MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Peter and the Wolf / Carnival of the Animals / Eine kleine Nachtmusik

 
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Peter and the Wolf / Carnival of the Animals / Eine kleine Nachtmusik cover
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Peter and the Wolf / Carnival of the Animals / Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Sir John Gielgud (narrator) Academy of London, Richard Stamp

[ Virgin Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 19 October 2004

This item is only available to us via Special Import.

"The new digital recording from Sir John Gielgud is a natural successor to that of his illustrious late colleague and every bit as enjoyable."
(Gramophone)

"The new digital recording from Sir John Gielgud is a natural successor to that of his illustrious late colleague and every bit as enjoyable. It has the advantage of a superb modern recording, with a dramatically wide dynamic range and glowing, sumptuous sound, made in the nicely judged resonance of EMI's Abbey Road No. 1 Studio. Sir John matches Sir Ralph's actor's feeling for the words and relishes their sound as well as their meaning. He immediately sets his personal stamp on the proceedings in the introduction by the use of the older pronunciation of the word clarinet-here it is ''clarionet''-and he also savours the sound of the bassoon. The portrayal of the wolf by the horns makes an ominously bold contrast and the volley of gunfire from the hunters is spectacular."
(Gramophone)

Tracks:

PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf (29:19)

SAINT-SAËNS
Carnival of the Animals
Introduction (0:33)
Marche royale du lion (1:28)
Poules et coqs (0:46)
Hémiones (animaux véloces) (0:40)
Tortues (2:08)
L'éléphant (1:24)
Kangourous (0:45)
Aquarium (2:24)
Personnages à longues oreilles (0:39)
Le coucou au fond des bois (2:12)
Volière (1:24)
Pianistes (1:18)
Fossiles (1:22)
Le cygne (3:08)
Final (1:51)

MOZART
Eine kleine Nachtmusik