L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Classical music performances in L.A. for Aug. 18-25 include "Peter and the Wolf" with John C. Reilly and the LA Phil plus Verdi's Requiem with Dream Orchestra more info

Guardian Music — Millennium Centre, CardiffDoing double duty as conductor and narrator, Valery Gergiev gave a resonant and dramatic account of Peter and the WolfThe list of people who’ve recorded the narration of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is long and remarka... more info

Guardian Music — Composer's draft of Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra has been bought by the British LibraryBenjamin Britten's complete draft score of one of his best known and most performed pieces - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - is to stay in the... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, London; Theatre Royal; Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; City Halls, Glasgow"Frothy" arouses suspicions when applied to music. The epithet is nearly as bad as "fun", especially when the intention is to make the difficult seem easy... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Frenchkiss/2008Pitchfork (8.5)Hello everyone! For my first posts I thought I'd give you what I'm listening to lately. With The Dodos putting out their newest record, No Color, on March 15. I've been listening to it and the entire Dodos' catalog prett... more info

Guardian Music — The former Pulp frontman has joined the ranks of David Attenborough and Peter Ustinov – and become a family favouriteLast week, Jarvis Cocker finally took the professional summit that has been his for the taking for well over a decade: he became a ... more info

Guardian Music — Pulp singer delights his young audience at Royal Festival Hall with his narration of the Russian composer's children's storyBeing asked to narrate Peter and the Wolf is like being cast as Lear: the ultimate sign you have pricked a certain layer of th... more info

Totally Fuzzy — No. 6 said... * HENRY KAISER'S PETER AND THE WOLF (1998) - Unreleased 40 minute live band improv of the Prokofiev classic. Includes guitarist Henry Kasier, violinist Darol Anger and pianist Sarah Cahill, among others. FOR THE FIRST TIME @320 * HENRY ... more info

The Telegraph — Along with thousands of children in the audience, Mark Monahan was thoroughly charmed by this masterpiece of melodic and thematic invention. Rating: * * * more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... PETE TOWNSHEND Psychoderelict X 3 * Psychoderelict (Censored Dialogue) (1993) * Psychoderelict (Without Dialogue) (1993) * Psychoderelict - THE ORIGINAL (1993) The first two versions come from a 2CD promo only set. The one witho... more info