Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Peter And The Wolf
As a child I had a 33-1/3 LP record of Peter and the Wolf,
music by Sergei Prokofiev, which was narrated by Basil
Rathbone (of Sherlock Holmes fame).......
Over the years, I have listed to the music with narrations
by Leonard Bernstein, Sean Connery and currently own a
version by Sir John Gielgud........
None of these later narrations has ever matched the one
of Rathbone's.......It was his voice......Mr. Rathbone had
played many a villainous role in the moves and in so doing
brought "a little fear" to the ears of a young child when
telling the story of Peter.......
Wish I still had that olde scratched up piece of vinyl.....Pumps
music by Sergei Prokofiev, which was narrated by Basil
Rathbone (of Sherlock Holmes fame).......
Over the years, I have listed to the music with narrations
by Leonard Bernstein, Sean Connery and currently own a
version by Sir John Gielgud........
None of these later narrations has ever matched the one
of Rathbone's.......It was his voice......Mr. Rathbone had
played many a villainous role in the moves and in so doing
brought "a little fear" to the ears of a young child when
telling the story of Peter.......
Wish I still had that olde scratched up piece of vinyl.....Pumps
# posted by Pumps @ 2:14 PM 
