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About Romeo & Juliet
Product Description LSO Live celebrates it's tenth anniversary in 2010 and the label's first release of the year features Prokofiev's spectacular score for the ballet Romeo & Juliet, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Gergiev is a tireless champion of Prokofiev's music. " the strings were supple and radiant... The brass, much used by Prokofiev, were tirelessly accurate, and the woodwind especially character, with some of the orchestra's younger players playing out of their skins. The best ballets contain music almost too good to be wasted on dancers. " - concert review from the Mail on Sunday. Review EDITOR'S CHOICE - ''We're becoming accustomed to fine-sounding LSO Live SACD releases but even by the label's high standards this is quite remarkable. LSO Live just seems to get better with each release and this one is truly magnificent.'' --Gramophone Magazine BBC MUSIC CHOICE - ''Gergiev's pacing of events is masterly. What really impresses, though, is the tenderness and poetry that are so often overlooked in Prokofiev, and not just in the love music. Gergiev frequently lets the strings and solo woodwind linger in a beguiling natural rubato, whilst maintaining an architectural grasp of the tragic whole. The shaping of the Epilogue wrings the heart, with the LSO exhibiting exceptional control. Strongly recommended.'' --BBC Music Magazine FIVE STARS - ''Rarely does a new recording supersede all before it, but that is the case with the LSO's new performance of Prokofiev's ballet score, Romeo & Juliet. This is an indispensable release.'' --The Australian
