PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, Symphony No. 1
Catalog Number: RRC1258
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Orchestral Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century
Composers: Sergei Prokofiev
Directors: Yuri Simonov
Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Available: 4
Price: $8.99
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Orchestral Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century
Composers: Sergei Prokofiev
Directors: Yuri Simonov
Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Available: 4
Price: $8.99
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo & Juliet ballet highlights
Symphony No. 1
Lieutenant Kije Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romeo & Juliet (highlights from ballet Suites 1 & 2) | |||
| 1 | Montagues and Capulets / Dance of the Knights | 5:30 | |
| 2 | The Child Juliet | 4:08 | |
| 3 | Friar Lawrence | 2:41 | |
| 4 | Morning Dance | 2:23 | |
| 5 | Minuet | 3:24 | |
| 6 | Masks | 2:07 | |
| 7 | Death of Tybalt | 5:41 | |
| 8 | Dance | 2:04 | |
| 9 | Romeo at Juliet's Grave | 6:42 | |
| Symphony No. 1 Classical | |||
| 10 | Allegro | 4:25 | |
| 11 | Larghetto | 4:23 | |
| 12 | Gavotta | 1:50 | |
| 13 | Finale | 4:12 | |
| Suite: Lieutenant Kije | |||
| 14 | Birth of Kije | 4:33 | |
| 15 | Romance | 5:09 | |
| 16 | Wedding of Kije | 3:04 | |
| 17 | Troika | 3:02 | |
| 18 | Burial of Kije | 6:14 |
"The Suites do not conform to the order of their playing in the ballet and often Prokofiev (eg. Montagues and Capulets / Dance of the Knights) incorporates passages from other scenes. One of the highlights is Death of Tybalt which is a conflation of scenes at the end of Act 2, illustrating Romeo's anxiety as Mercutio and Tybalt fight, his decision to take revenge, Tybalt's death and the consequent grief...In contrast to his earlier ballets there is much warmth and delicacy."
© James Murray