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[Moonfish]

Amazon.fr sells it for under 40 euros. 48.42 delivered. It has been so ordered ! 

  Eh, an impulse purchase??   

[André]

As usual...

[Brian]

Favorite Peter and the Wolf recordings with NO narrator?!?

[Pat B]

Favorite Peter and the Wolf recordings with NO narrator?!?

I don't think there are many choices. My local B&M store has a used copy of one on Infinity (which was a super-budget line from Sony in the '90s) conducted by Stanislav Gorkovenko. When I got home, I listened to samples which sounded atrocious.

I ordered the one by Stokowski. It has narration by Captain Kangaroo, but some versions also have an unnarrated version (which is what I bought it for). But I have not listened to it yet.

I am not aware of any others.

[kishnevi]

How about a completely different narration instead?

I have heard it on radio. The music is complete.

[Daverz]

Favorite Peter and the Wolf recordings with NO narrator?!?

Bernstein

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Although the narration here is not too much for me.  On the other hand, I can't abide the full L'Histoire Du Soldat anymore.

[Madiel]

Why would you want it without the narrator? That's like saying you want a concerto without the soloist.

[Karl Henning]

On the other hand, I can't abide the full L'Histoire Du Soldat anymore.

Not even sans narration?

[Karl Henning]

Why would you want it without the narrator? That's like saying you want a concerto without the soloist.

I do not accept that analogy 

[Karl Henning]

Bernstein

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I know Brian is already aware of that 'un, from this box.

[Karl Henning]

I feel certain that this cannot be my only recording of Петя и волк w/o narrator;  but I should have to conduct a search.  Fact is, that piece forms the slightest minority of my Prokofiev library . . . .

[North Star]

And I notice that I don't own a single recording of the piece. Now I wonder if I have even heard it..

[Brian]

Pat B, the Gorkovenko super-budget CD is what I've always heard, since my dad bought it when I was a little kid. It's not exactly great, but, uhh...well you get used to it I guess. 

I'll try Leonard Bernstein - it starts with a spoken intro; does he go away after that?

And to those asking why I would want Peter & the Wolf without the narrator, simple: I just really like the music. 
Listening as an adult, it's really interesting to hear the "children's music" morph into what I now know of as the vintage Prokofiev style.

[Karl Henning]

I've not listened to either, Brian;  but I thought I saw that performances are included both with and without narration . . . .

[Karl Henning]

I'll try Leonard Bernstein - it starts with a spoken intro; does he go away after that?

The unnarrated version is completely textless:  Just the Music! 

[springrite]

I (and especially Kimi) likes the recording with STING as the narrator. The one with Dr. Ruth is the worst. She's hard to understand to begin with, and you keep expecting her to make something sexual out of the name Peter... not to mention the pussycat...

[The new erato]

I (and especially Kimi) likes the recording with STING as the narrator. The one with Dr. Ruth is the worst. She's hard to understand to begin with, and you keep expecting her to make something sexual out of the name Peter... not to mention the pussycat...

Thank God there's no fox in the story!

[Madiel]

I do not accept that analogy 

Of course, if Prokofiev had asked for Sprechstimme no-one would ever dream of removing the vocal part.

[ritter]

Of course, if Prokofiev had asked for Sprechstimme no-one would ever dream of removing the vocal part.

Well, IIRC, more than one prominent composer (e.g. Stravinsky) has said that Pierrot Lunaire would be much more enjoyable sans Sprechtsimme... In performance, I have sometimes thought they had a point 

[Pat B]

Why would you want it without the narrator? That's like saying you want a concerto without the soloist.

When you have kids: so that your family can do the narration.

Also, you might want a bunch of different versions of Peter and the Wolf because of how often it gets played at your house. Did that sound grumpy? It could be much worse: some of my friends' kids' favorite music is "Let It Go."

I didn't know there was a Bernstein sans narration. I have the Bernstein Century Children's Classics disc which only has the narrated version.