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Ondrej Lenard - Peter & the Wolf [CD]

Ondrej Lenard - Peter & the Wolf [CD]

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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.

Tracklist:

  1. Carnival Of The Animals: Introduction And Royal March Of The Lio
  2. Carnival Of The Animals: Hens And Cockerels
  3. Carnival Of The Animals: Wild Asses
  4. Carnival Of The Animals: Tortoises
  5. Carnival Of The Animals: The Elephant
  6. Carnival Of The Animals: Kangaroos
  7. Carnival Of The Animals: Aquarium
  8. Carnival Of The Animals: People With Long Ears
  9. Carnival Of The Animals: The Cuckoo In The Depths Of The Woods
  10. Carnival Of The Animals: Aviary
  11. Carnival Of The Animals: Pianists
  12. Carnival Of The Animals: Fossils
  13. Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan
  14. Carnival Of The Animals: Finale
  15. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Peter In The Meadow
  16. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Bird
  17. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Duck
  18. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Cat
  19. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Grandfather
  20. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Peter Does Not Listen
  21. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Grandfather Takes Peter Home
  22. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Wolf
  23. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Cat Climbs The Tree
  24. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Duck Jumps Out Of The Pond
  25. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Wolf Swallows The Duck
  26. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Cat And The Bird In The Trees
  27. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Wolf Prowls In Wait
  28. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Peter Takes A Rope And Climbs The Tre
  29. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: He Tells The Bird To Distract The Wol
  30. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Peter Catches The Wolf With A Lasso
  31. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Wolf Tries To Escape
  32. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: The Hunters Approach With Their Guns
  33. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: Peter Suggests They All Take The Wolf
  34. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: They All March Together, Peter, Then
  35. Peter And The Wolf, Op.67: And After Them Grandfather, Complaini
  36. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations An
  37. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations An
  38. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations An
  39. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations An
  40. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations An
  41. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations An

UPC: 730099549929
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 1.3.96
Format: CD

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