This is a 2009 Reissue of the 1987 remastered version of the release. The violent feud between the Montagues and Capulets is evoked by the swaggering Dance of the Knights, but Prokofiev's score brims...
Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet Suites CD1. Folk Dance - New York Philharmonic Orchestra 2. Romeo and Mercurion Masked - New York Philharmonic Orchestra 3. Balcony Scene - New York Philharmonic...
Julius Asal writes: "This album is not only a confession and result of my great admiration for the music of Sergei Prokofiev, it also reflects an intense examination of one of the most multifaceted...
Prokofiev's imaginative orchestration has made the ballet Romeo and Juliet world-famous, primarily through the orchestral suites as opposed to the ballet as a whole. Unmistakably a child of the...