Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

Product Details

Artist : The Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel
Format : Box set
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0028945297026
Label : Universal Classics
Number of Discs : 2
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1998-03-16
Running Time : 140minutes
UPC : 028945297026

ASIN : B000007OTR

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. 1. Introduction
2. 2. Romeo
3. The street wakens - The quarrel
4. 5. The quarrel
5. 6. The fight
6. The Duke's command - Interlude
7. 9. At the Capulets' (Preparations for the ball)
8. 10. The young Juliet
9. 11. Arrival of the guests
10. 12. Masks
11. 13. Dance of the knights
12. 14. Juliet's variation
13. 15. Mercutio
14. 16. Madrigal
15. 17. Tybalt recognizes Romeo
16. 18. Gavotte
17. Balcony scene - Romeo's variation - Love Dance
18. 22. Folk dance
19. 23. Romeo and Mercutio
20. 24. Dance of the five couples
21. 25. Dance with mandolins
22. The nurse - The nurse and Romeo

Disc-2
1. 28. Romeo at friar Laurence's
2. 29. Juliet at friar Laurence's
3. Public merrymaking - Further public festivities
4. Meeting of Tybalt and Mercutio - Duel - Death of Mercut
5. 35/36. Romeo decides to avenge Mercutio - Finale
6. 37/38. Introduction - Romeo and Juliet
7. 39. Romeo bids Juliet farewell
8. 40. Nurse
9. 41. Juliet refuses to marry Paris
10. 42/43. Juliet alone - Interlude
11. 44/45. At friar Laurence's cell - Interlude
12. 46. Juliet's room
13. 47. Juliet alone
14. 48. Aubade
15. 49. Dance of the girls with lilies
16. 50. At Juliet's bedside
17. Juliet's funeral - Juliet's death

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Customer Reviews

Absorbing (2007-02-07)

Sometimes music becomes something else, it becomes something so gripping that it takes over your mind and intoxicates your brain.Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet does just that.This is some of the most emotive music you've ever heard, and presented in excellent quality."Dance of the Knights" is my favourite piece, I know nothing of the technical side of music. All I know is that I love Prokofiev and that I can listen to this and be absorbed by it.Whilst listening to this you can hear signature pieces very similar to those found in Peter and the Wolf, so after listening to this you become hungry for yet more Prokofiev!!!5 stars and well worth it.

A must have. (2006-03-29)

You will not find a better recording of this work, whatever your budget. This is simply the best album I own.The recording is clear and the levels perfectly balanced. Do not look any further, you have found what you are looking for.

One of the best full-length Romeo and Juliet's (2002-12-15)

Definitely one of the best full-length recordings of Prokofiev's beloved masterpiece around. Lorin Maazel and the Cleveland Orchestra provide playing of a raw intensity and soaring lyricism. Maazel's generally fast tempi, hard-driven rhythms and conducting full of punch give plenty of excitement in the dramatic pages of the score, while the poignant love-music has a sense of inevitability and lurking doom. The Decca recording, although dating from the pre-digital age (1973), is stunning and can compete with the very best modern discs by its dynamic range and the details in the sound picture. At this price this "Romeo and Juliet" is a bargain. Highly recommended.

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