1 Milton Cross explains
THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA
To children of all ages

Side one: STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
Violin: Paul Gershman / Viola: George Brown / Violoncello: Harvey Shapiro / Double Bass: Julius Levine / Harp: Edward Vito
MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Excerpt)
Side two: WOODWINDS
Flute, Piccolo: Arthur Lora / Clarinet, Bass Clarinet: Vincent J. Abato / Oboe, English Horn: Leonard Arner / Bassoon, Contra-Bassoon: Harold Goltzer
BERLIOZ: Minuet of the Will-o-the-Wisps (Excerpt)
Side three: BRASS & PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Trumpet: Raymond Crisara / Trombone: Neal Di Biase / French Horn: Boris Rybka / Bass Tuba: Herbert Wekselblatt / Percussion: Morris Goldenberg / Celeste: Joseph Kahn
Side four: QUIZ-GAME
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol (Excerpt)

Learn for Pleasure - Children's cultural activities
Set of two 10" records
Narrated by MILTON CROSS
Written by ERNEST LAPRADE
Ottenheimer Publishers / Cabot CAB 4021  1958

See also the review, written by Bernie Hodes (in "The Billboard" February 23, 1959) at the bottom of this page.
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2 Milton Cross explains
THE MAGIC OF MUSIC
To children of all ages

Side one: MUSIC OF FAIRYLAND
MENDELSOHN: Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'
BERLIOZ: 'Waltz of the Sylphs'
TCHAIKOVSKY: From 'The Nutcracker Suite'
Side two: PICTURES IN MUSIC
BORODIN: 'In the steppes of Central Asia'
ROSSINI: 'Overture to William Tell'
GRIEG: Morning Mood from 'Peer Gynt'
Side three: MUSICAL BIRDS AND BEASTS
MENDELSSOHN: 'Clown Dance'
BEETHOVEN: Andante from 'Pastoral Symphony'
WAGNER: 'Rides of the Valkyries'
Side four: MUSICAL FUN
HAYDN: Andante 'Surprise Symphony'
STRAUSS: 'Perpetual Motion'
QUIZ-GAME

Learn for Pleasure - Children's cultural activities
Set of two 10" records
Narrated by MILTON CROSS
Written by ERNEST LAPRADE
Ottenheimer Publishers / Cabot CAB 4022  1958
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3 A Midsummer night's dream
"Adapted for children from shakespeare's immortal play"
With music by Mendelssohn

Norman Rose, Sally Sweetland, Percy Dove and M. Mullen
Children's Record Guild CRG 205  early sixties?
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4 Aladdin
"The story of his magic lamp"
Set to the Music of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade

Earl Rogers, Geraldine Beitzel, J. Alden Edkins, R. Leonard Stokes & Eugene Lowell
Children's Record Guild CRG 207  early sixties?
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5 Peter and the Wolf
With music by PROKOVIEF
music story ("produced by Roy Freeman")
Narrator: Reginald Carol
Cricket Records C4  1953?
Illustration: E von Hartmann
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6 Peter and the wolf

music by Serge Prokofieff
narrated by Sterling Holloway
Disneyland series / His Masters Voice 7EG 8824  late fifties?
Illustration: Disney Studios
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7 Peter and the wolf
Story with music by Serge Prokofiev
unknown narrator
Close 'n play records 08611  1973
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8 Peter and the wolf
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6
Story with music by Serge Prokofieff
Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Narrator: Richard Hale
His Masters Voice DB 3900/3901/3902  Early fifies?
set of three records 30 cm | 78 RPM
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9 Hansel and Gretel
Brother come and dance with me | When at night I go to sleep
with music from the opera by Humperdick
Marni Nixon, Sally Sweetland & Kathleen de Spain
Disneyland Little Gem record LG 805  1964
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10 Carnaval des Animaux
Introduction | Royal march of the lions | Cocks and hens | Wild jackass | Turtles | Elephants | Kangaroos | The Aquarium | The mules | The cuckoo in the woods | The birds | The pianists | The fossils | The Swan | Grand Finale
Music by C. Saint-Saëns with new verses by Ogden Nash
Narrator: Noel Coward / Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra
Philips N 02602 R  late 50's?

listen audio fragment  
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11 Swan Lake
The story of the ballet with music of Tchaikovsky
Narrated by Moira Shearer
Other characters by Hermione Harvey, Richard Waring & Margaret Buchan.
With ochestra conducted by John Hollingsworth
HMV Junior Record Club 7EG 112 
1960
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12 The Sleeping Beauty
With music of Tchaikovsky
Narrated by Moira Shearer
Play: Manning Wilson, Lally Bowers and Susan Denny
H.M.V. Junior Record Club 7EG 123  1961
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13 Carnival of the animals
Ballet (Music by Saint-Saens)
Script by Margaret Harmsworth / Narration by (prima ballerina) Irina Baronova
H.M.V. Junior Record Club 7EG 134  1963
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14 Peter and the Wolf
An orchestral fairy tale for Children
Opus 67 by Serge Prokofiev
Narrator: Richard Attenborough
Philharmonia of Hamburg conducted by Hans-Jurgen Walter

World Record Club SC28
sixties?

25 cm LP / 10" LP
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