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Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet - The Three Suites

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Catalogue numberBIS-1301 SACD
Release date2007-01-30
Discs1
Orig. sample rate44100Hz
Total time74:16

Winner of the Norwegian Spellemanpris 2008.

While containing some of the most popular and attractive music that Prokofiev ever wrote, his suites from the ballet Romeo and Juliet have often been perceived as less than satisfying. Depending on the listener, there is a feeling that the composer chose either too much or too little, or that neither of the suites fully reflects the wealth and variety to be found in the complete score. Many conductors have accordingly compiled their own sequences of movements, picking from all three of the suites. This recording presents another solution: all three suites are played, but the twenty movements (which after all are Prokofiev’s choice of his favourite bits) are performed in the order in which they appear in the ballet. Lasting a little over half the duration of the complete Romeo and Juliet, they preserve the outline of the narrative and together give a full picture of Prokofiev’s gift for bringing characters, scenes and situations to life in music of vivid, striking power: the sunny atmosphere of Shakespeare’s Verona, aggressive energy in the fight music, neo-classical elegance in the courtly dances, quirky humour in the minor roles, and above all great lyrical beauty in the music for the two young lovers and the cruel series of events that leads to their tragic deaths. All this is brought to us by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra – whose recent Grieg cycle on BIS has been a notable critical success – conducted by its music director Andrew Litton, making his first recording for BIS. The Litton/Bergen collaboration was initiated in 2003 and has been highly successful, something which not only Norwegian, but also European audiences have been able to benefit from through the orchestra’s recent tours. The 2007/2008 season will offer further such possibilities as the team visits Concertgebouw, Royal Albert Hall, Musikverein and Carnegie Hall – four of the world’s most prestigious concert venues.
 
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  Composer: Prokofiev, Sergei
  Romeo and Juliet 72:14
01 Romeo at the Fountain (Suite III: 1) 01:44 $ 0.36 USD
02 The Street Awakens (I: 2) 01:34 $ 0.33 USD
03 Morning Dance (III: 2) 02:21 $ 0.49 USD
04 Juliet as a Young Girl (II: 2) 03:43 $ 0.78 USD
05 The Nurse (III: 4) 02:09 $ 0.45 USD
06 Montagues and Capulets (II: 1) 05:26 $ 1.14 USD
07 Juliet (III: 3) 04:11 $ 0.88 USD
08 Madrigal (I: 3) 03:33 $ 0.75 USD
09 Minuet (The Arrival of the Guests) (I: 4) 03:01 $ 0.63 USD
10 Masks (I: 5) 02:08 $ 0.45 USD
11 Romeo and Juliet (Balcony Scene) (I: 6) 07:29 $ 1.57 USD
12 Folk Dance (I: 1) 04:34 $ 0.96 USD
13 Dance (II: 4) 01:57 $ 0.41 USD
14 Friar Laurence (II: 3) 02:24 $ 0.50 USD
15 Death of Tybalt (I: 7) 04:44 $ 0.99 USD
16 Dawn: Romeo and Juliet Part (II: 5) 07:11 $ 1.51 USD
17 Aubade (Morning Serenade) (III: 5) 02:38 $ 0.55 USD
18 Dance of the Girls with Lilies (II: 6) 02:07 $ 0.44 USD
19 Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb (II: 7) 05:41 $ 1.19 USD
20 The Death of Juliet (III: 6) 03:39 $ 0.77 USD
 
  Album total 74:16
OrchestraBergen Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorLitton, Andrew
ComposerProkofiev, Sergei

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