David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra - Peter And The Wolf (1978)

David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra-Peter And The Wolf (1978)

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David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is a classical music album containing David Bowie's narration of Sergei Prokofiev's 1936 composition Peter and the Wolf. The music is performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.



The album was released in May 1978 on RCA Records.



It reached number 136 on the US Pop Albums chart. Bowie was RCA's third choice to undertake the narration for Peter and the Wolf behind Alec Guinness and Peter Ustinov, who had both turned the album down. Bowie has since said that it was a Christmas present for his son, Duncan Jones, then at 7 years old.



Stephen Demorest, reviewing the album Rolling Stone at the time of its release, describes Bowie's involvement as "engaging and benevolent". Demorest finishes his review by saying Bowie had "found his most charming guise since Hunky Dory." Joe Viglione for Allmusic finds the album as "charming" and Bowie's performance as "splendid" and describes the Philadelphia Orchestra's involvement as "first rate". He finished by saying it was "A remarkable and well-crafted project."



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Tracklist:

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01. Peter And The Wolf, opus 67 (Sergei Prokofiev)

02. Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, opus 34 (Benjamin Britten)



*1983 RCA Records / Red Seal | RD82743 Germany





Personnel:

Eugene Ormandy - conductor

The Philadelphia Orchestra

narration on 1 by David Bowie