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Hamlet: Incidental Music / Romeo & Juliet
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Product Description Maxim Mikhailov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Vladimir Jurowski, and Russian National Orchestra, Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Op. 67a; Romeo and Juliet Review Tchaikovsky's original version of Romeo and Juliet is substantially shorter than the more familiar revised score (about seven minutes in this performance) largely on account of the totally different introduction and briefer coda. The battle music is the same, but the development section and final climax are completely different, and Friar Lawrence is missing (and I personally couldn't care less). I actually like the original introduction better than the later one, but from the start of the battle onward Tchaikovsky's second thoughts are uniformly superior. This is clearly the best recording of the 1869 original to date: it's taut and exciting, and Jurowski lets the cymbals, bass drum, and timpani go nuts at all the right places. Here, then, is a terrific disc to fill out your already more-or-less complete Tchaikovsky collection. -- ClassicsToday.com, David Hurwitz, November 2008
