Peter and the Wolf Part 1 - Leonard Bernstein

[Quboingie]

Oh I have been looking for this for a very long time! I have the original record... but it's wonderful to hear it online - this version isn't as scratchy as my record. Leonard Bernstein's is the best version I've ever heard. :-) Thank you for posting!

[lotsabears]

I have and love this album. My sister and I used to listen to it ALL the time when we were kids. It is AWESOME!!

[smaceira]

Great interpretation by Leonard Bernstein! Superb piece by Prokofiev! Great memories from childhood too :)

[dwindswpt]

AHHH....my childhood comes alive!! Yes, I too had the record as a child....It had pictures with it and I was forever captivated!!! To this day, this is one of the most magnetic pieces to turn a youngster on to the world of music and it's ability to bring prose to LIFE!! Peter's theme is my ringtone!!!

[5150Slider]

i had this recording on a 12-inch vinyl disc when I was a kid - I am so happy someone posted this! I loved this symphony then, and can't wait to share this with my kids tomorrow!

[cathycatma]

all I remember about the piece is that when I was about 6 or 7 we had a copy and the wolf on the cover gave me nightmares.

[Cruiserfrank]

THIS is the recording I grew up with in the 60s! I'm going to have to find it.

[larryjohnny]

can somebody show me a version with no lyrics, just 27minutes of music, I can't stand the talking !

[bardess5]

@larryjohnny I'm sorry to say, you are missing the point - Bernstein is teaching children about music, storytelling, the orchestra and much more - the music is available elsewhere, but it is not the same if you grew up with this, as so many of us did.

[larryjohnny]

@bardess5 get off your high horse, that's what I'm asking for ! Where is the the version with no lyrics ! Your the one missing the point !

[Cruiserfrank]

@larryjohnny This is the way Prokofiev wrote it. Get off YOUR high horse and go find some version without narration yourself.

[larryjohnny]

@Cruiserfrank OK, I will ! It's way better than this version with some dude talking over the music ! I don't care if it's the Bernstein Bear's.. I just want absolute music ! Anyways. I don't think Prokofeiv wrote the score so that some arrogant music know-it-all could blab over it ! Good bye !

[markhh]

Right, @MuchSmarterThanYou: Julius Baker, flute; Stanley Drucker, Clarinet; Manuel Ziegler, bassoon; Harold Gomberg, oboe; Philip Myers, horn.

[BurndownBlue]

the Piotr Melody is timeless and pure beauty!

[MuchSmarterThanYou]

I wore out this LP when I was a child. This was my favourite record. Thank you so much for posting!

If there were a list of "Greatest Americans of all time", Bernstein would surely rank high on the list.  A talent for the ages.

And to answer Flutist11, yes, Julius Baker would have been the flutist back then, Stanley Drucker the clarinet.

[KCJazzKeys]

When I teach my 6-8 aqnd 9-12 year old music classes, I love using this to see if the kids can guess from a list of characters which each one is. Awesome version!

[BreakingSocrates]

@KCJazzKeys That's an excellent way to get kids excited about this kind of music :) it's certainly what made me like this piece!

[Flutist11]

I like Bernstein's voice :)

I wonder who is the flutist... Julius Baker?

[BreakingSocrates]

@Flutist11 I think Bernstein's voice is wonderful :) I wish I had a way of finding out the answer to your question!

[stumiller]

@Flutist11  Paula Robison plays the flute on the Bernstein recordings.

[meisha1954]

I love this.  My sister and I would listen to this when we were young and act out the parts. I can't wait to share this with my grandson. I loved Bernstein. Thanks for sharing this.

[taylorconscious]

I listen to this almost daily.

[BreakingSocrates]

@taylorconscious That's awesome :)

[henrietta898]

@taylorconscious Ahh I do too, I'm addicted. I listen to it before I go to sleep :)

[corgicruiser]

Part one of an excellent ttrio ,, thanks for uploading it now going straight to part two

[BreakingSocrates]

I think so too. Thanks :)

[awsexton]

Socrates, Thank you. Nothing against Bowie but this is a zillion times better.