Romeo & Juliet: Highlights

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest & Myung-Whun Chung

Romeo & Juliet: Highlights is a compilation album featuring selected pieces from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet 'Romeo and Juliet,' performed by various orchestras and conductors. The album showcases Prokofiev's dynamic orchestration and emotive melodies, capturing the essence of Shakespeare's tragic love story through expressive musical interpretations.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Montagues and the Capulets (op. 64b:1)
    5:31
  2. 2.
    Juliet the young girl (op. 64b:2)
    3:52
  3. 3.
    Folk dance (op. 64a:1)
    4:16
  4. 4.
    Scene (op. 64a:2)
    1:31
  5. 5.
    Madrigal (op. 64a:3)
    3:35
  6. 6.
    Minuet (op. 64a:4)
    3:04
  7. 7.
    Masks (op. 64a:5)
    1:55
  8. 8.
    Romeo and Juliet (op. 64a:6)
    7:41
  9. 9.
    Tybalt's death (op. 64a:7)
    4:35
  10. 10.
    Friar Laurence (op. 64b:3)
    2:40
  11. 11.
    Dance (op. 64b:4)
    1:57
  12. 12.
    Romeo and Juliet before parting (op. 64b:5)
    9:14
  13. 13.
    Dance of the girls from the Antilles [the girls with lilies] (op. 64b:6)
    2:12
  14. 14.
    Romeo at Juliet's tomb (op. 64b:7)
    7:01
  15. 15.
    Death of Juliet (op. 101:6)
    4:18

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