Prokofiev: Ballet Suites / Katz, Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
April 24, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PROKOFIEV, SERGEI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Katz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 24, 2012
    • UPC
      5029365925426
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI9254
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Introduction

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    2. II. Pas de Chale

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    3. III. Quarrel

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    4. IV. Fairy Godmother and Winter Fairy

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    5. V. Mazurka

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    6. VI. Cinderella Goes to the Ball

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    7. VII. Cinderella's Waltz

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    8. VIII. Midnight

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    9. I. Amorous Dance

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    10. II. Dance of the fiancee's girl-friends

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    11. III. Maiden's Dance

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    12. IV. Ceremonial Dance

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    13. V. Wedding Dance

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    14. I. Montagues and Capulets

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    15. II. The Young Juliet

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    16. III. Friar Laurence

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    17. IV. Dance

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    18. V. Romeo at Juliet's before Parting

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    19. VI. Dance of the Antilles Girls

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz

    20. VII. Romeo at the Grave of Juliet

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arnold Katz


Prokofiev’s great ballet scores for Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella have become firm favourites in both the concert hall and the repertory of ballet companies worldwide – ‘The Montagues and Capulets’ from Romeo and Juliet, for example, features regularly at major sporting events, something Prokofiev probably never envisaged!

The earliest of the ballets featured here is Romeo and Juliet, commissioned in the mid-1930s, soon after Prokofiev returned to the USSR from self-imposed exile. Drawn from the main events of the ballet, the music of Suite No.2 ranges from the grand, formal music of the ball and sounds of a popular holiday to the tragedy and despair of the story’s end, illuminating Prokofiev’s commitment to communicating the depths and intricacies of Shakespeare’s play.

Cinderella followed Romeo and Juliet in the 1940s, with a score of rich and sophisticated music that rewards audiences of adults and children alike.The Suite No.1 features some of the ballet’s best-loved music, including ‘Cinderella’s Waltz’ and the brilliant Mazurka.The Stone Flower was the last of Prokofiev’s Soviet ballets, dating from 1948, and is based on a folk tale from the Urals. Although it will perhaps be the least familiar of the works on this disc, its score contains music of great beauty, with soaring tunes that are as memorable as anything in the two ballet scores that preceded it.

OTHER INFORMATION:
• Recording made in 1997.
• Includes booklet notes.