Suite : Romeo and Juliet No.1

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet, Suite | RAI Roma, C.Abbado | video 1968
No.1 Op. 64bis

Sergei PROKOFIEV: « Romeo and Juliet », excerpts from the Ballet, Op.64 (1935)
0:55 / ❶ Dance of the Knights, « Montagues and Capulets » (No.13 – Act 1, Scene 2) Allegro pesante
5:43 / ❷ Morning Dance (No.4 – Act 1, Scene 1) Allegro
7:40 / ❸ The Quarrel (No.5 – Act 1, Scene 1) Allegro brusco
9:20 / ❹ The Fight (No.6 – Act 1, Scene 1) Presto
12:12 / ❺ Dance with Mandolins (No.25 – Act 2, Scene 3) Vivace
13:56 / ❻ Dance of the Five Couples (No.24 – Act 2, Scene 3) Vivo
17:48 / ❼ Morning Serenade, « Aubade » (No.48 – Act 3, Scene 8) Andante giocoso
20:30 / ❽ Dance of the Girls with Lilies (No.49 – Act 3, Scene 8) Andante con eleganza
22:59 / ❾ Romeo Decides to Avenge Mercutio’s Death, « The Death of Tybalt » (No.35 – Act 2, Scene 5) Andante animato
(27:38 applause)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
Severino Gazzelloni, flute
Claudio Abbado, conductor
(VIDEO 4:3 – live, Auditorium Foro Italico, Roma, 20 January 1968)
HQ audio remaster: Emilio Pessina, 2014