Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 London Symphony Orchestra & Valery Gergiev

• Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953): Act I
• 1 Act I: Introduction 02:32
• 2 Act I: Romeo 01:22
• 3 Act I: The Street Wakens 02:15
• 4 Act I: Morning Dance 01:55
• 5 Act I: The Quarrel 01:38
• 6 Act I: The Fight 02:36
• 7 Act I: The Duke's Command 01:12
• 8 Act I: Interlude 01:55
• 9 Act I: Preparations for the Ball 02:05
• 10 Act I: Juliet the Young Girl 03:21
• 11 Act I: Arrival of the Guests 03:36
• 12 Act I: Masks 02:33
• 13 Act I: Dance of the Knights 05:11
• 14 Act I: Juliet's Variation 02:28
• 15 Act I: Mercutio 02:17
• 16 Act I: Madrigal 03:35
• 17 Act I: Tybalt Recognizes Romeo 01:50
• 18 Act I: Gavotte 03:52
• 19 Act I: Balcony Scene 03:30
• 20 Act I: Romeo's Variation 01:04
• 21 Act I: Romeo and Juliet's Love Dance 04:59
• Act II
• 22 Act II: Folk Dance 03:08
• 23 Act II: Romeo and Mercutio 01:49
• 24 Act II: Dance of the Five Couples 04:00
• 25 Act II: Dance with Mandolins 02:23
• 26 Act II: The Nurse 01:44
• 27 Act II: The Nurse Delivers Juliet's Letter to Romeo 00:50
• 28 Act II: Romeo at Friar Laurence's 02:58
• 29 Act II: Juliet at Friar Laurence's 03:06
• 30 Act II: The People Continuo to Make Merry 03:17
• 31 Act II: Further Public Festivities 02:06
• 32 Act II: Meeting of Tybalt and Mercutio 01:57
• 33 Act II: Tybalt and Mercutio Fight 01:25
• 34 Act II: Death of Mercutio 03:14
• 35 Act II: Romero Decides to Avenge Mercutio 02:14
• 36 Act II: Finale 02:21
• Act III
• 37 Act III: Introduction 01:19
• 38 Act III: Romeo and Juliet 01:21
• 39 Act III: The Last Farewell 05:04
• 40 Act III: The Nurse 01:52
• 41 Act III: Juliet Refuses to Marry Paris 02:36
• 42 Act III: Juliet Alone 01:17
• 43 Act III: Interlude 01:16
• 44 Act III: At Friar Laurence's Cell 04:52
• 45 Act III: Interlude 01:37
• 46 Act III: Juliet's Bedroom 02:26
• 47 Act III: Juliet Alone 05:00
• 48 Act III: Aubade 02:42
• 49 Act III: Dance of the Girls with Lilies 02:19
• 50 Act III: At Juliet's Bedside 02:15
• Act IV
• 51 Act IV: Epilogue: Juliet's Funeral 05:44
• 52 Act IV: Death of Juliet 04:17
• Total Runtime 02:18:15

Info for Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

LSO Live celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2010. The label's first release of the year features Prokofiev's spectacular score for the ballet Romeo & Juliet conducted by Valery Gergiev. Gergiev is a tireless champion of Prokofiev's music.

In 2004 he conducted the complete cycle of the composer's symphonies with the LSO which then won a Gramophone Award. Shortly afterwards Gergiev became Principal Conductor of the LSO and spent much of 2008 and 2009 touring Prokofiev's symphonies with the orchestra in Europe, Japan and the USA. Gergiev's Mahler cycle continues in February 2010 with the release of the Fourth Symphony.

“Few can rival Valery Gergiev's pedigree in Prokofiev's music, and he is palpably aware of how this score works in the theatre. His pacing of events is masterly, with plenty of verve and passion… what really impresses… is the tenderness and poetry that are so often overlooked in Prokofiev, and not just in the love music. Gergiev frequently lets the strings and solo woodwind linger in a beguiling, natural rubato, whilst maintaining an architectural grasp of the tragic whole.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“Gergiev is in his element and not just in moments of gritty angularity or romantic excess. The lighter numbers, sometimes taken more spaciously than usual, are equally memorable.” (Gramophone Magazine)

“...the complete ballet is a treasure-house of wonderful music...in the hands of Gergiev and the LSO there is always a moment of delight around the corner. Wonderful for dipping into.” (The Telegraph, UK)

London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor

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