PETER USTINOV TELLS THE STORIES OF BABAR THE ELEPHANT [and] THE LITTLE TAILOR

Poulenc (orch. Françaix): Histoire de Babar, le petit elephant. / The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
Tibor Harsányi: Histoire du Petit Tailleur / The Story of the Little Tailor

Harsányi after a story by Grimm. Text of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff, transl. Rieu.

Georges Prêtre, conductor; Peter Ustinov, narrator

DESCRIPTION:  1 disc, 33 1/3 rpm, microgroove, stereo, 12 in.

NOTES: Poulenc recorded 20-21 May and 17 December 1965, Salle Wagram. Producer: René Challan; Balance Engineer: Paul Vavasseur. Durations (from Angel LP) 26:45, 28:05. From CD (Poulenc): 27:10.

VSM (in French) ℗ 1966 @Discogs

Also:

Angel S-36357. Matrix nos: labels 2YLA-X-1356 and 2YLA-X-1357, etched id. plus - B2. In English. Jacket note unsigned. 1966.

Cassette:

Cassette: Angel 4XS-36644. With Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf. 1966.

CD:

CD: in Prokofiev: Pierre et le loup, etc. (Orchestre de Paris / Markevitch), etc.: EMI Studio CDM 7 63157 2 (PM 517). Program note by Philippe Mougeot. Remastered 1990. 1990. Re-released in US July 2001.

STREAMING / DOWNLOAD

Babar, in Warner Classics / Erato (2024): Poulenc, Prêtre repertoire, 41 tracks

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