Disney pitched 'Beauty and the Beast' as a 'tale as old as time,' but we're retelling the 18th-century French story with a classical twist as the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime -- including music by great French composers and enchanting illustrations by Nancy Carlson.

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PLAYLIST
Our telling of Beauty and the Beast includes excerpts from the following works:

Claude Debussy: Printemps (Spring)
Lyon National Orchestra, Jun Markl

Debussy: Images for Orchestra
Belgian Radio & Television Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari

Debussy: Nocturnes: "Fetes" ("Festivals")
Belgian Radio & Television Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari

Gabriel Faure: Dolly Suite
RTE Sinfonietta, John Georgiadis

Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2: "Sunrise"
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Jean

Ravel: Mother Goose Suite: "Conversation of Beauty and the Beast"
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Jean

Camille Saint-Saens: Caprice-Valse (Wedding Cake)
Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot; Romain Descharmes, piano

Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.

CREDITS

Storyteller: Valerie Kahler (with Steve Seel and Bill Morelock)
Story: Adapted by Steve Seel and Valerie Kahler from La Belle et la Bête (1740), by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve)
Illustrations: Nancy Carlson
Producer: Valerie Kahler
Digital producer: Seiji Cataldo
Senior digital producer: Randy Salas
Program director: Julie Amacher

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