Prokofiev Romeo And Juliet Suites

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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conducts the Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester for this recording of Romeo & Juliet Suites by Prokofiev. Prokofiev made from the ballet three...

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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conducts the Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester for this recording of Romeo & Juliet Suites by Prokofiev.

Prokofiev made from the ballet three orchestral suites and a suite for solo piano. Romeo and Juliet. Commemorative coin depicting a scene from the ballet.

Romeo and Juliet represents a giant step forward in Prokofiev’s evolution as a ballet composer, a remarkable synthesis of the "five lines" of his musical personality.

Romeo and Juliet represents a giant step forward in Prokofiev’s evolution as a ballet composer. It is a remarkable synthesis of the five “lines” of his musical personality, as he once described them: classical, modern, toccata (or motor), lyrical, and grotesque. His aggressive “Scythianism” found brilliant expression in the violent hostility between the Montagues and Capulets, and in the brutal darkness of the unenlightened medieval setting. His “classicism” found an outlet in the courtly dances required of an aristocratic setting, such as gavottes and minuets. Entirely appropriate for some of the character roles, such as the Nurse, was Prokofiev’s famous satirical style, while his scherzo style suited volatile characters like Mercutio. And finally, Prokofiev’s lyricism, an increasingly important part of his artistic personality since the late 1920s and now reinforced by the Soviet musical environment (which prized melody and accessibility above all else), was both necessary and particularly successful in conveying the innocent passion between the lovers that lies at the center of the drama. Romeo is Prokofiev’s first completely successful lyrical stage work, and his first convincing portrayal of non-ironic romantic love.

Quick Facts
Composer’s life: Born April 23, 1891, in Sontsovka, Ukraine; died March 5, 1954, in Moscow, Russia
Year completed: Ballet, 1935; Suites 1 and 2, 1936; Suite 3, 1946
First performance: Suite No. 1, Moscow, November 24, 1936
First BSO performance: March 25 and 26, 1938, Sergei Prokofiev conducting (American premiere)

The score of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet calls for 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (2nd doubling E-flat clarinet), bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, cornet, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (glockenspiel, tubular bells, xylophone, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, maracas, wood block, snare drum, bass drum), 2 mandolins, viola d'amore, harp, piano and celesta, and strings (first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses). Perhaps to make them easier to perform in concert, Prokofiev made the orchestration in the suites somewhat lighter than in the ballet, with only 2 trumpets rather than 3, 4 horns rather than 6, no mandolins, and a smaller percussion group. This selection of numbers is about 55 minutes long.

Album: Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suites
Label: Denon - COCQ-85315
Series: Denon Ultimate High-Quality
Format: CD, UHQCD, Stereo, Album, Limited
Country: Japan
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic

Tracklist:

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo And Juliet Suites

Musicians:

Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

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