Name: Ondrej Lenard - Peter & the Wolf (CD)
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SKU: 730099549929
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Peter & the Wolf

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PRODUCT DETAILS
FORMAT: New CD • UPC: 730099549929
GENRE: Classical • RECORD LABEL: Naxos
RELEASE DATE: 01/03/96

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Ondrej Lenard - Peter & the Wolf (CD)

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DESCRIPTION

Details: The pianos open the work in a brief introduction that seems to suggest the roar of the lions, before the Royal March begins, with it's suggestions of the exotic in it's theme. Hens and Cocks are as true to nature as the composer can make them, followed by Wild Donkeys of unexpected rapidity of motion, in contrast to the lumbering Tortoises, who offer a can-can at the slowest possible speed, putting a foot wrong here and there. The Elephant is naturally represented by the double bass in an episode that includes a direct quotation of the highly inappropriate Ballet of the Sylphs by Berlioz. The pianos alone then imitate the capricious leaps of the Kangaroos, to be followed by an evocation of the Aquarium. People with Long Ears, critics, are portrayed by piercing whistles and the braying of donkeys, while pianos and clarinet bring in the Cuckoo, followed by the rest of the aviary, with the help of the flute. The Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev wrote his Peter and the Wolf in 1936 to introduce to children the instruments of the orchestra. He had taken his two sons to see performances at the Moscow Children's Music Theatre and this had suggested to him the possibility of a composition of this kind. The boy Peter, represented by the strings, is playing in the meadow, forbidden territory. A bird, shown by the flute, sings in a tree: a duck, the oboe, swims in the pond, and a cat, the clarinet, comes onto the scene, sending the bird up to a higher branch. Peter's grandfather, the bassoon, warns the boy not to venture out, but meanwhile a wolf, the French horns, comes into the meadow, chases and swallows the duck whole, and lays siege to the cat and the bird, both now up the tree. Peter tells the bird to distract the wolf, while he catches it with a rope. Hunters then approach, their guns shown by the drums, and help to carry the wolf off to the zoo in a grand procession, with the duck still quacking inside the wolf and grandfather still complaining.

TRACK LIST

Tracklist:

Carnival of the Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
Carnival of the Animals: Hens and Cockerels
Carnival of the Animals: Wild Asses
Carnival of the Animals: Tortoises
Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant
Carnival of the Animals: Kangaroos
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Carnival of the Animals: People with Long Ears
Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
Carnival of the Animals: Aviary
Carnival of the Animals: Pianists
Carnival of the Animals: Fossils
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
Carnival of the Animals: Finale
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: Peter in the Meadow
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Bird
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Duck
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Cat
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: Grandfather
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: Peter Does Not Listen
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: Grandfather Takes Peter Home
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Wolf
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Cat Climbs the Tree
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Duck Jumps Out of the Pond
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Wolf Swallows the Duck
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Cat and the Bird in the Trees
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Wolf Prowls in Wait
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: Peter Takes a Rope and Climbs the Tree
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: He Tells the Bird to Distract the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: Peter Catches the Wolf with a Lasso
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Wolf Tries to Escape
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: The Hunters Approach with Their Guns
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: Peter Suggests They All Take the Wolf to the Zoo
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: They All March Together Peter Then the Hunters with the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf Op.67: And After Them Grandfather Complaining and the Cat
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell): Theme
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell): Variations (Woodwind)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell): Variations (Strings)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell): Variations (Brass)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell): Variations (Percussion)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell): Fugue