Name: Carnival
Brand: The Kanneh-Masons

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4851156

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-11-06

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0028948511563

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

4851158

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Extended format: Yes

Hardback book + CD

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2021-05-14

0028948511587

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1 / CD / Extended format: Yes / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Kanneh-Masons

Genre GB

Classical

Label GB

Decca Classics

Decca Classics with Carnival, a very special collaboration between Olivia Colman, children’s author Michael Morpurgo and the seven “extraordinarily talented” (Classic FM) Kanneh-Mason siblings – Isata, Braimah, Sheku, Konya, Jeneba, Aminata and Mariatu. The brand-new Kanneh-Mason album, their first as a family, was recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios; the release includes new poems written by War Horse author Morpurgo to accompany French composer Saint-Saëns’ beloved musical suite ‘Carnival of the Animals’. The poems are read by the author himself, joined by The Favourite actor Colman, and guest musicians complete the ensemble for the suite. 

On working with the Kanneh-Masons, Morpurgo says, “These young people are remarkable, not because they are young, not because they are the seven siblings from one family, but simply because they make magnificent music together, and it is evident they love doing it. Hear them and you know it. See them and you know it.” Along with Colman’s readings interposing the humorous suite ‘Carnival of the Animals’, which represents different animals through descriptive musical motifs, the recording features Morpurgo’s heart-warming Grandpa Christmas story, set to music for the first time with classic tracks including ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’, ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ and ‘Sea Murmurs’.

Carnival

Music GB