Babar the Elephant by Francis Poulenc
and the Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel

French composers Maurice Ravel and Franics Poulenc sat down next to young people at the piano and improvised their favorite stories through music. Fortunately, these composers were persuaded to write down and orchestrate these stories so they could be enjoyed by many generations of children.

1. Babar The Elephant, melodrama for narrator & piano (or orchestra), Narrated by Meryl Streep.

Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Joann Falletta

Mother Goose Suite, for piano, four hands performed by Renee Golabek, Mona Golabek

2.Sleeping Beauty
3. Tom Thumb
4. Empress of the Pagodas
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. The Fairy Garden

Mother Goose Suite: Orchestral Version, for orchestra Performed by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Joann Falletta

7. Sleeping Beauty
8. Tom Thumb
9. Empress of the Pagodas
10. Beauty and the Beast
11. The Fairy Garden