The narrator tells a childrens story, while the orchestra illustrates it. If you mean what part did he play, the answer is narrator. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Peter and the wolf was an immediate success and has been loved by children all over the world. Peter ustinov was a twotime academy awardwinning film actor, a director, writer, journalist and raconteur. Toy symphony with lots of bird whistles, bells, and toy instruments. Peter and the wolf cd or download presto classical. Alexander armstrong narrator, richard casey, ian buckle piano. The dark shadow in the woods beyond the fence perfectly evokes the paranoia of the stalinist regime, which wanted russian citizens to believe that they live in paradise, but theres always an external enemy just beyond the fence, for. Peter and the wolf album cover wolf album, peter wolf. Writer, director, and actor peter ustinov had a career spanning 60 years on stage and screen. Oct 27, 2015 you like our channel please subscribe.
Deeply interested in his russian heritage, ustinov traveled to the soviet union, and filmed two travel specials for television, peter ustinov on russia in 1987 and ustinov aboard the orient express five years later. This is a fabulous narration of prokofievs symphonic tone story of peter and the wolf. Peter ustinov has 88 books on goodreads with 41 ratings. During performances, a narrator tells the story while accompanied by music played by an orchestra. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from peter ustinov at the discogs marketplace. This wonderful performance fires the imagination with music and words both beautifully rendered. Ustinovs grandfather was a russian officer in the tsars army who was exiled because of his religious beliefs. Still a talented mimic, he did voice work for animated features, and was most notably the voice of babar the elephant for many years. Thats why the story is called peter and the wolf, and not peter and freddie or peter and eduardo. Jul 29, 2012 from the lp shown above, issued in 1960 on the angel label, catalogue number 35638. I have been wanting to find this 75 year old recording of prokofievs peter and the wolf narrated by basil rathbone for a very long time. It was written by the russian composer sergei prokofiev, and is special because its a musical story told by a symphony orchestra. Peter wolf biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Prokofievs peter and the wolf and scott simon prokofievs symphonic story peter and the wolf is a classic for kids.
Sir peter alexander ustinov cbe frsa was an english actor, voice actor, writer, dramatist, filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, screenwrite. Ustinov played lead roles in the movies spartacus, death on the nile, evil under the sun, quo vadis, and topkaki. Apr 23, 2010 the mysticism of mortals is an attempt to colonize obscurity for the purpose of religious oppression, while a twinge of conscience is a glimpse of god. Peter and the wolf sir peter ustinov to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Peter ustinov, in full sir peter alexander ustinov, born april 16, 1921, london, englanddied march 28, 2004, genolier, switzerland, english actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, raconteur, and humanitarian.
Disneys version of peter and the wolf is very good. From the lp shown above, issued in 1960 on the angel label, catalogue number 35638. I listened to it today, thanks to, and i was transported back to childhood. Peter ustinov simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter ustinov peter and the wolf toy symphony album art, herbert. The next time i was in that store, i bought peter ustinov s grand prix of gibraltar. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical productions. Peter ustinov biography life, children, parents, wife. The world citizen sir peter alexander ustinov was born in london on the 16th of april in 1921 and died on the 28th of march in 2004 in genolier, switzerland.
Peter and the wolf is a story about not being afraid, about taming nature and conquering external threats. This post was originally published in august 2011 and i decided it was well overdue for an update. It is prokofievs most frequently performed work and one of. Peter ustinov and david attenborough on the list of narrators of the prokofiev childrens classic. Peter ustinovs most popular book is old man and mr. A stepbystep guide to peter and the wolf classic fm. Mar 30, 2004 so joyous and immense were the hopes that once rested on the actor, raconteur and humanitarian sir peter ustinov, who has died in switzerland aged 82, that the final balancesheet of his life was. The story of peter and the wolf was written over 70 years ago and is a favourite of children and adults almost everywhere.
The actor spoke several languages, russian and spanish among them, in the latter his vocabulary used to give him an appearance of comic character, very close, speaker and peculiar, much appreciated and similar to the character of that language. The music is sophisticated enough to be enjoyed by adults, even through repeated hearings. Saintsaens, poulenc music cd album at cd universe, prokofievsaintsaenspoulenc story of babar little elephant. It has a nice story well narrated by the legendary sterling holloway, wonderful artwork and sceneries, brilliant russian classical music, darkness, suspense, sympathetic characters and a fabulous villain the wolf. Peter and the wolf 0 hours and 15 minutes movie disneys animated adaptation of prokofievs masterpiece, in which every character is represented musically by a different instrument. Peter and the wolf performance narrated by peter ustinov, this recording by the london philharmonic orchestra also includes haydn. Prokofievs peter and the wolf, peter ustinov, narrator. In recording this work, alexander armstrong joins a veritable hall of fame, including david tennant, phillip schofield, willie rushton, lenny henry, david attenborough, dame edna everage, john gielgud, ben kingsley, patrick stewart, sting, christopher lee, peter ustinov, paul hogan, dudley. Prokofievs peter and the wolf, for narrator and orchestra, was a commission from the central childrens theatre in 1936.
Both were of russian ancestry and so sir peter grew up in an international family. Mar 20, 2010 prokofievs peter and the wolf and scott simon prokofievs symphonic story peter and the wolf is a classic for kids. Included is the flac and mp3 version ripped from the original vinyl please seed and enjoy. A twinge of conscience peter ustinov this i believe. Carnival of the animals by peter ustinov, nicholas walker, laura ogorman, sergei prokofiev, camille saintsaens, philip ellis, philharmonia orchestra from amazons classical music store. An enterprising little boy named peter, together with a duck, a cat and a. Produced by vicky cooper and paul caplin directed by philip saville edited by paul caplin and vicky cooper originally broadcast on bbc1 in 1994. Pavarotti in confidence with peter ustinov on vimeo. The original post had 21 useful links and resources, but this updated version has grown a little to a total of 31 resources. Ecosia the search engine that plants trees prokofiev peter and the wolf, op. I was surprised to see that the entire recording is only about 22 minutes long. Peter and the wolf in russian is a combination of childrens story and musical composition by russian composer sergei prokofiev.