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Prokofiev with London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Abisalovich Gergiev - Romeo and Juliet (Vallery Gergiev & LSO)(Hybrid SACD-DSD) (2010)



Genre: Classical | Label: LSO Live | RAR 5% Rec. | Fileserve



LSO Live will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2010 and the label%27s first release of the year features Prokofiev%27s spectacular score for the ballet Romeo & Juliet conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Gergiev is a tireless champion of Prokofiev%27s music. In 2004 he conducted a complete cycle of the composer%27s symphonies with the LSO in London.

The performances which were recorded by LSO Live and released by Philips collected a Gramophone Award.

Shortly afterward, Gergiev became Principal Conductor of the orchestra and spent much of 2008 and 2009 touring Prokofiev%27s symphonies with the LSO in Europe, Japan and the USA.

Review: This new %27Romeo and Juliet," recorded in concert, updates Gergiev%27s earlier Kirov recording on Philips, which was already my first choice.

There are two added dimensions: improved sound and extremely refined orchestral playing.

Good as the Kirov Orch. was on the first recording - they had the music in their bones - the London Sym. is a finer ensemble by a good margin. They sound fresher and more vibrant, too.

One can fairly say that Gergiev is the world%27s leading proponent of Prokofiev%27s entire output, including the operas.

He diverges from the robust, extroverted roughness of the Soviet era to remind us that the composer was also at home in Paris - there is delicacy and elegance in Gergiev%27s conducting here, sometimes to a fault.

Critics say they feel a loss in earthiness or in modernist, acerbic sharpness.

But this romantic ballet, which transforms Shakespeare%27s tragedy into a lyrical dream, finds Prokofiev without sharp edges except in the fight scenes and quarrels, so Gergiev%27s subtlety finds a suitable vehicle.

The larger question about this 2-CD set, with no dancers to watch, is whether Gergiev succeeds in making the entire score a concert piece.

Here I think is his biggest success. Familiar as this music is - and to most experienced ers it may almost be cliched and cloying - Gergiev introduces so much symphonic breadth, variety, and personal phrasing that every moment is compelling.

The main reason to prefer the earlier Gergiev account is that it is more robust and direct, if that fits better with your notion of this music.

I still treasure Mravinsky%27s unique take on the Suite 2, and there are blockbuster recordings of excerpts by the Berlin Phil. under both Abbado and Salonen, among many others, but here we find ourselves in a complete world with fascinating musical events around every corner.

What could be better?

Tracklist:

Disc: 1

1. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: No. 1. Introduction

2. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 2. Romeo

3. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 3. The street awakens

4. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 4. Morning dance

5. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 5. The quarrel

6. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 6. The fight

7. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 7. The Duke%27s command

8. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 8. Interlude

9. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 9. Preparations for the ball

10. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 10. Juliet the young girl

11. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 11. Arrival of the guests

12. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 12. Masks

13. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 13. Dance of the Knights

14. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 14. Juliet%27s variation

15. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 15. Mercutio

16. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 16. Madrigal

17. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 17. Tybalt recognises Romeo

18. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 18. Gavotte

19. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 19. Balcony scene

20. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 20. Romeo%27s variation

21. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 1. No. 21. Romeo and Juliet%27s love dance

22. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 22. Folk dance

23. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 23. Romeo and Mercutio

24. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 24. Dance of the five couples

Disc: 2

1. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 25. Dance with mandolins

2. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 26. The Nurse

3. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 27. The Nurse delivers Juliet%27s letter to Romeo

4. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 28. Romeo at Friar Laurence%27s

5. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 29. Juliet at Friar Laurence%27s

6. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 30. The people continue to make merry

7. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 31. Further public festivities

8. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 32. Meeting of Tybalt and Mercutio

9. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 33. Tybalt and Mercutio fight

10. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 34. Death of Mercutio

11. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 35. Romeo decides to avenge Mercutio%27s death

12. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 2. No. 36. Finale

13. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 37. Introduciton

14. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 38. Romeo and Juliet

15. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 40. The Nurse

16. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 41. Juliet refuses to marry Paris

17. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 42. Juliet alone

18. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 43. Interlude

19. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 44. At Friar Laurence%27s cell

20. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 45. Interlude

21. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 46. Juliet%27s bedroom

22. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 47. Juliet alone

23. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 48. Aubade

24. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 3. No. 50. At Juliet%27s bedside

25. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 4. Epilogue. No. 51. Juliet%27s funeral

26. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 4. Epilogue. No. 52. Death of Juliet Buy It at Lowest Price on Amazon

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