Decca Classics announces the release of Carnival, a very special collaboration between Academy Award-winning actor Olivia Colman, children’s author Michael Morpurgo and the seven “extraordinarily talented” (Classic FM) Kanneh-Mason siblings – Isata, Braimah, Sheku, Konya, Jeneba, Aminata and Mariatu. The brand-new Kanneh-Mason album, their first as a family, will be released on 6th November 2020.
Recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios, the release includes new poems written by War Horse author Morpurgo to accompany French composer Saint-Saëns’ beloved musical suite ‘Carnival of the Animals’. The poems are read by the author himself, joined by The Favourite actor Colman, and guest musicians complete the ensemble for the suite.
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- 1. Preamble
- 2. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
- 3. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
- 4. Hens and Roosters
- 5. Hens and Roosters
- 6. Wild Donkeys, Swift Animals (or Make What You Like of Tha
- 7. Wild Donkeys, Swift Animals
- 8. Tortoises
- 9. Tortoises
- 10. The Elephant
- 11. The Elephant
- 12. Kangaroos
- 13. Kangaroos
- 14. Aquarium (or I Have a Friend)
- 15. Aquarium
- 16. Characters With Long Ears
- 17. Characters With Long Ears
- 18. The Cuckoo In the Depths of the Woods
- 19. The Cuckoo In the Depths of the Woods
- 20. Aviary
- 21. Aviary
- 22. Pianists (or Who Sings Best In the Bath)
- 23. Pianists
- 24. Fossils (or Doing the Brontosaurus)
- 25. Fossils
- 26. The Swan
- 27. The Swan
- 28. Finale
- 29. Finale
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- 1. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
- 2. Every Year At Christmas...
- 3. Maypole Dance
- 4. To My Little Granddaughter Mia...
- 5. Mosquito Dance
- 6. I Sat There Watching You...
- 7. Little Bird
- 8. Just To See You Digging There...
- 9. Flight of the Bumblebee
- 10. If I Have Learnt One Thing...
- 11. Sea Murmurs
- 12. I Wish For You a World Where the Elephant and the Lion..
- 13. Maypole Dance (Reprise)
- 14. When the Reading is Over
- 15. The Seal Lullaby
- 16. Redemption Song
180GR. / MICHAEL MORPURGO/OLIVIA COLMAN