Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Irina Arkhipova, Anatoly Mokrenko, Ambrosian Chorus
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 0979822
Release: 2011
Size: 701 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64bis
01. I. Folk Dance
02. II. Scene
03. III. Madrigal
04. IV. Minuet
05. V. Masks
06. VI. Romeo and Juliet
07. VII. Death of Tybalt
Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64ter
08. I. The Montagues and Capulets
09. II. The Young Juliet
10. III. Friar Laurence
11. V. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
12. VII. Romeo at Juliet’s Grave
Sinfonietta, Op. 48
13. I. Allegro giocoso
14. II. Andante
15. III. Intermezzo. Vivace
16. IV. Scherzo. Allegro risoluto
17. V. Allegro giocoso
CD 02
Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116
01. Prologue
02. No. 1, Overture and Chorus
03. No. 2, March of Young Ivan
04. No. 3, Ocean – Sea
05. No. 4, I Will Be Tsar!
06. No. 5, God Is Wondrous!
07. No. 6, Long Life!
08. No. 7, Ocean – Sea
09. No. 8, Long Life!
10. No. 9, The Holy Fool
11. No. 10, The Swan
12. No. 11, Celebration Song
13. No. 12, The Swan
14. No. 13, On the Bones of the Enemy
15. No. 14, The Tartars
16. No. 15, The Gunners
17. No. 16, The Storming of Kazan
18. No. 17, Ivan’s Appeal to the Boyars
19. No. 18, Yesfrosinia and Anastasia
20. No. 19, Song About the Beaver
21. No. 20, Ivan at Anastasia’s Bier
22. No. 21, Chorus of the Oprichniki
23. No. 22, The Oprichniki Oath of Loyalty
24. No. 23, Feodor Basmanov’s Song
25. No. 24, Dance of the Oprichniki
26. No. 25, Finale
In the words of Gramophone magazine, ‘Muti is a formidable interpreter of Prokofiev,’ and here he conducts the suites from the Russian composer’s Romeo and Juliet, probably the greatest full-length ballet of the 20th century, and the oratorio Ivan the Terrible, drawn from the score written for Sergei Eisenstein’s epic film of 1944. Gramophone continued: ‘Such is the fervour of the performance that one is simply carried along by the ‘visual’ excitement of it all.’