Pirates!

Pirates!

Pirates!

Pirates!

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Overview

Which pirate incubated chickens in camel dung? What would Blackbeard do if you didn’t hand over your jewelry? Which pirate was called “the Exterminator”? Where’s the treasure buried? Why were two women dressed as men on the same pirate ship? Who made the Jolly Roger famous? And who was the greatest pirate ever?

This brief history answers all these questions and many more; it is the ideal introduction to the facts behind the great legends of piracy. Whatever you think you know about pirates, the truth is even more extraordinary!


Product Details

Release Date: 06/01/2011
Label: Naxos Audiobooks
UPC: 9781843794844
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Setting Out
  2. Pirates in the Ancient World
  3. No-one is Certain Who These 'Sea People' Were...
  4. The Barbary Corsairs
  5. The Barbarossa Brothers
  6. The Barbarossas Left an Impressive Legacy...
  7. Jack 'Birdy' Ward
  8. He Had Become Something of a Robin Hood Figure...
  9. Pirates of the Caribbean
  10. Sir Francis Drake
  11. Gruesome Alert!
  12. Sir Henry Morgan
  13. Captain William Kidd
  14. Blackbeard
  15. Generally, Pirates Preferred to Intimidate Their Enemies...
  16. By Hook or By Crook - Howell Davis

Disc 2

  1. Howell Davis Ctd. Recognising His Own Skill at Charm and Deceit...
  2. Bartholomew Roberts
  3. Gruesome Alert! Edward Low and Daniel Montbars
  4. The Articles
  5. Gruesome Alert!
  6. Bang! Bang! You're Dead
  7. Pieces of Eight and X Doesn't Mark the Spot
  8. Gruesome Alert! Fran¿¿ois l'Olonnais
  9. Stede Bonnet
  10. Not-so-Jolly Roger
  11. John Rackham - Calico Jack
  12. Here Come the Girls...
  13. Anne Bonny
  14. Mary Read
  15. Grace O'Malley
  16. The South China Seas and Lai Choi San
  17. Gruesome Alert!
  18. The Greatest Pirate Ever: Cheng I Sao (1775-1844)
  19. John Boysie Singh
  20. Gruesome Alert!
  21. Piracy Now: Plus ¿¿a Change
  22. The End of the Voyage

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roy McMillan   Primary Artist
Jasper Britton   Primary Artist,Spoken Word
James Judd   Conductor
Anthony Bramall   Conductor
Alexander Rahbari   Conductor
Catherine King   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
San Diego Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
BRT Philharmonic Orchestra   Orchestra
Yoav Talmi   Conductor
Kevin Mallon   Conductor
Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg   Conductor
Ensemble Unicorn   Ensemble
Estampie   Ensemble
Rose Consort of Viols   Ensemble
Hot Springs Music Festival   Ensemble
Thomas Sanderling   Conductor
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra   Orchestra
Arcadia Ensemble   Ensemble
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Oliver von Dohnanyi   Conductor

Technical Credits

Felix Mendelssohn   Composer
Sarah Butcher   Editing,Programming
Roy McMillan   Composer,Producer,Liner Notes
Claude Debussy   Composer
Hector Berlioz   Composer
Hannah Whale   Cover Design
Graham Derrick   Arranger
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