Kanneh-Masons Michael Morpurgo | Carnival Of The Animals | CD

The Kanneh-Masons are a musical family, and this album also features Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, and the Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman. Members of the family perform on the recording with guest musicians, and Morpurgo and Colman narrate it.

Carnival Of The Animals is a one disc album on Decca, released in 2020. It pairs Camille Saint-Saëns's suite The Carnival of the Animals with new poems by Michael Morpurgo, narrated by Morpurgo and Olivia Colman. Jonathan Allen is credited as recording producer, and Dominic Fyfe as executive producer.

Track List

1. Preamble
2. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
3. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
4. Hens and Roosters
5. Hens and Roosters
6. Wild Donkeys, Swift Animals (Or Make What You Like of That)
7. Wild Donkeys, Swift Animals
8. Tortoises
9. Tortoises
10. The Elephant
11. The Elephant
12. Kangaroos
13. Kangaroos
14. Aquarium (Or I Have a Friend)
15. Aquarium
16. Characters With Long Ears
17. Characters With Long Ears
18. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
19. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
20. Aviary
21. Aviary
22. Pianists (Or Who Sings Best in the Bath)
23. Pianists
24. Fossils (Or Doing the Brontosaurus)
25. Fossils
26. The Swan
27. The Swan
28. Finale
29. Finale
30. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
31. Every Year at Christmas...
32. Maypole Dance
33. To My Little Granddaughter Mia...
34. Mosquito Dance
35. I Sat There Watching You...
36. Little Bird
37. Just to See You Digging There...
38. Flight of the Bumblebee
39. If I Have Learnt One Thing...
40. Sea Murmurs
41. I Wish for You a World Where the Elephant and the Lion...
42. Maypole Dance (Reprise)
43. When the Reading Is Over
44. The Seal Lullaby
45. Redemption Song