Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

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…... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, More…

Release Date: 11th Jan 2010
Catalogue No: LSO0682
Label: LSO Live
Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

2:18:39

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London Symphony Orchestra
Valéry Gergiev

Scene I, Introduction

2:34

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Act I, Scene II, Romeo

1:22

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Act I, Scene III, The Street Awakens

2:15

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Act I, Scene IV, Morning Dance

1:55

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Act I, Scene V, The Quarrel

1:38

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Act I, Scene VI, The Fight

2:36

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Act I, Scene VII, The Duke's Command

1:12

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Act I, Scene VIII, Interlude

1:55

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Act I, Scene IX, Preparations for the Ball

2:05

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Act I, Scene X, Juliet the Young Girl

3:21

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Act I, Scene XI, Arrival of the Guests

3:36

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Act I, Scene XII, Masks

2:33

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Act I: No. 13, Dance of the Knights

5:11

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Act I, Scene XIV, Juliet's Variation

2:28

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Act I, Scene XV, Mercutio

2:17

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Act I, Scene XVI, Madrigal

3:35

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Act I, Scene XVII, Tybalt Recognises Romeo

1:50

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Act I, Scene XVIII, Gavotte

3:52

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Act I, Scene XIX, Balcony Scene

3:30

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Act I, Scene XX, Romeo's Variation

1:04

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Act I, Scene XXI, Romeo and Juliet's Love Dance

4:59

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Act II, Scene XXII, Folk Dance

3:08

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Act II, Scene XXIII, Romeo and Mercutio

1:49

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Act II, Scene XXIV, Dance of the Five Couples

4:02

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Act II, Scene XXV, Dance With Mandolins

2:24

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Act II, Scene XXVI, The Nurse

1:44

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Act II, Scene XXVII, The Nurse Delivers Juliet's Letter to Romeo

0:50

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Act II, Scene XXVIII, Romeo At Friar Laurence's

2:58

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Act II, Scene XXIX, Juliet At Friar Laurence's

3:06

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Act II, Scene XXX, The People Continue to Make Merry

3:17

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Act II, Scene XXXI, Further Public Festivities

2:06

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Act II, Scene XXXII, Meeting of Tybalt and Mercutio

1:57

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Act II, Scene XXXIII, Tybalt and Mercutio Fight

1:25

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Act II, Scene XXXIV, Death of Mercutio

3:14

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Act II, Scene XXXV, Romeo Decides to Avenge Mercutio's Death

2:14

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Act II, Scene XXXVI, Finale

2:21

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Act III, Scene XXXVII, Introduction

1:19

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Act III, Scene XXXVIII, Romeo and Juliet

1:21

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Act III, Scene XXXIX, The Last Farewell

5:04

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Act III, Scene XL, The Nurse

1:52

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Act III, Scene XLI, Juliet Refuses to Marry Paris

2:23

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Act III, Scene XLII, Juliet Alone

1:17

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Act III, Scene XLIII, Interlude

1:16

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Act III, Scene XLIV, At Friar Laurence's Cell

4:52

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Act III, Scene XLV, Interlude

1:37

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Act III, Scene XLVI, Juliet's Bedroom

2:56

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Act III, Scene XLVII, Juliet Alone

5:00

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Act III, Scene XLVIII, Aubade

2:42

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Act III, Scene XLIX, Dance of the Young Girls With Lilies

2:19

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Act III, Scene L, At Juliet's Bedside

2:15

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Act IV, Epilogue, Scene LI, Juliet's Funeral

5:44

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Act IV, Scene LII, Death of Juliet

4:19

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Recording of the Week, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet

18th January 2010

A ‘superb reading of Prokofiev's supreme masterpiece’ from Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra, two decades after the conductor’s landmark account of the piece with the Kirov Orchestra.

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

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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