Since you are interested in Prokofiev: Cinderella / Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Children's Classics), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
THE HAPPY PRINCE
The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and other stories Anton Lesser, narrator [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
1001 Nights: Sinbad the Sailor and other stories Bernard Cribbins (narrator) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Enrique Batiz [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "...It's an exciting performance, and Batiz elicits a good bit of fire from the Philharmonia. For this re-issue... Naxos has grafted on Mr Cribbins's reading of four episodes from the Tales of the Arabian Nights. While very well read and entertaining... |
VARIOUS AUTHORS
Classic Comic Verse by Lewis Carroll, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Edward Lear, W.S. Gilbert and others John Moffatt, David Timson, Cathy Sara, Roger May (readers) [ Naxos Audio Books / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Here are the favorites from Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Hood, Hillaire Belloc, W.S. Gilbert, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, John Keats, C.S. Calverley- all the way through to the masterly pen of our age, John Betjeman. And... |
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Hobbit [The Original BBC Radio Drama] {nearly four hours on one MP3 CD) Radio Dramatisation [ BBC Radio Collection / CD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] Tolkien's famous saga, the prelude to the Lord of the Rings, has all the ingredients of fantasy and adventure: dwarves, elves, goblins and trolls, a fearsome dragon, a great wizard, a perilous quest and a dramatic climax. At the centre is the... |