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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

~ Sergey Prokofiev (Composer), André Previn (Conductor), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: André Previn
  • Composer: Sergey Prokofiev
  • Audio CD (4 Oct 2004)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Gemini
  • ASIN: B0002XV310
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,406 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: IntroductionLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:45£0.69
Listen  2. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: RomeoLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:39£0.69
Listen  3. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: The street awakensLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:35£0.69
Listen  4. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Morning DanceLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:03£0.69
Listen  5. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: The QuarrelLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:49£0.69
Listen  6. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: The FightLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:34£0.69
Listen  7. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: The Prince gives his orderLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:43£0.69
Listen  8. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: InterludeLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:10£0.69
Listen  9. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Preparing for the Ball (Juliet and the Nurse)London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:41£0.69
Listen10. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Juliet as a young girlLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:30£0.69
Listen11. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Arrival of the guests (Minuet)London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 4:03£0.69
Listen12. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: MasksLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:41£0.69
Listen13. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Dance of the KnightsLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 5:36£0.69
Listen14. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Juliet's VariationLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:35£0.69
Listen15. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: MercutioLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:18£0.69
Listen16. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: MadrigalLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:41£0.69
Listen17. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Tybalt recognizes RomeoLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:08£0.69
Listen18. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Departure of the guests (Gavotte)London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:45£0.69
Listen19. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Balcony sceneLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:46£0.69
Listen20. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Romeo's VariationLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:27£0.69
Listen21. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act I: Love DanceLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 5:40£0.69
Listen22. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Folk DanceLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:31£0.69
Listen23. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Romeo and MercutioLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:23£0.69
Listen24. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Dance of the five couplesLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:44£0.69
Listen25. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Dance with the mandolinsLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:02£0.69
Listen26. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: The NurseLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:27£0.69


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: The Nurse gives Romeo the note from JulietLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn0:55£0.69
Listen  2. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Romeo with Friar LaurenceLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:19£0.69
Listen  3. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Juliet with Friar LaurenceLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:32£0.69
Listen  4. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: The people continue to make merryLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 3:24£0.69
Listen  5. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: A Folk Dance againLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:22£0.69
Listen  6. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Tybalt meets MercutioLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:14£0.69
Listen  7. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Tybalt and Mercutio fightLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:25£0.69
Listen  8. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Mercutio diesLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 4:04£0.69
Listen  9. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: Romeo decides to avenge Mercutio's deathLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:07£0.69
Listen10. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act II: FinaleLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:57£0.69
Listen11. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: IntroductionLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:43£0.69
Listen12. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet's bedroom)London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:27£0.69
Listen13. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: The last farewellLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 5:31£0.69
Listen14. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: The NurseLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:49£0.69
Listen15. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Juliet refuses to marry ParisLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:42£0.69
Listen16. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Juliet aloneLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:24£0.69
Listen17. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: InterludeLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:28£0.69
Listen18. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: At Friar Laurence'sLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 4:49£0.69
Listen19. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: InterludeLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 1:40£0.69
Listen20. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Again in Juliet's bedroomLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:47£0.69
Listen21. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Juliet aloneLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 4:53£0.69
Listen22. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Morning SerenadeLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:40£0.69
Listen23. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Dance of the girls with the liliesLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:39£0.69
Listen24. Romeo And Juliet Op. 64, Act III: At Juliet's Bedside (Epilogue)London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 2:09£0.69
Listen25. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Juliet's funeralLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 7:03£1.89
Listen26. Romeo and Juliet Op. 64, Act III: Death of JulietLondon Symphony Orchestra/André Previn 4:02£0.69

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5.0 out of 5 stars Class classic, 24 Dec 2007
By Jon Chambers (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
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Ballet scores don't come any better than this. Prokofiev's score is an order of magnitude greater than Tchaikovsky's, and this classic version by Previn and the LSO does full justice to superlative music. It is intelligent, sensual and witty and offers outstanding value.

Prokofiev's score manages to match Shakespeare's drama in its intensity, complexity and economy. A notable feature of the play is its time compression. In the world of the play, all the action takes place in three or four days. In stage-time, this is reduced to a mere trice: 'the two-hour's traffic of our stage'. In Prokofiev's version, ideas come equally thick and fast - and enough of them to last most composers a lifetime. What's more, like the play, the ballet score is full of contrasts: ravishing harmonies one minute and equally delicious discords the next. Subtle undertones, like the threatening bass-line at the opening of No 19 (Balcony scene), do the job of Shakespearean double entendre - 'Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man'.

Previn's LSO version is well able to cope with all these subtleties and contrasts. As well as the poetry, wit and violence of both play and score, Romeo and Juliet is also extremely coarse: witness the Nurse's vulgarities and the whole Elizabethan fixation with the bawdy and profane. The earthy raspberry in number 17 reflects this. Elsewhere, the Balcony scene (again) features an organ solo whose tones are distant, eerie and sepulchral, combining the ideas of marriage and funeral. The upper strings in No 35, meanwhile (Romeo decides to avenge Mercutio's death), convincingly evoke slashing swords. By such means does Previn bring us closer to the atmosphere of Shakespeare's play.

The notes tell us that the original recording was made in 1973. The digital remastering of 1987 has preserved the exuberance and vitality of an excellent recording. It may be a bit long in the tooth, but so is the woeful story of Juliet and her Romeo.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, 26 Sep 2009
This is a marvelous score. I must confess a tendency to underestimate greatness of Prokofiev and then - this has happened again and again - to discover something more from his output that just must be called a masterpiece. I suppose it is because his voice changed over the years ... from his strident early music to his more conservative (and actually greater) later years: this always seemed the opposite to what a composer living through the 20th Century should have done. Anyway, this score is maginificent.

And the performance - the LSO is stunning (as so often in recordings with Previn from this period) and the recording is excellent too. Previn is an ideal conductor for this music ... following the drama, maintaining a pulse so that as a piece of pure music it is not too episodic.

Wonderful. Buy it.


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