind? by Christina Rossetti
How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
