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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Awards:

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…...

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

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Awards:

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…...

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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. Other upcoming releases on LSO Live include a Rachmaninov symphony cycle as well as music by Ravel, Stravinsky, Debussy and Strauss.

Concert reviews:

"The strings were supple and radiant … The brass, much used by Prokofiev, were tirelessly accurate, and the woodwind especially characterful, with some of the orchestra's younger members playing out of their skins. The best ballets contain music almost too good to be wasted on dancers. Freed from the need to adopt dance tempi, this wonderful music swaggered, sparkled and shimmered as it rarely does in the theatre" Mail on Sunday

"Most concert conductors only take bites out of Prokofiev's virile but lengthy ballet. Not Valery Gergiev. He knows that the complete score is a treasure chest of musical characterisation, orchestral colour, soaring melody and blasting drama: manna from heaven for himself and the London Symphony Orchestra" The Times

Contents and tracklist

Scene I, Introduction
Track length2:34
Act I, Scene II, Romeo
Track length1:22
Act I, Scene III, The Street Awakens
Track length2:15
Act I, Scene IV, Morning Dance
Track length1:55
Act I, Scene V, The Quarrel
Track length1:38
Act I, Scene VI, The Fight
Track length2:36
Act I, Scene VII, The Duke's Command
Track length1:12
Act I, Scene VIII, Interlude
Track length1:55
Act I, Scene IX, Preparations for the Ball
Track length2:05
Act I, Scene X, Juliet the Young Girl
Track length3:21
Act I, Scene XI, Arrival of the Guests
Track length3:36
Act I, Scene XII, Masks
Track length2:33
Act I: No. 13, Dance of the Knights
Track length5:11
Act I, Scene XIV, Juliet's Variation
Track length2:28
Act I, Scene XV, Mercutio
Track length2:17
Act I, Scene XVI, Madrigal
Track length3:35
Act I, Scene XVII, Tybalt Recognises Romeo
Track length1:50
Act I, Scene XVIII, Gavotte
Track length3:52
Act I, Scene XIX, Balcony Scene
Track length3:30
Act I, Scene XX, Romeo's Variation
Track length1:04
Act I, Scene XXI, Romeo and Juliet's Love Dance
Track length4:59
Act II, Scene XXII, Folk Dance
Track length3:08
Act II, Scene XXIII, Romeo and Mercutio
Track length1:49
Act II, Scene XXIV, Dance of the Five Couples
Track length4:02
Act II, Scene XXV, Dance With Mandolins
Track length2:24
Act II, Scene XXVI, The Nurse
Track length1:44
Act II, Scene XXVII, The Nurse Delivers Juliet's Letter to Romeo
Track length0:50
Act II, Scene XXVIII, Romeo At Friar Laurence's
Track length2:58
Act II, Scene XXIX, Juliet At Friar Laurence's
Track length3:06
Act II, Scene XXX, The People Continue to Make Merry
Track length3:17
Act II, Scene XXXI, Further Public Festivities
Track length2:06
Act II, Scene XXXII, Meeting of Tybalt and Mercutio
Track length1:57
Act II, Scene XXXIII, Tybalt and Mercutio Fight
Track length1:25
Act II, Scene XXXIV, Death of Mercutio
Track length3:14
Act II, Scene XXXV, Romeo Decides to Avenge Mercutio's Death
Track length2:14
Act II, Scene XXXVI, Finale
Track length2:21
Act III, Scene XXXVII, Introduction
Track length1:19
Act III, Scene XXXVIII, Romeo and Juliet
Track length1:21
Act III, Scene XXXIX, The Last Farewell
Track length5:04
Act III, Scene XL, The Nurse
Track length1:52
Act III, Scene XLI, Juliet Refuses to Marry Paris
Track length2:23
Act III, Scene XLII, Juliet Alone
Track length1:17
Act III, Scene XLIII, Interlude
Track length1:16
Act III, Scene XLIV, At Friar Laurence's Cell
Track length4:52
Act III, Scene XLV, Interlude
Track length1:37
Act III, Scene XLVI, Juliet's Bedroom
Track length2:56
Act III, Scene XLVII, Juliet Alone
Track length5:00
Act III, Scene XLVIII, Aubade
Track length2:42
Act III, Scene XLIX, Dance of the Young Girls With Lilies
Track length2:19
Act III, Scene L, At Juliet's Bedside
Track length2:15
Act IV, Epilogue, Scene LI, Juliet's Funeral
Track length5:44
Act IV, Scene LII, Death of Juliet
Track length4:19

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Awards and reviews

February 2010

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.

March 2010

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.

18th January 2010

The LSO play with real passion and energy throughout and every section of the orchestra is superb. The brass are rich and lyrical, noble and melodic or snarling and angry depending on the demands of the music, while the woodwind are on fine form throughout, commenting expressively on the action or portraying the emotions of the characters...All in all it is a superb reading of Prokofiev's supreme masterpiece, and thoroughly enjoyable throughout.

10th January 2010

This is music in which Gergiev has few peers today...he brings an epic, symphonic and dramatic integrity to its vast, multifaceted canvas...his London forces respond to Gergiev’s often hair-raising volatility with some of their most dynamic playing

20th January 2010

...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.

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