The Little Prince
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Catalog: Music, Priced: 25, Sale:25 Used:16, 3rd Party Price:14, Hobbie Price:
Sales Rank:131626
UPC:827969392423; MPN:93924
Sales Rank:131626
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The Little Prince Tracks: 
Here's My Secret If We Don't Find A Well It Is The Place Look At The Stars On My Planet Sunsets The Baobabs The Businessman The Cranes Are Flying The Drunkard The Fox The Hunters The King The Lamplighter The Little Prince Song The Pilot The Pilot Meets The Prince The Prince's Planet The Rose The Rose Garden The Snake The Snake Returns The Stars The Taming The Time Has Come The Vain Man The Walk To The Well The Well We Light Our Lamps
Album Details:
This may not be the most sophisticated opera undertaking of the decade, but it's one of the loveliest. There are precious few operas which really appeal to children--I've never seen a child sit through Hansel and Gretel without fidgeting--but this one is magical. Composer Rachel Portman is well-known and respected as a composer for film; she has among her credits The Cider House Rules, The Human Stain, Chocolat, not to mention Emma (1996), for which she won an Oscar. Antoine de Saint-Exupery's novella Le Petit Prince is a sentimental favorite of millions, and it's easy to explain why: the combination of poignancy and perception, and the wistfully sad relationship between the Prince from another planet and the downed pilot, which ends in a transcendent acceptance of death, is exquisite once the refusal to believe is eliminated. If you meet the work half way, you're absorbed entirely. Portman's music, and this performance, will bring you right into the vividly colored dream in an entirely accessible idiom. It would be easy but fruitless to condescend to this work. It's just so pretty, and the performances so fine, that all criticism falls by the wayside. Treble Joseph McManners is an ideal Prince; he never makes you sick with cuteness. Baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes is always believable in the role of the Pilot--and this is not an easy, throwaway part. The familiar Leslie Garrett, Tom Randle, and Willard White are on hand as soloists too, and former boy soprano Aled Jones makes a cameo. This is beautiful, charming music that complements the words. The more one hears the music itself, the more unselfconsciously enchanting it becomes. Drop your pre-conceptions and enjoy. --Robert Levine
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Rachel Portman David Charles Abell Boyd Rodgers BBC Concert Orchestra Andrew Bullmore Alys Roberts Alok Prasad Alice Gimblett Aled Jones Adam Field-Wright
We Light Our Lamps The Well The Walk To The Well The Vain Man The Time Has Come The Taming The Stars The Snake Returns The Snake The Rose Garden The Rose The Prince's Planet The Pilot Meets The Prince The Pilot The Little Prince Song The Lamplighter The King The Hunters The Fox The Drunkard The Cranes Are Flying The Businessman The Baobabs Sunsets On My Planet Look At The Stars It Is The Place If We Don't Find A Well Here's My Secret The Little Prince Music Lyrics, Music, Reviews and Ratings Sony
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