Little Creatures An Introduction to Classical Music

This book pairs five centuries of music history with stunning illustrations of fascinating little creatures—insects, arachnids, and amphibians; wasps, butterflies, frogs, and snakes. A glossary of musical terms and a short biography of each composer are included along with a CD (plus a unique code for the digital download) of recordings performed by the likes of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Liverpool Philharmonic, and the Nashville Symphony.

Ana Gerhard studied as a concert pianist at the Mexican National Conservatory. Mauricio Gómez Morín has created several award-winning picture books and was the official spokesperson for the 36th International Children’s and Youth Book Fair in Mexico City.

Track Listing of CD (Duration approx 30 minutes)   1. Flight of the Bumblebee / The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Nicolai Rimsky-Kórsakov) CSR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF BRATISLAVA 2. He ppake the word, and there came all manner of flies… / Israel in Egypt. (Georg Friedrich Händel) ARADIA ENSEMBLE 3. From the Diary of a Fly / Microkosmos 6. (Béla Bartók). LAJOS KERTESZ (PIANO) 4. Overture / The Wasps (Ralph Vaughan Williams) LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC 5. The Night’s Music / Out of Doors (Béla Bartók) JENO JANDó (PIANO) 6. Music of Insects / The Child and the Spells (Maurice Ravel) NASHVILLE SYMPHONY 7. Violin concerto « The Frogs » (Georg Philipp Telemann) L’ORFEO BAROQUE ORCHESTRA 8. The Wandering Tadpole (Silvestre Revueltas). SIMóN BOLÍVAR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 9. String quartet Op. 50, n° 6 “The Frog” (Franz Joseph Haydn) KODÁLY QUARTET 10. The Cricket (Josquin Desprez) CAPILLA FLAMENCA 11. Parade of the Grasshoppers / Music for Children Op. 65 (Sergéi Prokófiev) OLLI MUSTONEN (PIANO) 12. The Grasshopper / Two Insect Pieces (Benjamin Britten) HELEN JAHREN (OBOE) AND ELIZABETH WESTENHOLZ (PIANO) 13. The Song of the Flea / Goethe’s Faust (Ludwig van Beethoven) HERMANN PREY (BARÍTONE) 14. The Flea (Joseph de Boismortier) JACQUES WILLEMIJMS (CLAVECÍN) 15. Tarantella / Bardic Sounds (Johann Kaspar Mertz) ADAM HOLZMAN (GUITAR) 16. The Spider’s Web / The Spider’s Feast (Albert Roussel) ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA 17. Entrance of the Ants / The Spider’s Feast (Albert Roussel) ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA 18. The Butterflies (François Couperin) CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET (CLAVECiN) 19. Seven Butterflies, VI (Kaija Saariaho) ANSSI KARTTUNEN (CELLO) 20. SensemayÁ (Silvestre Revueltas) ORQUESTA DEL FESTIVAL DE MéXICO