Classic Kids
Classic Kids is a compilation album of classical music compiled by Stephen McGhee. It was released in 1992 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was subtitled A Fun Way for Children to Enjoy the Classics. Whilst sometimes credited to ABC Symphony Orchestra, it was recorded by various Australian orchestras, conductors and soloists. A 68-page teachers guide was available with the album. The album won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1993.
Track listing
William Tell overture1. Finale
Nutcracker
2. March
3. Trepak
4. Flight of the bumble bee
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
5. Mrs Kookaburra
6. Perpetum mobile
7. Seven little Australians
8. The Washington Post
9. Dance of the toy flutes
Carnival of the animals
10. The swan
11. The elephant
Eight Russian folk songs
12. I danced with a mosquito
Comedians
13. Gallop
The nutcracker
14. Dance of the sugar plum fairy
Nursery suite
15. The merry doll
16. Shepherd's hey
Ballet suite no. 1
17. Dance
Romeo & Juliet
18. The street awakens
19. Radetsky march
20. Show people
Personnel
Orchestras- Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Queensland Symphony Orchestra
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra
- Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- West Australian Symphony Orchestra
- Werner Andreas Albert
- Myer Fredman
- Peter Grunberg
- John Hopkins
- Richard Mills
- Roland Peelman
- Vladimir Ponkin
- Shalom Ronly-Riklis
- Albert Rosen
- Bruce Smeaton
- Anthony Baldwin
- David Bollard
- David Pereira
- Walter Sutcliffe