BR Klassik
Prokofiev: Romeo & Julia; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
$29.99
Details
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Artist
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Format
- CD
- Label
- BR Klassik
- Released
- Nov 14, 2025
- Catalog #
- BRK900230
- UPC
- 4035719002300
About
Sir Georg Solti was a frequent guest conductor with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Born in Hungary in 1912, he played a decisive role in rebuilding the Bavarian National Theatre after the war. From the 1960s onwards, he was considered one of the world's leading conductors alongside Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan. Georg Solti returned to Munich once more for a special concert on February 10, 1984, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz. Aged 71 and at the height of his career, he conducted excerpts from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. Works by these two Russian composers, as well as Bruckner and Mahler, suited him particularly well, as they sounded musically spirited and exceptionally transparent. Prokofiev's three-act ballet Romeo and Juliet was written in 1935 for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, but it's premiere did not take place until 1938, in Brno in the Czech Republic. At the special concert in Munich in 1984 with Georg Solti, fifteen numbers from the ballet music were performed in chronological order. Pyotr Tchaikovsky dedicated his Fourth Symphony - composed in 1877/78 at the same time as his opera Eugene Onegin - to his patron Nadezhda von Meck. Despite their lengthy correspondence, they never actually met. In a letter to her dated March 1878, Tchaikovsky outlined the feelings he had experienced while composing his Fourth Symphony, though no specific programme can be discerned from them.
Tracklist 18 tracks
- Disc 1
-
1 Act I: Introduction 02:53
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Act I: Introduction
- Duration
- 02:53
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
2 Act I: Morning Dance 02:24
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act I: Morning Dance
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
3 Act I: The Young Juliet 03:34
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Act I: The Young Juliet
- Duration
- 03:34
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
4 Act I: Dance of the Knights 05:50
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Act I: Dance of the Knights
- Duration
- 05:50
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
5 Act I: Balcony Scene 03:50
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Act I: Balcony Scene
- Duration
- 03:50
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
6 Act I: Romeo's Variation 01:14
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act I: Romeo's Variation
- Duration
- 01:14
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
7 Act I: Love Dance 05:50
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act I: Love Dance
- Duration
- 05:50
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
8 Act II: The Duel 01:31
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act II: The Duel
- Duration
- 01:31
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
9 Act II: Death of Mercutio 02:56
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act II: Death of Mercutio
- Duration
- 02:56
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
10 Act II: Romero Decides to Avenge Mercutio 02:24
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act II: Romero Decides to Avenge Mercutio
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
11 Act II: Finale 02:18
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act II: Finale
- Duration
- 02:18
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
12 Act III: Introduction 01:18
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act III: Introduction
- Duration
- 01:18
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
13 Act III: Romeo and Juliet 01:25
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act III: Romeo and Juliet
- Duration
- 01:25
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
14 Act IV: Juliet's Death 03:57
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act IV: Juliet's Death
- Duration
- 03:57
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
- Disc 2
-
1 I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima 18:42
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima
- Duration
- 18:42
- Composer
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
2 II. Andantino in modo di canzona 09:51
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Andantino in modo di canzona
- Duration
- 09:51
- Composer
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
3 III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro 05:28
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro
- Duration
- 05:28
- Composer
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
4 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 08:55
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
- Duration
- 08:55
- Composer
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Conductor
- Georg Solti