Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet - excs
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Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev
Magazine Review Date: 12/1988
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 45
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 422 049-2PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Masks |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Departure of the guests (Gavotte) |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Balcony scene |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Love Dance |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Romeo with Friar Laurence |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Tybalt and Mercutio fight |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: The last farewell |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: At Juliet's bedside |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Juliet's funeral |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: The Prince gives his order |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Juliet as a young girl |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev
Magazine Review Date: 12/1988
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 422 049-4PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Masks |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Departure of the guests (Gavotte) |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Balcony scene |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Love Dance |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Romeo with Friar Laurence |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Tybalt and Mercutio fight |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: The last farewell |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: At Juliet's bedside |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Juliet's funeral |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: The Prince gives his order |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Juliet as a young girl |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev
Magazine Review Date: 12/1988
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 422 049-1PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Masks |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Departure of the guests (Gavotte) |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Balcony scene |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Love Dance |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Romeo with Friar Laurence |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Tybalt and Mercutio fight |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: The last farewell |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: At Juliet's bedside |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Juliet's funeral |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: The Prince gives his order |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
| Romeo and Juliet, Movement: Juliet as a young girl |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
Author: Ivan March
Marvellous, polished playing of course, undoubtedly responsive to the balletic feeling of the score—Kurt Masur's phrasing is ever supple and graceful. His rhythmic pointing of the ''Gavotte'' and the ''Love Dance'' gives much pleasure when the playing is so neat rhythmically. The portrayal of ''Friar Laurence'', too, is warmly sympathetic. In the climaxes of ''The last farewell'' and ''Juliet's Funeral'' the sheer weight of the orchestral sound—which is magnificently recorded—cannot fail to make an effect: the horns and massed violins have great breadth and impact.
Yet Masur, for all his sympathy, misses the pungency of emotional feeling which embues Prokofiev's great score. The music possesses a special Russian intensity of passion, which others have caught more readily—most recently EsaPekka Salonen in his splendid CBS selection (42662; CD42662, 8/88) which has superlative playing from the Berlin Philharmonic, easily surpassing the Leipzig performance in expressive power. It is worth noting too that the CBS disc offers 56 minutes whereas this Philips recording gives much shorter measure.'
Yet Masur, for all his sympathy, misses the pungency of emotional feeling which embues Prokofiev's great score. The music possesses a special Russian intensity of passion, which others have caught more readily—most recently EsaPekka Salonen in his splendid CBS selection (42662; CD42662, 8/88) which has superlative playing from the Berlin Philharmonic, easily surpassing the Leipzig performance in expressive power. It is worth noting too that the CBS disc offers 56 minutes whereas this Philips recording gives much shorter measure.'
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet - excs
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet - excs
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet - excs
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