David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra Perform Britten - Peter And The Wolf / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra Album

Tracklist

1	Peter And The Wolf Op.67 Composed By – ProkofievNarrator – David Bowie	27:08
2	Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra Op.34 Composed By – Britten	17:10

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RL 12743	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten - Peter And The Wolf / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Red Seal	RL 12743	UK	1978
09026-60878-2	David Bowie - Eugene Ormandy / The Philadelphia Orchestra	David Bowie - Eugene Ormandy / The Philadelphia Orchestra - David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf ‎(CD, Album, RM)	RCA Victor, BMG Classics	09026-60878-2	US	1992
RK 12743	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten - Peter And The Wolf / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra ‎(Cass, Album)	RCA	RK 12743	UK	1978
ARK1-2743	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten - Peter And The Wolf / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra ‎(Cass, Album)	RCA	ARK1-2743	US	1978
ARL1-2743	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra Perform Britten	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev / Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra Perform Britten - Peter And The Wolf / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Gre)	RCA Red Seal	ARL1-2743	US	1978

Credits

• Conductor – Eugene Ormandy
• Engineer [Recording] – Paul Goodman
• Lacquer Cut By – PF
• Liner Notes – Mary Campbell
• Orchestra – The Philadelphia Orchestra
• Producer – Jay David Saks

Notes

Made In Germany / Printed in Germany

℗ 1978 RCA Records

Comes with paper insert. Small bio on David Bowie and the release.

Side A - P.D. [Public Domain]
Side B - ASCAP

Barcodes

• Label Code: LC 0316
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Other: AW
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): (RL 12743-A)
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): (RL 12743-B)
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): RCA RL- 12743-A PF
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): RCA - RL - 12743 - B PF
• Matrix / Runout (Sides A & B, stamped): Manufactured in Germany

Companies

• Record Company – RCA Schallplatten GmbH
• Made By – RCA Schallplatten GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records

Video

Album

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, as well as Benjamin Brittens The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. 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. It reached number 136 on the US Pop Albums chart. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf - Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - André Previn, Sergei Prokofieff, Benjamin Britten. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Completa la tua Collezione su David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev , Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Britten. Originally issued in 1978 with two recordings, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: , Peter and the Wolf recording: Scottish Rite Cathedral, Philadelphia, October 8, 1975 , Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra recording: Scottish Rite Cathedral, Philadelphia, March 2728, 1974 , Bowie overdubs on Peter and the Wolf: New York City, November. Peter and the Wolf, Op. By Sergei Prokofiev - David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra. 34 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell. By Benjamin Britten - Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra. Full Orchestra. The Peter and the Wolf album is divided into two sides. The narration by David Bowie of public domain material originally written by Prokofiev takes up 27 minutes and eight seconds, while the second side of this green-colored vinyl LP has 17 minutes and ten seconds of Eugene Ormandy conducting Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Ormandy and the aforementioned musicians from Philly also back up Bowie on side one. Worth noting that the 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra' is NOT narrated. So it's just the same tune being played over and over - without any explanation of the different instruments used. Defeats the point somewhat Read more. 0 out of 5 stars David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2017. Verified Purchase. The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra on the CD did not have narration. Read more. 2 people found this helpful. Side two Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, opus 34 Benjamin Britten. The album has been reissued a number of times on Compact Disc with. Musicians David Bowie narrator Philadelphia Orchestra all : The Procession to the Zoo, 04:56. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell: Theme. Brass, 00:18. Strings, 00:17. Percussion, 00:14. Now playing . Prokofiev & Britten - Peter and the Wolf - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Sergei Prokofieff, Benjamin Britten. Listen free to Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra David Bowie narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf & The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. In 1921 he moved to the United States of America. Around this time Blau changed his name to Eugene Ormandy, Eugene being the equivalent of the Hungarian Jenö