Track Listing

1. Peter And The Wolf: Musical March: 'Each character in this tale...' - PROKOFIEV/DEBUSSY
2. Peter And The Wolf: 'Early One Morning, Peter Opened The Gate' - Sergei Prokofiev
3. Peter And The Wolf: 'On The Branch Of A Big Tree' - Sergei Prokofiev
4. Peter And The Wolf: 'Just Then A Duck Came Waddling Around' - Sergei Prokofiev
5. Peter And The Wolf: 'Suddenly Something Caught Peter's Attention' - Sergei Prokofiev
6. Peter And The Wolf: 'Grandfather Came Out' - Sergei Prokofiev
7. Peter And The Wolf: 'No Sooner Had Peter Gone' - Sergei Prokofiev
8. Peter And The Wolf: 'And Now, This Is How Things Stood' - Sergei Prokofiev
9. Peter And The Wolf: 'In The Meantime' - Sergei Prokofiev
10. Peter And The Wolf: 'Meanwhile Peter Made A Lasso' - Sergei Prokofiev
11. Peter And The Wolf: 'Just Then The Hunters Came Out Of The Woods' - Sergei Prokofiev
12. Peter And The Wolf: 'And There, Imagine The Triumphant Procession' - Sergei Prokofiev
13. La Boite Joujoux: The Toy Box: Prelude: The Sleeping Box - PROKOFIEV/DEBUSSY
14. La Boite Joujoux: The Toy Box: 1st Tableau: The Toy Store - PROKOFIEV/DEBUSSY
15. La Boite Joujoux: The Toy Box: 2nd Tableau: The Battlefield - PROKOFIEV/DEBUSSY
16. La Boite Joujoux: The Toy Box: 3rd Tableau: The Sheepfold For Sale - PROKOFIEV/DEBUSSY

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26185 in Music
• Released on: 1994-11-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
Little could Prokofiev have known, when he wrote Peter and the Wolf for a children's educational broadcast in 1936, that he was writing one of the evergreens of the classical repertoire. Others have picked up on the idea of presenting the orchestra by way of a story, but no one has done it with the wit and charm on offer here. What really makes the story work, of course, is a sympathetic narrator, and Patrick Stewart is certainly that. Taking time out from his extra-terrestrial duties, he proves a welcoming host; courteous but not patronising, and never selling short the moments of high drama in this very human tale. Kent Nagano gets sparkling playing from his Lyon forces, here and in the rarely heard coupling. Debussy never completed the orchestration of this ballet for children, but André Caplet second-guessed his teacher beyond reasonable doubt, and gave us a work of suprising subtlety. As with the Prokofiev, this is music for all ages at all times, and Nagano conveys its fragile beauty to the full. The perfect disc for those long December evenings. --Richard Whitehouse