Liverpool String Quartet, Ken Dodd & James Devlin – Blake: The Snowman – Prokofiev: Peter & the Woolf (2018) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Liverpool String Quartet, Ken Dodd & James Devlin – Blake: The Snowman – Prokofiev: Peter & the Woolf (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz  | Time – 51:46 minutes | 485 MB | Genre: Classical
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Recording the narrations for Peter & the Wolf and the Snowman was the last project Sir Ken Dodd undertook. One of the UK’s most famous and best loved comedians and entertainers, he passed away at age 90 in March 2018. This famous son of Liverpool was a keen supported of the Whitechapel centre, the Liverpool-based charity that is leading the homeless and housing charity in the region, working with people who are sleeping rough, living in hostels or struggling to manage their accommodation. Rubicon will support the work of the Whitechapel Centre by contributing a percentage of the royalties from sales of the album to the charity that Sir Ken supported.

Howard Blake’s music to The Snowman adapted as a 26-minute animated Channel 4 TV special was first broadcast in 2982, four years after Raymond Briggs’ much loved and best-selling children’s book. It has been staged, become a video game, and the hit song “Walking in the Air,” recorded by Aled Jones in 1985 propelled him to stardom and became a huge hit. Prokofiev’s perennial Peter & the Wolf was composed in 1936 and was written to help children discover the instruments of the orchestra. It is possibly the most famous and successful work composed for children and famous actors and rock stars have contributed their narrations over the years.

Tracklist:
1 The Snowman for String Quartet and Narrator, Op. 612: I. The Story of the Snowman 15:55
2 The Snowman for String Quartet and Narrator, Op. 612: II. Walking in the Air 03:43
3 The Snowman for String Quartet and Narrator, Op. 612: III. The Story continued 07:26
4 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: I. Introduction (Arr. for String Quartet) 02:38
5 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: II. Thye Story begins (Arr. for String Quartet) 01:05
6 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: III. The Bird (Arr. for String Quartet) 01:32
7 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: IV. The Duck (Arr. for String Quartet) 04:23
8 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: V. Grandfather (Arr. for String Quartet) 02:15
9 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: VI. The Wolf (Arr. for String Quartet) 01:00
10 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: VIII. The Duck escapes (Arr. for String Quartet) 00:51
11 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: IX. The Wolf stalks the Bird and the Cat (Arr. for String Quartet) 01:51
12 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: X. Peter prepares to catch the Wolf (Arr. for String Quartet) 01:10
13 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: XI. The Bird diverts the Wolf (Arr. for String Quartet) 01:37
14 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: XII. Peter catches the Wolf (Arr. for String Quartet) 01:04
15 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: XIII. The Hunters arrive (Arr. for String Quartet) 00:56
16 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: XIV. The Procession to the Zoo (Arr. for String Quartet) 04:20

Personnel:
Sir Ken Dodd, narrator
James Devlin, soprano
Liverpool String Quartet

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