Peter and the Wolf
Date Narrator Orchestra Conductor Label
2018 Giacomo Gates New England Jazz Ensemble Jeff Holmes Self-released
2017 Alexander Armstrong Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko Warner Classics
2015 David Tennant The Amazing Keystone Band Le Chant du Monde
2015 Harry Shearer Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Carlos Miguel Prieto
2015 Alice Cooper Bundesjugendorchester Alexander Shelley Deutsche Grammophon
2012 Bramwell Tovey Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Bramwell Tovey
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
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
2001 Sharon Stone Orchestra of St. Luke 's James Levine Deutsche Grammophon
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
1997 Anthony Dowell Ross MacGibbon , director ( video )
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
Recordings
According to an article by Jeremy Nicholas for the classical music magazine Gramophone in 2015 , the best overall recording of Peter and the Wolf is by the New Philharmonia Orchestra , narrated by Richard Baker and conducted by Raymond Leppard in 1971 . Gramophone 's best DVD version is the 2006 film by Suzie Templeton ; its music is performed , without narrator , by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Mark Stephenson . [ 13 ]
Peter and the Wolf (Russian: Пе́тя и волк, tr. Pétya i volk, IPA: [ˈpʲetʲə i volk]) Op. 67, a 'symphonic fairy tale for children', is a musical composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The narrator tells a children's story, while the orchestra illustrates it. It is Prokofiev's most frequently performed work, and one of the most frequently performed works in the entire classical repertoire. It has been recorded many times.