{"product_id":"david-bowie-peter-the-wolf","title":"David Bowie - Peter \u0026 The Wolf","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf (1978) is a classical music album containing David Bowie's narration of Sergei Prokofiev's 1936 composition Peter And The Wolf.\u003cbr\u003eThe music is performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.\u003cbr\u003eThe album reached number 136 on the US Pop Albums chart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide One contains the narration by David Bowie of public domain material originally written by Prokofiev.\u003cbr\u003eThe second side of this LP features Eugene Ormandy conducting Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra with the Philadelphia Orchestra.\u003cbr\u003eOrmandy and the aforementioned musicians from Philly also back up Bowie on side one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritics lauded the album, saying Bowie ‘found his most charming guise since 'Hunky Dory.’ He tells the well-known fable with his usual eloquence and style, and gives instructions at the beginning for kids to understand how the music corresponds to characters in the story.\u003cbr\u003eThe accompaniment from the Philadelphia Orchestra is first rate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Music On Vinyl re-release includes detailed liner notes on the project by Mary Campbell, specifically geared to \"introduce children to the sounds of the individual instruments in the symphony orchestra.\" Both Prokofiev and Britten wrote their respective pieces with this aim in mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf is available as a limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on yellow coloured vinyl.\u003cbr\u003eThe record comes in a deluxe sleeve finished with linen laminate and includes an insert with liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MUSIC ON VINYL","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition 180G Yellow Vinyl","offer_id":53634950267207,"sku":"TRI-72296","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/faf473e8e3e5f5ea0a5792b980132512.jpg?v=1775125454","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/david-bowie-peter-the-wolf","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}