Artist: BEETHOVEN'S WIG</br>Genre: Childrens</br>Product Type: Compact Disc</br>Release Date: 2-MAY-2006</br>Returns Accepted?: Yes</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Beethoven's Wig celebrates the instruments! With more zany lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music?? these new Sing Along Symphonies feature a variety of different instruments from the familiar to the fascinating. The instrumental performance of each piece is also included without lyrics. A fun foundation for classical music that will last a lifetime. Beethoven's Wig has become the classical music sensation for the whole family. This is the third CD in the wildly popular Beethoven's Wig series which has won a record number of national awards (30 thus far) including two Grammy?? Award nominations. The CD booklet includes lyrics?? trivia questions?? and activities.</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>Outside of <i>Kidz Bop</i> and <i>Disneymania!</i>?? you won't find a lot of kids' series racking up the kind of sales that merit three installment?? which is why the creators "eethoven's Wig</i> ought to step out of the orchestra pit and take a bow. Not only have they made it to No. 3?? they've done it with a concept that veers sharply and unswervingly into educational territory. From the toot of the first cornet to the timpani's final thump?? not a tired note has surfaced yet. For newcomers?? here's a primer: Head wig-flipper Richard Perlmutter leads a respectable-sounding ensemble of singers and musicians in the loopy lyricizing of classic symphonic pieces. Everything from Handel to Rossini gets the word treatment. Instead of random witticisms?? though?? the lyrics he ascribes are meant to impart something memorable about the music. Thus?? Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 is wedded to a charming ditty called "n a Cap" and Bizet's "Toreador" song from <i>Carmen</i> comes to