古典音乐与英语故事的完美结合。英语故事主要是介绍一些著名的音乐家的生平及作品，背景音乐都是他们相应的代表作。Susan Hammond，作为一个钢琴老师，两个孩子的母亲，她非常担心古典音乐未能及时地传播给的新的一代。她认为孩子们必需浸淫在古典音乐之中。同时，她也深知孩子们喜欢听故事。因此她决心把两者混合起来，制成了一张唱片样本，向人们展示她的想法。一小笔遗产成了她的制作经费，她制作了第一张唱片Mr. Bach Comes to Call《巴赫来访》，她亲自试听了演员，骋请了管弦乐队，骋请了编剧家。她不遗余力地向报刊，电台，唱片行，以及老师们宣传这张专辑。
这张专辑获得了1989年加拿大Juno Award朱诺奖，孩子们最佳唱片。Hammond又制作了"Beethoven Lives Upstairs"《贝多芬住楼上》这张唱片。正如它的前者以及后来者，这张CD结合了故事表演及音效，就好像旧式的广播剧，里面的选段都来自音乐家们自身的作品。此张专辑也获得了加拿大Juno Award朱诺奖。随着两张唱片销量的节节攀升，Hammond紧接着录制了"Mozart's Magic Fantasy"莫扎特的魔法幻想曲，Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery维瓦尔第的迷之环（维瓦尔第，巴罗克时期意大利著名的作曲家、小提琴家。其最著名的作品为《四季》），"Daydreams & Lullabies"白日梦和摇篮曲，"Tchaikovsky Discovers America" 柴可夫斯基发现美国，"Hallelujah Handel!"上帝赞歌，汉德尔（生于德国的英国作曲家）等等。
九张CD包括：
1. Beethoven Lives Upstairs 贝多芬住在楼上
2. Daydreams and Lullabies 白日梦和摇篮曲
3. Hallelujah Handel 哈利路亚亨德尔
4. Mozart's Magic Fantasy 莫扎特的魔法幻想曲
5. Mozart's Magnificent Voyage 莫扎特的神奇之旅
6. Mr. Bach Comes to Call 巴赫来访
7. Song of the Unicorn (A Merlin Tale) 独角兽之歌(梅林故事)
8. Tchaikovsky Discovers America 柴可夫斯基发现美国
9. Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery 维瓦尔第的迷之环
Features: This comprehensive book-style set combines musical studies with many other subject areas and skills and is designed to move children from passive listeners to active participants in music, drama, social studies, history and other arts. The set also promotes literacy, critical thinking and communication skills.
Susan Hammond: Classical Kids Creator
Susan has created a whole new generation of classical music fans through her innovative and award-winning Classical Kids recordings. She is the executive producer of a 16 title series of children’s classical music recordings known collectively as Classical Kids, selling to date nearly 5 million CDs, DVDs and books worldwide, and earning over 100 prestigious awards and honors. Each story entails its own adventure featuring a unique combination of music, history, and theatricality to engage the imaginations of children. Susan holds the philosophy that, “Where the heart goes, the mind will follow.” An accomplished concert pianist and music teacher, Hammond searched for recordings about classical music to share with her young daughters. One day, she sat reading to her girls with a classical music radio station on in the background and noticed how they responded to the literature in a different way when enhanced by music. The rest, as they say, is history. Performing more than 1 thousand concerts to over 2 million audience members, Ms. Hammond’s “Classical Kids” continue to garner critical and commercial acclaim throughout North America and abroad as the best way to introduce children (and adults) to the lives and musical masterpieces of the great classical composers. Susan is the recipient of Billboard Magazine’s International Achievement Award and resides with her husband in Toronto where she is a member of the Order of Canada for her contribution to the arts.
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