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Some Recordings of Music for Children


Among the recordings included here are some of the greatest albums for children to play when they learn piano and also some music about children rather than for children. Play your children at least some of these recordings before they start lessons so that they know more about how fantastic and beautiful graded music can be without having their friends' performances as the only point of reference. Follow the titles of the pieces so that the music can be connected to the stories in it.


Recordings of Piano Music for Children


Johann Sebastian Bach


J S Bach Notenbüchlein Anna Magdalena Bach



J S Bach 6 Little Preludes
Carl Seeman



J S Bach 12 Little Preludes
Halida Dinova



J S Bach 12 Little Preludes
Tatiana Nikolayeva



Walter Gieseking, piano (1950)



Bela Bartok


Bartok For Children
Géza Anda, piano



Sergei Bortkiewicz


Bortkiewicz Marionettes



Claude Debussy


Children's Corner
Alfred Cortot, Marcel L'Herbier, 1936



Edvard Grieg


Lyric Pieces Book I, Op. 12 - No. 1 Arietta
Emil Gilels



Sergey Prokoviev


Prokoviev Music for Children




Robert Schumann


Paul Badura-Skoda plays Schumann "Album für die Jugend" Op. 68



Pyotr Tchaikovsky


Tchaikovsky Album for the Young Op. 39




Recordings of Orchestral and Other Music for Children


Leonard Bernstein


The Sound of an Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
Leonard Bernstein, conductor




Benjamin Britten


The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, conductor




Sergey Prokofiev


Peter and the Wolf / Петя и волк (1950s)
Boris Karloff, narrator
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Mario Rossi, conductor




Carl Reinecke


Kinder-Sinfonie (Toy Symphony), C Major, Op. 239
Kapp Sinfonietta
Emanuel Vardi, conductor








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