Mariinsky Orchestra/Gergiev review - charm and wolfish drama

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 remarkable, including David Attenborough, Leonard Bernstein, Alice Cooper and John Gielgud. Perhaps Valery Gergiev will now emulate Bernstein, following this performance during the Mariinsky Orchestra’s brief Cardiff residency in which he achieved the dou...

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