Beethoven's Wig 3: Many More Sing-Along Symphonies
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Performer: Beethoven's WigEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-02
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Bull in a China Shop
- Chap in a Cap
- Play My Song
- A Manly Man
- Whistling Happily
- Where Oh Where
- Silver Winds
- They're There
- Here Lies Homer Jones
- How to Succeed as Royalty
- King Henry
- Sawdust
- Ramona
- When the Angels Play
- Anybody In There?
- Take Me to Your Leader
- Toreador Song from Carmen
- Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
- Work for Mandolin WoO 44a
- Elephant from Carnival of the Animals
- William Tell Overture
- Funeral March of a Marionette
- Dance of the Reed Flutes from The Nutcracker Suite
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Fossils from Carnival of the Animals
- The Trophy from 4th Book of Harpsichord Pieces
- Recorder Concerto in C major
- Gavotte from Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
- Minuet & Trio from Concerto in D Major
- Harp Concerto in Bb
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
- Also Sprach Zarathustra
Music reviews of Beethoven's Wig 3: Many More Sing-Along Symphonies
Music Review: Much Too Abbreviated
Rating: 1 Stars
We had been enjoying Beethoven's Wig, Volumes 1 & 2, and so when I saw Volume 3, I ordered it for my son. While volumes 1 & 2 were clever, funny, & some songs even educational, we found that volume 3 lacked in those regards. It seemed that many of the songs are less than a minute in length. Not enough time to really get a developed musical theme in your mind. We did only hear it once, so we may find more about it that we like in the future, but it didn't leave us wanting to hear it again like the first 2 volumes.
Description of Beethoven's Wig 3: Many More Sing-Along Symphonies
This CD is a Grammy Award nominee and winner of 40 national awards for the series, Beethoven's Wig. Beethoven's Wig celebrates the instruments! With more zany lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music, these Sing Along Symphonies feature a variety of different instruments from the familiar to the fascinating. The instrument performance of each piece is also included without lyrics. A fun foundation for classical music that will last a lifetime. Includes songs such as Bull in a China Shop (Cornet: Toreador Song from Carmen), Chap in a Cap (French Horn: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major), and Whistling Happily (English Horn and Flute: William Tell Overture).Outside of Kidz Bop and Disneymania!, you won't find a lot of kids' series racking up the kind of sales that merit three installment, which is why the creators of Beethoven's Wig ought to step out of the orchestra pit and take a bow. Not only have they made it to No. 3, they've done it with a concept that veers sharply and unswervingly into educational territory. From the toot of the first cornet to the timpani's final thump, not a tired note has surfaced yet. For newcomers, here's a primer: Head wig-flipper Richard Perlmutter leads a respectable-sounding ensemble of singers and musicians in the loopy lyricizing of classic symphonic pieces. Everything from Handel to Rossini gets the word treatment. Instead of random witticisms, though, the lyrics he ascribes are meant to impart something memorable about the music. Thus, Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 is wedded to a charming ditty called "Chap in a Cap" and Bizet's "Toreador" song from Carmen comes to life with images of a bull in a China shop. Where Beethoven's Wig 3 differs from the others is in its focus on individual instruments--clarinets, mandolins, bassoons and basses all get the Wig equivalent of a shout-out. Otherwise, it's a return to form: Liner notes crammed not only with lyrics, but with fun questions and answers (How many fingers do harpists use when they play? Eight), a second half devoted to unsullied versions of the sung symphonies, and blasts of familiar sound leeched of stuffiness. Cue it up for anybody under 12 and keep your fingers crossed. With any luck, Perlmutter and company will come through with a fourth volume. --Tammy La Gorce
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- Styles > Classical > Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B )
- Beethoven, Ludwig van
- Bolcom, William
- ( C ) > Couperin, Fran?ois
- ( G ) > Gounod, Charles
- ( H ) > Haydn, Michael
- ( M ) > Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
- ( R ) > Rossini, Gioacchino
- ( S ) > Saint-Sa?ns, Camille
- Strauss, Richard
- ( T ) > Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich > All Works by Tchaikovsky
- Telemann, Georg Philipp
- Forms & Genres > Concertos > General
- Short Forms > Character Pieces
- Suites
- Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Tone Poems
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > Composers > Telemann, Georg Philipp
- General
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- Languages > French
- Instruments > Brass > French Horn
- Trombone
- Keyboard > General
- Organ
- Reeds & Winds > Recorder
- Strings > Cello
- Harp
- Mandolin
- General
- Chamber Music > General
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- Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > Novelty Music
- Bach, Johann Sebastian - Works by J.S. Bach
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Works by Beethoven
- Gounod, Charles - Works by Gounod
- Haydn, Michael - Works by Michael Haydn
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( C ) - Couperin, Fran?ois - General
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