Romeo & Juliet / Cinderella

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev

Romeo & Juliet / Cinderella is a release of ballet music by Sergei Prokofiev, comprising the scores for Romeo and Juliet (composed 1935–36) and Cinderella (composed 1944–45). The music combines sweeping, lyrical melodies with sharp modernist harmonies, vivid orchestration and rhythmic vigour, and represents significant works in Prokofiev's output that contrast his pre-war dramatic writing with his later wartime lyricism.
First released: 2006

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene I. No. 27 The Nurse gives Romeo the note from Juliet
    0:55
  2. 2.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. l Introduction (Andante dolce)
    2:36
  3. 3.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene I. No. 1 Introduction
    2:45
  4. 4.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 31 Promenade (Allegro tranquillo)
    1:40
  5. 5.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 2 Pas de châle (Allegretto)
    3:28
  6. 6.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene I. No. 2 Romeo
    1:39
  7. 7.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene II. No. 28 Romeo with Friar Lawrence
    3:19
  8. 8.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 32 Cinderellaʼs variation (Allegro grazioso)
    1:29
  9. 9.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 33 The Princeʼs variation (Andante con brio)
    1:09
  10. 10.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene II. No. 29 Juliet with Friar Lawrence
    3:32
  11. 11.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 3 Cinderella (Andante dolce)
    3:18
  12. 12.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene I. No. 3 The street awakens
    1:35
  13. 13.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene I. No. 4 Morning Dance
    2:03
  14. 14.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act: II. Scene III. No. 30 The people continue to make merry
    3:24
  15. 15.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 34 The Guests take refreshment (Moderato)
    1:19
  16. 16.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 4 The Father (Andantino)
    2:57
  17. 17.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 5 The Beggar-woman Fairy (Adagio)
    2:15
  18. 18.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene I. No. 5 The Quarrel
    1:49
  19. 19.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 35 Duet of the Sisters with their Oranges (Allegro con brio)
    1:31
  20. 20.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene III. No. 31 Folk Dance
    2:22
  21. 21.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 6 The Sisterʼs New Clothes (Vivo)
    2:07
  22. 22.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene III. No. 32 Tybalt meets Mercutio
    2:14
  23. 23.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene I. No. 6 The Fight
    2:34
  24. 24.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 36 Pas de deux: The Prince and Cinderella (Adagio)
    4:45
  25. 25.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene I. No. 7 The Prince gives his order
    1:43
  26. 26.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 37 Waltz-Coda (Allegro espressivo)
    2:49
  27. 27.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 7 The Dancing Lesson (Allegretto)
    2:49
  28. 28.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene III. No. 33 Tybalt and Mercutio fight
    1:25
  29. 29.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 38 Midnight (Allegro moderato)
    2:17
  30. 30.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 8 Departure for the Ball (Vivo)
    1:26
  31. 31.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene III. No. 34 Mercutio dies
    4:04
  32. 32.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene I. No. 8 Interlude
    3:10
  33. 33.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 9 Preparing for the Ball (Juliet and the Nurse)
    1:41
  34. 34.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene III. No. 35 Romeo decides to avenge Mercutioʼs death
    2:07
  35. 35.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 9 Cinderella Dreams of the Ball (Andante dolce)
    2:12
  36. 36.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 39 The Prince and the Shoemakers (Allegro scherzando)
    1:42
  37. 37.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 40 First galop (Presto)
    1:40
  38. 38.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene III. No. 36 Finale
    1:57
  39. 39.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 10 Juliet as a young girl
    3:30
  40. 40.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 10 Gavotte (Allegretto)
    2:19
  41. 41.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene I. No. 37 Introduction
    1:43
  42. 42.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 11 The Beggar-woman returns (Adagio)
    1:35
  43. 43.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 41 Temptation (Moderato — Allegretto)
    3:24
  44. 44.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 11 Arrival of the guests
    4:03
  45. 45.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 12 Masks
    2:41
  46. 46.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene I. No 38 Romeo and Juliet (Julietʼs bedroom)
    1:27
  47. 47.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 12 The Sleeping Fairy (Presto)
    1:25
  48. 48.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 42 Second galop (Presto)
    0:58
  49. 49.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 13 Dance of the Knights
    5:36
  50. 50.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 43 Orientalia (Andante dolce)
    2:17
  51. 51.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 13 The Summer Fairy (Andantino sognando)
    1:44
  52. 52.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene I. No. 39 The last farewell
    5:31
  53. 53.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 44 Third galop (Allegro marcato)
    1:29
  54. 54.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene I. No. 40 The Nurse
    1:49
  55. 55.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 14 Julietʼs variation
    2:35
  56. 56.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 14 Grasshoppers and Dragonflies (Vivace con brio)
    0:51
  57. 57.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 15 The Autumn Fairy (Allegretto moderato)
    1:29
  58. 58.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 15 Mercutio
    2:18
  59. 59.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene I. No. 41 Juliet refuses to marry Paris
    2:42
  60. 60.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 45 Cinderella awakes (Andante dolce)
    4:28
  61. 61.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 46 The Morning after the Ball (Allegretto capriccioso — Moderato — Vivo)
    2:37
  62. 62.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 16 Madrigal
    3:41
  63. 63.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 16 The Winter Fairy (Allegro moderato)
    1:14
  64. 64.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene I. No. 42 Juliet alone
    1:24
  65. 65.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 17 Interrupted departure (Vivo)
    0:55
  66. 66.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 47 The Princeʼs visit (Vivace)
    3:59
  67. 67.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene I. No. 43 Interlude
    1:28
  68. 68.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 17 Tybalt recognizes Romeo
    2:08
  69. 69.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 48 The Prince finds Cinderella (Adagio passionato)
    2:36
  70. 70.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 18 Clock Scene (Allegro moderato)
    1:26
  71. 71.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene II. No. 44 At Friar Laurenceʼs
    4:49
  72. 72.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 18 Departure of the guests
    3:45
  73. 73.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene II. No. 45 Interlude
    1:40
  74. 74.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 19 Balcony scene
    3:46
  75. 75.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act I: No. 19 Cinderellaʼs departure for the Ball (Allegro espressivo)
    2:18
  76. 76.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 49 Slow Waltz (Adagio)
    5:15
  77. 77.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene III. No. 46 Julietʼs bedroom
    2:47
  78. 78.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 20 Court dance (Andante grazioso)
    2:22
  79. 79.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 20 Romeoʼs variation
    1:27
  80. 80.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act III: No. 50 Amoroso (Andante dolcissimo)
    3:24
  81. 81.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I. Scene II. No. 21 Love Dance
    5:40
  82. 82.
    Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 ‘Classical’: I. Allegro
    4:10
  83. 83.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene III. No. 47 Juliet alone
    4:53
  84. 84.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 21 Passepied (Allegretto)
    1:44
  85. 85.
    Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 ‘Classical’: II. Larghetto
    4:09
  86. 86.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene I. No. 22 Folk Dance
    3:31
  87. 87.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 22 Cavalierʼs dance (Bourrée; Allegro pesante)
    1:29
  88. 88.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene III. No. 48 Morning Serenade
    2:40
  89. 89.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 23 Skinnyʼs variation (Allegretto)
    0:49
  90. 90.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene I. No. 23 Romeo and Mercutio
    2:23
  91. 91.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene III. No. 49 Dance of the girls with the lilies
    2:39
  92. 92.
    Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 ‘Classical’: III. Gavotta (Non troppo allegro)
    1:37
  93. 93.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene I. No. 24 Dance of the five couples
    3:44
  94. 94.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Scene III. No. 50 At Julietʼs bedside
    2:09
  95. 95.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 24 Dumpyʼs variation (Allegretto capriccioso)
    1:36
  96. 96.
    Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 ‘Classical’: IV. Finale (Molto vivace)
    4:08
  97. 97.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 25 Court dance (Andante grazioso)
    0:45
  98. 98.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene I. No. 25 Dance with the mandolins
    2:02
  99. 99.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Epilogue. No. 51 Julietʼs funeral
    7:03
  100. 100.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III. Epilogue. No. 52 Death of Juliet
    4:02
  101. 101.
    Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act II. Scene I. No. 26 The Nurse
    2:27
  102. 102.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 26 Mazurka and Entry of the Prince (Allegro)
    3:11
  103. 103.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 27 Dance of the Princeʼs Companions (Allegro moderato)
    0:59
  104. 104.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 28 Mazurka (Allegro ma non troppo)
    2:38
  105. 105.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 29 Cinderellaʼs Arrival at the Ball (Allegro Andante)
    2:45
  106. 106.
    Cinderella, op. 87, Act II: No. 30 Grand Waltz (Allegretto)
    5:19

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