[FairOpinion]

For more info about it:

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-09-04/s_7932.asp

Clinton narrates wolf-friendly Peter and the Wolf Thursday, September 04, 2003

LOS ANGELES — Sergei Prokofiev's musical fairy tale Peter and the Wolf is popular with children but not with wolf lovers, and two former world leaders — Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev — aim to put that right in a new recording.

They have teamed up in a new recording that couples the tale with a contemporary version featuring the same two protagonists but a very different ending.

Prokofiev's version ends with Peter capturing the wolf and leading a triumphant procession to the zoo, paining music-loving environmentalists with romantic visions of wolves in the wild.

In the new version, narrated by former U.S. president Clinton and called Wolf Tracks, Peter again captures the wolf but this time repents of his act and releases the animal, who howls a grateful goodbye.

"Forgetting his triumph, Peter thought instead of fallen trees, parched meadows, choked streams, and of each and every wolf struggling for survival," Clinton narrates. "The time has come to leave wolves in peace."

French composer Jean-Pascal Beintus wrote the score for the new wolf-friendly version, while former Soviet leader Gorbachev provides an introduction and epilogue.

"In Prokofiev's classic, man dominates, but Wolf Tracks expresses quite different values of balance and tolerance. All of us hope for a future where these values are lived every day," Gorbachev said.

Italian actress Sophia Loren narrates Prokofiev's traditional tale, which features the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano. It is to be released on the PentaTone Classics label on Sept. 23.

Part of the proceeds will go to the New York–based Wolf Conservation Center, which supports the reintroduction of wolves into the wild.

The accompanying booklet includes an article supposedly written by a wolf.

"On behalf of all wolves, I would like to thank Kent Nagano and the Russian National Orchestra, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Sophia Loren for coming together to make this recording," the wolf writes.

[A CA Guy]

This man has no honor and doesn't deserve to be honored for anything.

[Brimack34]

None of them was at the ceremony ((is it were or was???))
Tim Robbins-Traitor Penn-Bubba-Al Frankin-Jimmy Carter.I see a pattern here. Hate America win awards.

[Bud Krieger]

The Grammys were on ?

Well, I am not upset I missed them, that is for sure.

I have a suggestion on where Bill can put his award though.

[nutmeg]

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[lowbridge]

Clinton narrates. "The time has come to leave wolves in peace."

...said the fox as he volunteered to guard the henhouse.

[NautiNurse]

I'll not rest until Clintoon wins an Oscar for any number of his performances--particularly his abhorrent act at Ron Brown's funeral.

[nopardons]

I own a recording of the ORIGINAL version,which I got as a tiny child. Even on scratchy, VERY old 78s, it's better, by far, than this new PC garbage!

[KangarooJacqui]

Oh please, I just ate...

*runs to the bathroom*...

[Calpernia]

Ping

- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) won a Grammy Award on Sunday, but not for his famed saxophone playing.

- French composer Jean-Pascal Beintus wrote the score for the new wolf-friendly version, while former Soviet leader Gorbachev provides an introduction and epilogue.

- "On behalf of all wolves, I would like to thank Kent Nagano and the Russian National Orchestra, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Sophia Loren for coming together to make this recording," the wolf writes.

[RightWingAtheist]

Clinton was honored in the spoken word album for children category for a project he worked on with fellow winners, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev ... Clinton's wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton (news - web sites), was nominated in the spoken word album category for the audiobook version of her bestselling memoirs "Living History," but she lost to satirist Al Franken's "Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair And Balanced Look At The Right."

[texasbluebell]

Isn't there also some sort of award for advertising? Shouldn't this man receive an award for the selling of the Office of the Presidency? Especially in China?

"A woman displays a pamphlet in which former President Clinton's image is used to promote Rejuveface, a woman's beauty mask, in Beijing Friday Feb. 6, 2004. The characters read 'Service I can trust.' "

[vpintheak]

Would you expect anything less from the liberal media and music industry?

[Ben Bolt]

I guess I need to bone up on pop up ads or maybe even pop culture . What exactly is a Grammy anyway ? What is the value of having this thing ?

[thegreatbeast]

Didn't Mrs. Clinton win the same Grammy catagory for It Takes A Village Idiot?

[Victoria_R]

In the new version, narrated by former U.S. president Clinton and called Wolf Tracks, Peter again captures the wolf but this time repents of his act and releases the animal, who howls a grateful goodbye.

Idaho Dance Theatre came up with this variation at least ten years ago. Although I think Peter took the wolf over to Yellowstone Park to live in peace.

[Musket]

That Grammy belongs to Paul Shanklin!

[Stultis]

In the new version, narrated by former U.S. president Clinton and called Wolf Tracks, Peter again captures the wolf but this time repents of his act and releases the animal, who howls a grateful goodbye.

"Forgetting his triumph, Peter thought instead of fallen trees, parched meadows, choked streams, and of each and every wolf struggling for survival," Clinton narrates. "The time has come to leave wolves in peace."

OH, BROTHER!

French composer Jean-Pascal Beintus wrote the score for the new wolf-friendly version, while former Soviet leader Gorbachev provides an introduction and epilogue.

"In Prokofiev's classic, man dominates, but Wolf Tracks expresses quite different values of balance and tolerance. All of us hope for a future where these values are lived every day," Gorbachev said.

A Rapist, a Red and a Frog. What a trio.

Odd that they included the classic version as well (narrated by a classy lady, Sophia Loren) as that could only underline the pathetic nature of the PC rewrite.

One wonders how the ravenous wolf will be appeased in revised versions of The Three Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood.

[Stultis]

"It's the stupidest story I've ever heard," said the bigger of the small girls, with immense conviction.

"I didn't listen after the first bit, it was so stupid," said Cyril.

Click here for a PROPER story about a wolf (and about telling stories about wolves to children).

[InvisibleChurch]

that's all you need to know about the grammys