Sweeney Todd & Dracula!

Sweeney Todd & Dracula! (Audio CD)
by Carey Blyton

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These two "Victorian melodramas" by Carey Blyton (1932-2002), nephew of the children’s writer Enid Blyton, were commissioned for children by the BBC. Both are written for narrator, unison voices, piano, and optional additional instruments, and are suitable for either school or professional performance. Carey Blyton earned three degrees in music from Trinity College, where he later taught composition. He also pioneered the first academic courses in composing for film, radio and television at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1972-1983). For several years he served as Benjamin Britten’s personal editor, and also edited many works by Gustav Holst. He has written several books for children, of which Bananas in Pyjamas is an English classic.

Product Details:

Audio CD Release Date:	June 13, 2006
Studio:	Meridian
Composer:	Carey Blyton
Conductor:	Edna Graham
Orchestra:	Redbridge Music School Instrumentalists
Number Of Discs:	1
Format:	Import
Average Customer Rating:	based on 1 reviews

Track Listing:

1.	'Curtain Up'
2.	Narrator
3.	Jonathan's Night Ride
4.	Jonathan's Night Ride
5.	Jonathan's Night Ride
6.	Jonathan's Night Ride
7.	Jonathan's Night Ride
8.	Jonathan's Night Ride
9.	Narrator
10.	Count Dracula's Czardas
11.	Count Dracula's Czardas
12.	Count Dracula's Czardas
13.	Count Dracula's Czardas
14.	Count Dracula's Czardas
15.	Narrator
16.	Mina's Song
17.	Mina's Song
18.	Mina's Song
19.	Narrator
20.	Ghost Ship
21.	Ghost Ship
22.	Ghost Ship
23.	Ghost Ship
24.	Ghost Ship
25.	Ghost Ship
26.	Ghost Ship
27.	Ghost Ship
28.	Narrator
29.	The Professor's Patter Song
30.	The Professor's Patter Song
31.	The Professor's Patter Song
32.	The Professor's Patter Song
33.	The Professor's Patter Song
34.	The Professor's Patter Song
35.	Narrator
36.	Renfield's Dining-room Ballad
37.	Renfield's Dining-room Ballad
38.	Renfield's Dining-room Ballad
39.	Renfield's Dining-room Ballad
40.	Renfield's Dining-room Ballad
41.	Renfield's Dining-room Ballad
42.	Narrator
43.	Finale: Quincey's Rag
44.	Finale: Quincey's Rag
45.	Finale: Quincey's Rag
46.	'Curtain Up'
47.	Narrator
48.	I'm Sweeney Todd the Barber
49.	I'm Sweeney Todd the Barber
50.	I'm Sweeney Todd the Barber
51.	I'm Sweeney Todd the Barber
52.	I'm Sweeney Todd the Barber
53.	I'm Sweeney Todd the Barber
54.	Narrator
55.	Today I Start My Working Life
56.	Today I Start My Working Life
57.	Today I Start My Working Life
58.	Today I Start My Working Life
59.	Today I Start My Working Life
60.	Today I Start My Working Life
61.	Narrator
62.	Oh, I'm a Jolly Sailor
63.	Oh, I'm a Jolly Sailor
64.	Oh, I'm a Jolly Sailor
65.	Narrator
66.	Mark, Mark, Where Are You Now?
67.	Mark, Mark, Where Are You Now?
68.	Mark, Mark, Where Are You Now?
69.	Mark, Mark, Where Are You Now?
70.	Narrator
71.	My Famous Pies Are Known To All
72.	My Famous Pies Are Known To All
73.	Narrator
74.	You're In My Power!
75.	You're In My Power!
76.	You're In My Power!
77.	You're In My Power!
78.	Narrator
79.	A Happy Ending To Our Tale - 'Envoi'
80.	A Happy Ending To Our Tale - 'Envoi'
81.	A Happy Ending To Our Tale - 'Envoi'

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Scary Enough For The Wee Ones Mar 20, 2008
By James S. Eisenberg
These are two charming pseudo-Victorian ballad operas for young people, although there are adult roles too. Both are for narrator, soloists, chorus and a small instrumental ensemble. The tunes are wonderful and the stories are handled in a way which gives full reign to the creepiness of the tales without resorting to gross outs. Blyton's seventeen minute "curtain raiser" take on Sweeney takes a similar plot curve to Sondheim's version, premiered two years earlier, minus the gore. (It is interesting that the historical Sweeney Todd was hanged in 1803 and committed most of his crimes in the 1790's, but the stage, film and television versions universally costume the work in various years of the Victorian Era. Blyton specifies 1840, and the recent film of the Sondheim seems to be costumed in the late 1860s or early 1870s.)
The Dracula piece, at twenty five minutes is a more substantial work, and very entertaining.Both works are much influenced by film and television.
The sound recording is very good, but one should note an extreme amount of tracking. This disc lasts forty three minutes and has eighty-one tracks !