The Classic FM Family Music Box is available on Amazon now!
19 March 2020, 14:10
Hear iconic music from the great composers with our new interactive book, The Classic FM Family Music Box.
The Classic FM Music Box is the perfect introduction to the world of classical music.
Co-authored by Classic FM’s More Music Breakfast presenter, Tim Lihoreau, and Managing Editor, Sam Jackson, the book features beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and eight sound-chip buttons that play short bursts of iconic pieces of music.
The pages bring to life some of the greatest composers throughout history, and the book is perfect for young people, families and those new to classical music – or those looking to discover more – looking to immerse themselves in the greatest music ever written.
Click here to order your copy now on Amazon, and listen to excerpts from the music featured below.
Tallis Spem In Alium
Byrd – Ave verum corpus
Bach Air on the G String
George Frideric Handel – Water Music
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Beethoven Für Elise
Mozart – Queen of the Night aria 'Der Hölle Rache' (The Magic Flute)
Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik (I. Allegro)
Mozart Marriage of Figaro
Rossini William Tell Overture
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto (I. Allegro)
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 (II. Adagio Sostenuto)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
Giuseppe Verdi – La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 4
Radetzky March – Johann Strauss Sr
Strauss The Blue Danube
Georges Bizet – Carmen 'Overture'
Elgar Enigma Variations
Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1 in D major
See the full track listing below:
1. Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium
2. William Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus
3. Johann Sebastian Bach: Air on the G String
4. George Frideric Handel: Water Music
5. Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
6. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
7. Ludwig van Beethoven: Für Elise
8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute
9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
11. Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
12. Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
13. Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
14. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
15. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
16. Giuseppe Verdi: La donna è mobile
17. Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
18. The Strauss Family: Radetzky March
19. The Strauss Family: By the Beautiful Blue Danube
20. Georges Bizet: Carmen
21. Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations: Variations on an Original Theme
22. Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance