Title : Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf / Narrated by Patrick Stewart · Opera de Lyon · Nagano
Author : Sergey Prokofiev
Release Date : 19941115
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $16.98
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Buyer Reviews : Peter and the Wolf is my favorite piece of music from my childhood, and I was quite pleased when someone gave me this CD for by birthday this year. The musicianship and narration are quite good: expressive and emotive.
Unfortunately, the volume range on the CD is quite wide, ranging from inaudible to bowel-quaking. In the mix, the orchestra is either at one extreme or the other, but the narration is almost always too quiet to make out against the music. In addition, I can hear several places in the piece where gain peaks have introduced distortion into the sound.
The music and narration are very well done, but the recording job was botched big time. I would recommend you purchase a different copy of Peter and the Wolf.
