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Prokofiev: Ballet Suites / Katz, Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra
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Prokofiev: Ballet Suites / Katz, Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra

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Composer
PROKOFIEV, SERGEI
Artist
Katz
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Apr 24, 2012
Catalog #
BRI9254
UPC
5029365925426

About

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.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Introduction 02:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Introduction
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  2. 2 II. Pas de Chale 03:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Pas de Chale
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  3. 3 III. Quarrel 03:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Quarrel
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  4. 4 IV. Fairy Godmother and Winter Fairy 04:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Fairy Godmother and Winter Fairy
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  5. 5 V. Mazurka 04:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Mazurka
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  6. 6 VI. Cinderella Goes to the Ball 02:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Cinderella Goes to the Ball
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  7. 7 VII. Cinderella's Waltz 02:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Cinderella's Waltz
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  8. 8 VIII. Midnight 02:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Midnight
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  9. 9 I. Amorous Dance 07:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Amorous Dance
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  10. 10 II. Dance of the fiancee's girl-friends 02:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Dance of the fiancee's girl-friends
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  11. 11 III. Maiden's Dance 03:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Maiden's Dance
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  12. 12 IV. Ceremonial Dance 02:19
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Ceremonial Dance
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  13. 13 V. Wedding Dance 03:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Wedding Dance
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  14. 14 I. Montagues and Capulets 05:00
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Montagues and Capulets
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  15. 15 II. The Young Juliet 03:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. The Young Juliet
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  16. 16 III. Friar Laurence 03:01
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Friar Laurence
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  17. 17 IV. Dance 02:00
    Track
    17
    Title
    IV. Dance
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  18. 18 V. Romeo at Juliet's before Parting 09:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    V. Romeo at Juliet's before Parting
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  19. 19 VI. Dance of the Antilles Girls 02:20
    Track
    19
    Title
    VI. Dance of the Antilles Girls
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz
  20. 20 VII. Romeo at the Grave of Juliet 06:23
    Track
    20
    Title
    VII. Romeo at the Grave of Juliet
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arnold Katz