David Bowie narrates Prokofiev's Peter and The Wolf LP Green Vinyl
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Description
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf an original 1978 Canadian version of the LP album and was pressed on green vinyl and includes the liner notes insert (RCA Red Seal ARL1-2743). It has spent its hold time in a plastic sleeve and is in good shape. Same with the record.
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
Studio album by David Bowie with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Released 2 May 1978
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 the RCA Red Seal label
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."[6] 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."
Track listing
Side one - Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (Sergei Prokofiev) – 27:08
Side two - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, opus 34 (Benjamin Britten) – 17:10 Narrated by Hugh Downs, accompanied by the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
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