Peter and the Wolf

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Leopold Stokowski & All-American Youth Orchestra & Basil Rathbone

Peter and the Wolf is a symphonic fairy-tale composed by Sergei Prokofiev, first performed in 1936. The short work pairs a narrated story with distinct instrumental leitmotifs to represent characters, using clear orchestration and memorable melodies as an introductory piece aimed at familiarising young audiences with the orchestra and marking an important example of Prokofiev's mid-career output and 20th-century educational repertoire.