Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

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There’s a palpable smile in [Armstrong’s] sonorous baritone – and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s invigorating account makes up for any lack of excitement in the reading…The rarity... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Sep 2017
Catalogue No: 9029575952
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 77 minutes

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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67

Work length25:15

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Alexander Armstrong (narrator)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko

No. 1 The Story Begins

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No. 2 The Bird

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No. 3 The Duck - Dialogue with the Bird - Attack of the Cat

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No. 4 Grandfather

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No. 5 The Wolf

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No. 6 The Duck Is Caught

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No. 7 The Wolf Stalks the Bird and Cat

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No. 8 Peter Prepares to Catch the Wolf

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No. 9 The Bird Diverts the Wolf

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No. 10 Peter Catches the Wolf

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No. 11 The Hunters Arrive

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No. 12 The Procession to the Zoo

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Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux

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Alexander Armstrong (narrator)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko

Introduction poem

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Introduction

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Royal March of the Lion poem

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I. Royal March of the Lion

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Hens and Roosters poem

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II. Hens and Roosters

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Wild Asses poem

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III. Wild Asses

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Tortoises poem

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IV. Tortoises

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The Elephant poem

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V. The Elephant

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Kangaroos poem

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VI. Kangaroos

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Aquarium poem

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VII. Aquarium

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People with Long Ears poem

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VIII. People with Long Ears

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The Cuckoo in the Middle of the Woods poem

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IX. The Cuckoo in the Middle of the Woods

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Aviary poem

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X. Aviary

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Pianists poem

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XI. Pianists

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Fossils poem

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XII. Fossils

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The Swan poem

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XIII. The Swan

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Finale poem

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XIV. Finale

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Rawsthorne, A: Practical Cats

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Alexander Armstrong (narrator)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko

Overture

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I. The Naming of Cats

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II. The Old Gumbie Cat

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III. Gus - The Theatre Cat

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IV. Bustopher Jones - The Cat About Town

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V. Old Deuteronomy

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VI. The Song of the Jellicles

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Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936) is a 'symphonic fairy tale for children' by Sergei Prokofiev. In recording this work, Alexander Armstrong joins a veritable hall of fame, including David Tennant, Phillip Schofield, Willie Rushton, Lenny Henry, David Attenborough, Dame Edna Everage, John Gielgud, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Stewart, Sting, Christopher Lee, Peter Ustinov, Paul Hogan, Dudley Moore, Terry Wogan, David Bowie, Richard Baker, Ralph Richardson, Richard Attenborough, Sean Connery, Michael Flanders, Alec Guinness, Basil Rathbone.

The Carnival of the Animals is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by Camille Saint-Saëns. In 1949, Ogden Nash wrote a set of humorous verses to accompany each movement for a Columbia Masterworks recording conducted by Andre Kostelanetz. They were recited on the original album by Noël Coward, dubbed over or spliced in between sections of the previously recorded music

In 1954 the English composer Alan Rawsthorne set six of the poems from T.S Elliot’s Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) in a work for speaker and orchestra entitled Practical Cats, which was recorded by EMI soon afterwards with Robert Donat (The 39 Steps, Goodbye Mr Chips)

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Christmas 2017

There’s a palpable smile in [Armstrong’s] sonorous baritone – and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s invigorating account makes up for any lack of excitement in the reading…The rarity on this disc is Rawsthorne’s setting of TS Eliot’s Practical Cats…Armstrong’s skills as a singer-actor come into their own in this sprechgesang recitation.

8th October 2017

Armstrong provides the narration, drily delivering Ogden Nash’s Carnival text. He’s a restrained storyteller of Peter and the Wolf and rhythmically alert in Rawsthorne’s Façade-like TS Eliot setting.

22nd September 2017

Armstrong’s cut-glass Oxbridge tones are great for diction and comprehension, not quite so good at conjuring up the various characters, human and animal, in the story...Where Armstrong does triumph, however, is in narrating the accompanying works.

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