About this title: There are many recordings of Prokofiev's Peter & the Wolf read by celebrities; so many that a major scholar of recorded sound history spent two years compiling a listing of all of them. Actually, that wasn't just limited to celebrity recordings, but non-instrument playing actors, politicians, local TV show hosts, and other notables make up a large part of the listing. The rendition made in 1957 for Vanguard Classics by Boris Karloff figures prominently among the multitude of recorded versions; Karloff's voice is a perfect fit for Prokofiev's rather dark story, and he definitely loved ...
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