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Press Release ))) TO COMMEMORATE the 30th Anniversary of the 1974 recording of The Little Prince, and in celebration of the April 7, 2004 discovery of the remains of the lost airplane of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, found in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Marseille, rdkRecords has reissued the Grammy Award Winning CD about an innocent child who teaches a downed aviator that “what is essential is invisible to the eye.” RICHARD BURTON Narrating The Little Prince featuring the voices of Jonathan Winters, John Carradine, Jim Backus, Claudine Longet, Mark Conrad, and Billy Simpson as “The Little Prince” (with music composed by Mort Garson) is the most celebrated and loved recording of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry classic story.
Accolades earned by the
GRAMMY AWARD WINNING narration include: THE BOOK first published in English in 1943 and translated into more than 100 languages, is “one of the best selling titles on the planet” …THE NEW YORK TIMES RICHARD BURTON, the legendary Welsh actor who died in 1984, was unique amongst the great actors of the Twentieth Century. He was nominated for an Academy Award seven times yet he never won. After garnering two coveted Tony Awards for his stage performances in Equus and Camelot, the Oscar still eluded him. His lack of recognition for film performances has been well documented, tending to obscure the fact that “Richard Burton did win a Grammy Award for his narration of The Little Prince” …BRITISH WEEKLY IN HIS PARTING WORDS from A&M Studios Hollywood, California April 25, 1974 (upon completing his recording) Richard Burton said: “The Little Prince is a memorable work and the time allotted for its stay on Earth is always and forever and eternal” SO TRUE were his words. The Little Prince is now set to find new audiences with the BBC production of the touring Rachel Portman/Nicholas Wright children’s opera aired in the UK (fall of 2004) and broadcast on US television networks in 2005. THE LITTLE PRINCE Audio CD out of circulation since 1996 can now be purchased at: www.thelittleprince.net and Amazon.com (music) - Retail accounts contact: lynnita@newleaf-dist.com
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