Album
Peter And The Wolf / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten
1978 · Classical, Children's
7 collectors on Gatefold own this
Peter And The Wolf / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra is a Children & Family album by David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 63 pressings tracked, owned by 7 collectors.
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Sound DNA
- Children & Family
- Educational
- clean
- playful
- theatrical
Originally issued in 1978 with two recordings, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra:
• Peter and the Wolf recording: Scottish Rite Cathedral, Philadelphia, October 8, 1975.
• Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra recording: Scottish Rite Cathedral, Philadelphia, March 27-28, 1974.
• Bowie overdubs on Peter and the Wolf: New York City, November 17 & 19, 1977.
Most releases between 1992 and 2013 inclusive compiled these two recordings with pieces from other periods in a variety of covers with several different names:
• Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite (opens in a new tab);
• Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals (opens in a new tab).
In 2014 there were some reissues that replicated the original 1978 album.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Arthur FiedlerCONDUCTOR
- Boston Pops OrchestraORCHESTRA
- Eugene OrmandyCONDUCTOR
- Leo LitwinPIANO
- Martin HohermanCELLO
- Samuel LipmanPIANO
- The Philadelphia OrchestraORCHESTRA
7 collectors on Gatefold own this · 63 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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