Peter and the Wolf
Recordings

Peter and the Wolf

Section Title: Recordings
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Date	Narrator	Orchestra	Conductor	Label	Notes

2018	Giacomo Gates	New England Jazz Ensemble	Jeff Holmes	Self-released	Complete Peter and the Wolf score arranged for jazz ensemble by Walter Gwardyak with modern libretto by Giacomo Gates Video on YouTube

2017	Alexander Armstrong	Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra	Vasily Petrenko	Warner Classics

2015	David Tennant	The Amazing Keystone Band	Le Chant du Monde

2015	Alice Cooper	Bundesjugendorchester [de]	Alexander Shelley	Deutsche Grammophon

2012	Bramwell Tovey	Vancouver Symphony Orchestra	Bramwell Tovey	Video on YouTube

2011	Phillip Schofield	Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse	Michel Plasson	EMI

2008	Jacqueline du Pré	English Chamber Orchestra	Daniel Barenboim	Deutsche Grammophon

2007	Konrad Czynski (Yadu)	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Stephen Simon	Maestro Classics

2006	Colm Feore	Windsor Symphony Orchestra	John Morris Russell	This recording has never been released commercially, but is only available via the WSO's website or at the WSO's gift shop.

2005	Willie Rushton	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Siân Edwards	Classics for Pleasure

2003	Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton, Sophia Loren	Russian National Orchestra	Kent Nagano	PENTATONE PTC 5186011

2003	Antonio Banderas, Sophia Loren	Russian National Orchestra	Kent Nagano	PENTATONE PTC 5186014	In Spanish

2001	Sharon Stone	Orchestra of St. Luke's	James Levine	Deutsche Grammophon	as part of A Classic Tale: Music for Our Children (289 471 171–72, 2001)

2000	Lenny Henry	Nouvel Ensemble Instrumental Du Conservatoire National Supérieur De Paris	Jacques Pési	EMI

2000	David Attenborough	BBC Philharmonic	Yan Pascal Tortelier	BBC Music	for BBC Music Magazine; a free CD came with the June 2000 issue

1997	Anthony Dowell	Ross MacGibbon, director (video)	Film of a ballet performance, starring David Johnson, Layla Harrison, Karan Lingham

1997	Dame Edna Everage	Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	John Lanchbery	Naxos Records

1996	Sir John Gielgud	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Andrea Licata	Intersound Recordings

1996	Ben Kingsley	London Symphony Orchestra	Sir Charles Mackerras	Cala Records

1994	Melissa Joan Hart	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Seiji Ozawa	Sony Classical	Hart was in her "Clarissa" persona from the Nickelodeon television series Clarissa Explains It All.

1994	Patrick Stewart	Orchestra of the Opéra National de Lyon	Kent Nagano	Erato

1994	Sting	Chamber Orchestra of Europe	Claudio Abbado	Deutsche Grammophon	This was used as the soundtrack to the television special Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy.

1993	Peter Schickele	Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	Yoel Levi	Telarc	With a new text by Peter Schickele

1991	Oleg and Gabriel Prokofiev	New London Orchestra	Ronald Corp	Hyperion Records	The narrators were the son and grandson of the composer.

1989	Sir John Gielgud	Orchestra of the Academy of London	Richard Stamp	Virgin Classics	Sir John's royalties for this recording were donated to The League of Friends of Charity Heritage, a facility for physically handicapped children.

1989	Christopher Lee	English String Orchestra	Sir Yehudi Menuhin	Nimbus Records

1989	Sir Peter Ustinov	Philharmonia Orchestra	Philip Ellis	Cirrus Classics CRS CD 105

1989	Jonathan Winters	Philharmonia Orchestra	Efrem Kurtz	Angel Records	Winters also narrated the Saint-Saëns/Ogden Nash The Carnival of the Animals

1987	Paul Hogan	Orchestre de Paris	Igor Markevitch	EMI	It retained the traditional plot but transferred the locale to the Australian Outback. This recording was withdrawn soon after its release because of unflattering portrayals of Australia's aboriginal people and is now considered "out of print".

1987	Lina Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev's widow)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra	Neeme Järvi	Chandos Records

1986	Itzhak Perlman	Israel Philharmonic Orchestra	Zubin Mehta	EMI

1984	William F. Buckley Jr.	RTL Orchestra Luxembourg	Leopold Hager	Proarte Digital Records

1984	Dudley Moore / Terry Wogan	Boston Pops Orchestra	John Williams	Philips	The American release (412 559–2) was narrated by Dudley Moore, while the UK release (412 556–2) featured Terry Wogan as narrator

1980	Tom Seaver	Cincinnati Pops Orchestra	Erich Kunzel	MMG

1979	Carol Channing	Cincinnati Pops Orchestra	Erich Kunzel	Caedmon Records TC-1623

1977	Cyril Ritchard	Philadelphia Orchestra	Eugene Ormandy	Columbia Records ML 5183

1978	David Bowie	Philadelphia Orchestra	Eugene Ormandy	RCA Red Seal	Bowie's recording reached number 136 on the US Pop Albums chart.

1975	Karlheinz Böhm / Hermione Gingold	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Karl Böhm	Deutsche Grammophon	The original German LP release featured Karlheinz Böhm as narrator (2530 587). The UK, and Australian releases featured Hermione Gingold (2530 588).

1974	Will Geer	English Chamber Orchestra	Johannes Somary	Vanguard Records VSO-30033

1973	Mia Farrow	London Symphony Orchestra	André Previn	EMI ASD 2935

1972	Rob Reiner	studio orchestra	Jerry Yester	United Artists Records UAS-5646	Contemporary version by Carl Gottlieb and Rob Reiner; never released on CD

1972	George Raft	London Festival Orchestra	Stanley Black	Phase 4 Stereo SPC-21084	In this version, the story is reformulated as a gangster tale in the style of the Hollywood films that Raft had once acted in.

1971	Richard Baker	New Philharmonia Orchestra	Raymond Leppard	EMI

1970	Sir Ralph Richardson	London Symphony Orchestra	Sir Malcolm Sargent	Decca Records	Volume 5 of The World of the Great Classics series. This version is praised in various editions of The Stereo Record Guide as the finest recording and narration of the work ever made.

1968	Kyu Sakamoto	The Philharmonia orchestra	Herbert von Karajan	Angel Records	Narration in Japanese

1966	Richard Attenborough	Philharmonia of Hamburg	Hans-Jurgen Walter	Columbia Records

1965	Sean Connery	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Antal Doráti	Phase 4 Stereo

1965	Lorne Greene	London Symphony Orchestra	Sir Malcolm Sargent	RCA Victor

1960s	Garry Moore	Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London	Artur Rodziński	Whitehall WHS20040.	The reverse side of this 12-inch LP record also features The Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns with Garry Moore (narrator), Josef and Grete Dichler (duopianists), and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Hermann Scherchen.

1960	Leonard Bernstein	New York Philharmonic	Leonard Bernstein	Columbia Records	The popularity of the group's televised Young People's Concerts made this an auspicious release

1960	Captain Kangaroo	Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York	Leopold Stokowski	Everest Records SDBR-3043

1960	Beatrice Lillie	London Symphony Orchestra	Skitch Henderson	Decca Records

1959	José Ferrer	Vienna State Opera Orchestra	Sir Eugene Goossens	Kapp Records	Narrated in Spanish and English

1959	Michael Flanders	Philharmonia Orchestra	Efrem Kurtz	EMI Records

1957	Boris Karloff	Vienna State Opera Orchestra	Mario Rossi	Vanguard Records

1956	Peter Ustinov	Philharmonia Orchestra	Herbert von Karajan	Angel Records

1955	Arthur Godfrey	Andre Kostelanetz's Orchestra	Andre Kostelanetz	Columbia Records	mono recording; has never been issued on CD

1953	Victor Jory	unknown	Vicky Kosen	Peter Pan Records	mono recording; has never been issued on CD

1953	Alec Guinness	Boston Pops Orchestra	Arthur Fiedler	RCA Victor

1950	Milton Cross	Mario Janero, piano	Musicraft Records	4 78-rpm discs

1950	Eleanor Roosevelt	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Serge Koussevitzky	RCA Victor	mono recording

1949	Frank Phillips	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Nikolai Malko	Decca LX 3003	Frank Phillips was a well-known BBC Radio newsreader

1946	Sterling Holloway	Disney	originally made for an episode in the 1946 film Make Mine Music

1941	Basil Rathbone	All-American Orchestra	Leopold Stokowski	Columbia Masterworks	Restored from original Masterworks set M-477 by Bob Varney

1939	Richard Hale	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Serge Koussevitzky	RCA Victor

Sentence(s)

In 1971, the recording of Peter and the Wolf is by the New Philharmonia Orchestra, narrated by Richard Baker and conducted by Raymond Leppard.

final_sentence: In 1971, the recording of Peter and the Wolf is by the New Philharmonia Orchestra, narrated by Richard Baker and conducted by Raymond Leppard.