This album showcases Itzhak Perlman’s voice rather than his violin. His rich tones and acute timing make him an engaging narrator for The Carnival of the Animals and Peter and the Wolf, and he even becomes an operatic bass — alongside Plácido Domingo — in Puccini’s Tosca.

Disc 1
01 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67  - Itzhak Perlman
02 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: I. Introduction et marche royale du lion-Carn  - Itzhak Perlman
03 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: II. Hens and Roosters  - Itzhak Perlman
04 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: III. Wild Asses  - Itzhak Perlman
05 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: IV. Tortoises  - Itzhak Perlman
06 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: V. The Elephant  - Itzhak Perlman
07 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: VI. Kangaroos  - Itzhak Perlman
08 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium  - Itzhak Perlman
09 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: VIII. Personages with Long Ears  - Itzhak Perlman
10 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: IX. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods  - Itzhak Perlman
11 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: X. Aviary  - Itzhak Perlman
12 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: XI. Pianists  - Itzhak Perlman
13 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: XII. Fossils  - Itzhak Perlman
14 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan  - Itzhak Perlman
15 Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: XIV. Finale  - Itzhak Perlman
16 Puccini: Tosca, Act 3: "Mario Cavaradossi?" (Perlman as Gaoler)  - Itzhak Perlman