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Maria Newman's Musical Stories: Volume 11
Artist: Maria Newman, Randy Newman, George Thatcher
Release: 1992
Label: Raptoria Caam
Purchase: Amazon Music
Listen: Preview Available on All Music
Maria Newman's Musical Stories: Volume II couples classic fairytales by master storyteller Oscar Wilde with Newman's original score to create an album full of love, longing, and the bittersweet taste of childlike hope.
The album features The Selfish Giant, for Narrator and Violin, based a short story of the same name by Oscar Wilde, from his 1888 short story collection, The Happy Prince & Other Tales. This story centers on a selfish, misanthropic Giant who builds a large wall around his beautiful garden, rather than share it with the children of the town. The seven movement piece features the narration of Oscar-winning composer, singer, and songwriter Randy Newman in collaboration with Maria Newman on the violin.
Also featured on the album is The Nightingale and the Rose, for Narrator and Violin. This heartbreaking story, also from The Happy Prince & Other Tales, tells of a beautiful Nightingale and her quest to help a young Student woo his true love. This eleven movement piece features narration by actor George Thatcher in collaboration with Ms. Newman on the violin.
To read The Happy Prince & Other Tales, visit Project Gutenberg.
For more information on Randy Newman, visit www.randynewman.com
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Works On This Album
The Selfish Giant
for Narration and Violin
The Garden
The Selfish Giant
The Spring
The Garden Wall
The Tiny Boy and the Tree
Old and Feeble
Wounds of Love
Maria Newman & Randy Newman
Maria Newman & Randy Newman
Maria Newman & Randy Newman
Maria Newman & Randy Newman
Maria Newman & Randy Newman
Maria Newman & Randy Newman
Maria Newman & Randy Newman
01:37
02:27
03:46
03:19
04:50
01:50
03:52
The Nightingale & The Rose
for Narration & Violin
Overture
The Nightingale & The Boy
The Mystery of Love
From Tree to Tree
Intermezzo
Song to the Oak Tree
The Birth of the Rose
A Delicate Shade of Pink
The Love that is Perfected by Death
One Last Burst of Music
Epilogue
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
Maria Newman & George Thatcher
01:29
04:53
03:46
04:47
02:09
04:00
02:37
01:32
02:22
03:26
02:48
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