Peter and the Wolf / Carnival of the Animals is a classical album pairing Sergei Prokofiev's 1936 narrated orchestral tale with Camille Saint-Saëns's 1886 suite. The programme juxtaposes Prokofiev's use of distinct instrumental motifs and narration to depict characters with Saint-Saëns's chamber-orchestra movements that employ playful characterisation and vivid instrumental colour, together illustrating late-Romantic to early-20th-century approaches to orchestration and musical storytelling.
