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Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, Lorin Maazel
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: Introduction. Peter and the Wolf - a musical tale for children
2. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: Now to our story. Early one morning, Peter opened the gate . .
3. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: Suddenly, something caught Peter's attention
4. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: No sooner had Peter gone . . .
5. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: And now, this is how things stood
6. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: But now, . . . now the hunters came out of the woods
7. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: And now . . . now imagine the triumphant procession
8. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: Tuning up
9. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: It all st
10. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: All of th
11. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: It is tim
12. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: When two
13. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: Clarinets
14. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: Easily re
15. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: 30 of the
16. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: The alto
17. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: The violo
18. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: The doubl
19. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: Words plu
20. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: The horn
21. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: These two
22. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: The giant
23. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: The comme
24. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: Everyone

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CD Details

All Artists: Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, Lorin Maazel, L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Title: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 5/1/1990
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028941592125

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CD Reviews

Great Alternative to TV for a 2-year old

S. Greer | 09/30/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My father gave this to my son when he was a baby. We tried it at age 1, but it was too scary. My son is 2-1/2 and loves listening to this - it is very well narrated. The first day I took it out again, he listened to it 3 or 4 times. We don't usually do the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra piece, so I can't comment on that."

Fine performances

S. Greer | Tallahassee, FL | 08/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The narrator Alec Clunes does a fine job in Peter and the Wolf, and Maazel's ballet sensibility pays off. (In fact, you should find his recording of Romeo and Juliet if you can.) Maazel also does well as the narrator in Britten's piece, and I don't find the altered text (approved by Britten) inhibiting at all. There are also a few orchestral perks: the French National Orchestra was a fine opera orchestra, and it portrays the various characters and instruments well. A highlight is the great and rarely recorded flutist Fernand Dufrene, who uses his uncanny skill in tonal blend to play a fine bird (at least I think it's him - there are no solo attributions). The other soloists are fine and attentive. Other recordings I would recommend are Dorati with Connery narrating, and at least one of the modern-sound recordings just for reference. In this I tend to favor Abbado, who is the finest of today's Prokofiev conductors, with Sting, or Nagano with Loren/Clinton (yes, Bill)/Gorbachev (yes, Mikhail). The latter recording features a fine new composition which is a sequal to Peter and the Wolf."

Good performance, antiquated recording

Joshua J. Fenton | Seattle, WA | 06/18/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"My kids and I have much enjoyed this recording, but the narration is often too quiet and sounds a bit muffled. Moreover, the narrator speaks with a British accent, making comprehension a bit trickier for little ones. In general, I have missed the sound quality obtained in digital recordings, so I'm now shopping for a better recording of this wonderful piece of music."