{"product_id":"prokofiev-peter-and-the-wolf-saint-saens-carnival-of-the","title":"Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf - Saint-Saens: Carnival of the","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe French composer Camille Saint-Saëns was prolific and lived a long time, although by the time of his death in 1921 music had changed beyond anything he could have conceived. He was a gifted pianist and, in common with many other \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewell known\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e French composers, found employment and distinction as organist at one of the principal churches in Paris. The popular \u003cem\u003eCarnival of the Animals\u003c\/em\u003e, described as A Zoological Fantasy, was written in 1886, originally for two pianos and a small chamber orchestra, to celebrate that year's carnival. The composer forbade further performances of this occasional music, except for \u003cem\u003eThe Swan\u003c\/em\u003e, which enjoyed immediate and irresistible popularity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Soviet composer Sergey Prokofiev wrote his \u003cem\u003ePeter and the Wolf\u003c\/em\u003e in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1936 to introduce to children the instruments of the orchestra. He had taken\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehis two sons to see performances at the Moscow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChildren's Music Theatre and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis had suggested to him the possibility of a composition of this kind. The\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eboy Peter, represented by the strings, is playing in the meadow, forbidden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eterritory. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebird,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e shown by the flute, sings in a tree: a duck, the oboe, swims\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein the pond, and a cat, the clarinet, comes onto the scene, sending the bird up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto a higher branch. Peter's grandfather, the bassoon, warns the boy not to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eventure out, but meanwhile a wolf, the French horns, comes into the meadow,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand adventures ensue with spoken narration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTen years later, in 1946, the English composer Benjamin Britten was asked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto write music for an educational film introducing the instruments of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eorchestra. For the purpose he chose a theme by the great 17th century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnglish composer Henry Purcell and wrote a set of variations, each of which\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshows the characteristics of a particular instrument or group of instruments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe alternative title of the work, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis an exact description. The other title, \u003cem\u003eThe Young Person's Guide to the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrchestra\u003c\/em\u003e, makes fun of the titles much \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efavored\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by writers of moral tales in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe 19th century, providing \"young persons\" with advice on how to regulate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eevery aspect of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the most\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexciting part of the concluding fugue, the brass instruments play again the original theme,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eleading to a grand conclusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}' class=\"EOP SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52021930393880,"sku":"730099549929","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/126789.jpg?v=1777742255","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/prokofiev-peter-and-the-wolf-saint-saens-carnival-of-the","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}