David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is a classical music album originally released by RCA Red Seal Records on 2 May 1978. Produced by Jay David Saks, the first side contains a performance of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (1936) by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, with narration by the English musician David Bowie, who contributed to the project for his young son. The second side contains a music-only recording of Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945), also performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Ormandy.
1992 US CD release cover
Image: David Bowie Peter&Wolf cover
Composer Sergei Prokofiev (pictured c. 1918)
Conductor Eugene Ormandy in 1966.
"Heroes" (David Bowie album)
"Heroes" is the 12th studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 14 October 1977 through RCA Records. Recorded in collaboration with the musician Brian Eno and the producer Tony Visconti, it was the second release of his Berlin Trilogy, following Low, released in January the same year, and the only one wholly recorded in Berlin. Sessions took place in mid-1977 after Bowie completed work on Iggy Pop's second solo album Lust for Life. Much of the same personnel from Low returned for "Heroes", augmented by the King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp.
The guitar playing of Robert Fripp (pictured in 2007) greatly influenced the songs on "Heroes".
"Heroes" marked the second collaboration between Bowie and Brian Eno (pictured in 2008). Compared to Low, the sessions saw the use of Eno's Oblique Strategies cards, which were intended to spark creative ideas.
American composer Philip Glass (pictured in 1993) adapted "Heroes" into a classical music symphony in 1997.