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Track Listings
| 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 |
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
127 of 132 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Peter and the Wolf is my favorite piece of music from my childhood, and I was quite pleased when someone gave me this CD for by birthday this year. The musicianship and narration are quite good: expressive and emotive.
Unfortunately, the volume range on the CD is quite wide, ranging from inaudible to bowel-quaking. In the mix, the orchestra is either at one extreme or the other, but the narration is almost always too quiet to make out against the music. In addition, I can hear several places in the piece where gain peaks have introduced distortion into the sound.
The music and narration are very well done, but the recording job was botched big time. I would recommend you purchase a different copy of Peter and the Wolf.
74 of 76 people found the following review helpful
By Len
Format:Audio CD
I'm a real Patrick Stewart fan, so when I was looking for a copy of Peter and the Wolf for my daughter, this one caught my eye.
The music is excellent, and Patrick Stewart's narration is wonderful, but the recording level on the CD is so low that you must turn the volume up much farther than normal to hear it. When you kick the CD out (if you're using a player that defaults back to an FM receiver, you have to remember to turn the volume down first, or it'll blow your eardrums out.
In addition, the recording levels vary far too much across the recording. The levels for Stewart's narration, for instance, is very low. You have to turn it up to hear him, but then the drums which represent the hunter's rifles will almost blow you out of your chair. It gets to be very tiresome having to listen with one hand on the volume knob all the time. I was dissapointed.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Perhaps I have the advantage of having a wonderful stereo system, but I do not experience the peaks and distortions that others claim on my CD of this wonderful recording. The only thing I noticed is that my volume had to be raised a bit more than usual, but there was no problem with that. Your mileage may vary, as they say, but this overall is a great piece to have.
The first piece on this disc is Sergei Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', a musical tale written for children. 'Peter and the Wolf' was written by Prokofiev, but is derivative of an older tale.
This is really a way to introduce children to the orchestra (and was a way for Prokofiev to keep his compositions going at a time in Stalinist Russia when music was legally required to be simple and understandable). The main characters include a bird (flute), duck (oboe), cat (clarinet), Peter's grandfather (bassoon), the wolf (a trio of French horns), hunters (percussion mostly, the timpani and bass drum, but also involves woodwinds), and Peter himself (the strings sections of the orchestra).
Patrick Stewart reads the narration of the story, read over the music and in gaps prepared by Prokofiev. The strains of Peter's theme and the other animals are familiar to children all over the world, and have been for generations, as this piece has been very popular, even serving as the inspiration for a Walt Disney production of the same theme, featuring Prokofiev's music. I must confess that it is a bit hard not to visualise Captain Picard narrating this piece; on the other hand, given the nature of the Star Trek character, this is very much in keeping as something Picard might do.
The second piece on this recording is Claude Debussy's 'The Toy Box', a ballet for children. This is also a well-known piece, though perhaps not as well known at the first. It does not feature narration, and is meant largely to introduce the ballet to children. Debussy wrote several pieces for children or evocative of children, some under the inspiration of his daughter.
This is not difficult music by any means, but the Ochrestre de L'Opera de Lyon under the direction of Kent Nagano have produced a superb musical performance of both pieces. This should be a delight to children and to adults.
The first piece on this disc is Sergei Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', a musical tale written for children. 'Peter and the Wolf' was written by Prokofiev, but is derivative of an older tale.
This is really a way to introduce children to the orchestra (and was a way for Prokofiev to keep his compositions going at a time in Stalinist Russia when music was legally required to be simple and understandable). The main characters include a bird (flute), duck (oboe), cat (clarinet), Peter's grandfather (bassoon), the wolf (a trio of French horns), hunters (percussion mostly, the timpani and bass drum, but also involves woodwinds), and Peter himself (the strings sections of the orchestra).
Patrick Stewart reads the narration of the story, read over the music and in gaps prepared by Prokofiev. The strains of Peter's theme and the other animals are familiar to children all over the world, and have been for generations, as this piece has been very popular, even serving as the inspiration for a Walt Disney production of the same theme, featuring Prokofiev's music. I must confess that it is a bit hard not to visualise Captain Picard narrating this piece; on the other hand, given the nature of the Star Trek character, this is very much in keeping as something Picard might do.
The second piece on this recording is Claude Debussy's 'The Toy Box', a ballet for children. This is also a well-known piece, though perhaps not as well known at the first. It does not feature narration, and is meant largely to introduce the ballet to children. Debussy wrote several pieces for children or evocative of children, some under the inspiration of his daughter.
This is not difficult music by any means, but the Ochrestre de L'Opera de Lyon under the direction of Kent Nagano have produced a superb musical performance of both pieces. This should be a delight to children and to adults.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely wonderful!
It's Captain Picard narrating Peter and the Wolf. 'Nuff said. Keeps the little one interested with the mix of voice and music.
Published 29 days ago by Everett's Momma
5.0 out of 5 stars
Musical Teaching
A wonderful way to introduce children (or adults) to the orchestra (as well as to tell a time-honored story.) Can you name all the instruments by sound alone?
Published 3 months ago by Molly Roper Jenkins
4.0 out of 5 stars
Balancing out a tepid Peter and the Wolf with a playful La Boîte...
It's clear that Erato is trying to sell this CD with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, even though the Debussy La Boîte à Joujoux that follows it is longer. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Andrew R. Barnard
5.0 out of 5 stars
yes!!!!!!!!!
Let's think about this for a minute, Patrick Stewart narrates Peter and the Wolf. Enough said, you had me at Patrick Stewart.
Published 18 months ago by C. wikoff
4.0 out of 5 stars
Brings back my childhood
As a child, my Grandfather would sit us down and we'd listen to Peter and The Wolf on the record player. Read more
Published on December 14, 2010 by Jerri Duncan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic, theatrical narration - mixing was fine.
I thought it was too bad that a couple reviewers who thought the mixing was bad probably dissuaded a lot of people from purchasing this version. Read more
Published on May 4, 2010 by Beatlehead
5.0 out of 5 stars
A tale for children - of all ages...
Prokovief? He must have been an extraordinary man. Apparently, this piece was written in a tiny room in a hotel in St Petersberg. Read more
Published on January 22, 2010 by Mark Grindell
5.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive recording for this title
This was a childhood favorite of mine so I was thrilled to see this rerelease. Our CD had none of the mix issues that other reviewers have commented on. Read more
Published on December 6, 2009 by K. Steiger
5.0 out of 5 stars
Peter and the Wolfe - Prokofiev
This story and similar recordings have been around for a very, very long time. My family had a 1/4 inch thick record for a 78 rpm Victrola. It is timeless. Read more
Published on October 24, 2009 by A. L. Boyle
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classical Childhood
One of the missing links between childhood and adulthood that gets missed. Like Wagners. "Ride of the Valkyres" or Tchaikofskys "1812 Overture" it's in the class of not just for... Read more
Published on December 27, 2008 by Myles Moriarty
