Heigh Ho! Mozart
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Composer or Director: Sammy Fain, Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Leigh Harline, Frank E. Churchill, Al Hoffman, Alan Menken, Elton John, Jean-Jacques Perry
Label: Delos
Magazine Review Date: 12/1995
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CS3186
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Pocahontas |
Alan Menken, Composer
Alan Menken, Composer Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Movement: Heigh-Ho |
Frank E. Churchill, Composer
Eugenia Zukerman, Flute Frank E. Churchill, Composer Shanghai Quartet |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Movement: With a Smile and a Song |
Frank E. Churchill, Composer
Carol Rosenberger, Piano Frank E. Churchill, Composer |
| Beauty and the Beast, Movement: Beauty and the Beast |
Alan Menken, Composer
Alan Menken, Composer Carol Rosenberger, Piano Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra |
| Peter Pan, Movement: Second Star to the Right |
Sammy Fain, Composer
Dennis Keene, Conductor Sammy Fain, Composer Voices of Ascension |
| (The) Little Mermaid, Movement: Under the Sea |
Alan Menken, Composer
Alan Menken, Composer Millar Brass Ensemble Vincent Cichowicz, Conductor |
| (The) Jungle Book, Movement: I Wanna Be Like You |
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer |
| (The) Lion King, Movement: Can You Feel the Love Tonight |
Elton John, Composer
Donald Fraser, Conductor Elton John, Composer English Chamber Orchestra Paul Barritt, Violin |
| (The) Three Little Pigs |
Frank E. Churchill, Composer
Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Frank E. Churchill, Composer |
| Cinderella, Movement: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes |
Al Hoffman, Composer
Al Hoffman, Composer Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra |
| Main Street Electrical Parade: Baroque Hoedown |
Jean-Jacques Perry, Composer
Jean-Jacques Perry, Composer Los Angeles Guitar Quartet |
| Mary Poppins, Movement: Feed the Birds |
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer Shanghai Quartet |
| Bambi, Movement: Little April Shower |
Frank E. Churchill, Composer
Anthony Newman, Harpsichord Frank E. Churchill, Composer |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day |
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer
Eugenia Zukerman, Flute Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer Shanghai Quartet |
| Aladdin, Movement: Prince Ali (Lyrics Howard Ashman) |
Alan Menken, Composer
Alan Menken, Composer Millar Brass Ensemble Vincent Cichowicz, Conductor |
| Pinocchio, Movement: When You Wish Upon a Star |
Leigh Harline, Composer
Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Leigh Harline, Composer |
Composer or Director: Sammy Fain, Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Leigh Harline, Frank E. Churchill, Al Hoffman, Alan Menken, Elton John, Jean-Jacques Perry
Label: Delos
Magazine Review Date: 12/1995
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 56
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: DE3186
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Pocahontas |
Alan Menken, Composer
Alan Menken, Composer Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Movement: Heigh-Ho |
Frank E. Churchill, Composer
Eugenia Zukerman, Flute Frank E. Churchill, Composer Shanghai Quartet |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Movement: With a Smile and a Song |
Frank E. Churchill, Composer
Carol Rosenberger, Piano Frank E. Churchill, Composer |
| Beauty and the Beast, Movement: Beauty and the Beast |
Alan Menken, Composer
Alan Menken, Composer Carol Rosenberger, Piano Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra |
| Peter Pan, Movement: Second Star to the Right |
Sammy Fain, Composer
Dennis Keene, Conductor Sammy Fain, Composer Voices of Ascension |
| (The) Little Mermaid, Movement: Under the Sea |
Alan Menken, Composer
Alan Menken, Composer Millar Brass Ensemble Vincent Cichowicz, Conductor |
| (The) Jungle Book, Movement: I Wanna Be Like You |
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer |
| (The) Lion King, Movement: Can You Feel the Love Tonight |
Elton John, Composer
Donald Fraser, Conductor Elton John, Composer English Chamber Orchestra Paul Barritt, Violin |
| (The) Three Little Pigs |
Frank E. Churchill, Composer
Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Frank E. Churchill, Composer |
| Cinderella, Movement: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes |
Al Hoffman, Composer
Al Hoffman, Composer Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra |
| Main Street Electrical Parade: Baroque Hoedown |
Jean-Jacques Perry, Composer
Jean-Jacques Perry, Composer Los Angeles Guitar Quartet |
| Mary Poppins, Movement: Feed the Birds |
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer Shanghai Quartet |
| Bambi, Movement: Little April Shower |
Frank E. Churchill, Composer
Anthony Newman, Harpsichord Frank E. Churchill, Composer |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day |
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer
Eugenia Zukerman, Flute Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, Composer Shanghai Quartet |
| Aladdin, Movement: Prince Ali (Lyrics Howard Ashman) |
Alan Menken, Composer
Alan Menken, Composer Millar Brass Ensemble Vincent Cichowicz, Conductor |
| Pinocchio, Movement: When You Wish Upon a Star |
Leigh Harline, Composer
Donald Fraser, Conductor English Chamber Orchestra Leigh Harline, Composer |
Author:
After Ponchielli chasing hippos, Dukas pursuing a dare-devil apprentice, Mussorgsky fraternizing with a bunch of demons and Bach thundering down an open grave, it's again time for the 'greats of yore' to revisit Walt Disney – not via the screen, but by clowning around with some Disney tunes. Kids will know most of them (although this kid didn't) and the arrangements themselves – by Donald Fraser – range between the ingenious (Brahms ruminating over Mary Poppins, quartet-style) and the frankly obscure (''A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes'' and very far from the stated Grieg model).
Fraser employs a wide range of instrumental timbres: ''Heigh-Ho'', for example, finds Mozart in 'flute quartet' mode, while ''Colours of the Wind'' has Dvorak sorting among clippings from the New World Symphony but unable to focus his true style. ''Second Star to the Right'' makes a passable shot at sounding like Tallis (it's quite delightful even in its own right), although ''I Wanna Be Like You'' is more a generalized Latin-American than specifically Heitor Villa-Lobos. ''With a Smile and a Song'', ''Under the Sea'', ''Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?'' and ''When You Wish Upon a Star'' (can I really be writing this forGramophone?) pay fairly conventional homage to Chopin, Scott Joplin, Johann Strauss and Richard Strauss respectively; ''Little April Shower'' recalls a certain Handelian Harmonious Blacksmith and ''Main Street Electrical Parade'' follows Vivaldi among two guitars. ''Can You Feel the Love Tonight?'' seems to fall midway between Tchaikovsky's Fourth Suite and Fourth Symphony – but had Aladdin's Prince Ali (all brass and percussion) not included pertinent references to Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, I doubt that I would have guessed the Bartokian connection. Ali's entrance sounds more like Fafner's, but I suppose it all adds to the fun. Fraser's arrangements work best where a tune's profile fits the style of its adopted composer, as in Johann Strauss and Joplin. Prokofiev's ''Winnie the Pooh'', however, seems to fall way off target – at least to these ears.
With good recording, fairly good playing (albeit with a somewhat limp-sounding ECO) and useful, 'young people's' annotation, this CD will make for a pleasant party-time diversion. As to bothering with it after Christmas, that's another matter. I suspect that by then, the jokes will have worn rather thin.
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Fraser employs a wide range of instrumental timbres: ''Heigh-Ho'', for example, finds Mozart in 'flute quartet' mode, while ''Colours of the Wind'' has Dvorak sorting among clippings from the New World Symphony but unable to focus his true style. ''Second Star to the Right'' makes a passable shot at sounding like Tallis (it's quite delightful even in its own right), although ''I Wanna Be Like You'' is more a generalized Latin-American than specifically Heitor Villa-Lobos. ''With a Smile and a Song'', ''Under the Sea'', ''Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?'' and ''When You Wish Upon a Star'' (can I really be writing this for
With good recording, fairly good playing (albeit with a somewhat limp-sounding ECO) and useful, 'young people's' annotation, this CD will make for a pleasant party-time diversion. As to bothering with it after Christmas, that's another matter. I suspect that by then, the jokes will have worn rather thin.
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Heigh Ho! Mozart
Heigh Ho! Mozart
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