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Catalog No.: 8-573534
Format: CD Number of discs (or other units): 2 Release Date: 2018/03/23 Price: 2700yen (2970yen Tax incl.) Item weight: 200 g |
Description
[Machine Translation] Romeo and Juliet" is Shakespeare's most famous play. Among the many musical compositions inspired by this story, Prokofiev's ballet music is perhaps the most popular. The script, first completed with the help of Shakespeare scholars, director Radlov, Piotrowski, an authority on Greek drama, and choreographer Lavrovsky, was based on the then custom "the dead cannot dance" and had a happy ending with Romeo's arrival before Juliet's death. However, Prokofiev, thinking that this would not convey the essence of the story, changed the ending to a tragedy after consulting with the people again. The present form was adopted. Although often performed in the form of a concert suite, Prokofiev's intentions are clearly conveyed when the entire work is heard in its entirety. The concert will be conducted by Marin Allsopp, who has been appointed as the next principal conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. This 2-CD set complements Prokofiev's complete symphonic works.
シェイクスピアの最も有名な戯曲『ロメオとジュリエット』。この物語にインスパイアされた音楽は数多くあるが、中でも最も高い人気を誇るのがプロコフィエフのバレエ音楽だろう。シェイクスピア学者、演出家ラドロフ、ギリシャ劇の権威ピオトロフスキー、振付師ラブロフスキーらの協力を得て最初に完成させた台本は、当時の慣習"死者は踊ることができない"に基づいて"ジュリエットが死ぬ前にロメオが到着、ハッピーエンド"を迎えるというものだった。しかし、それでは物語の本質を伝えることができないと考えたプロコフィエフは再度人々と相談の上、結末を悲劇に変更。現在の形になった。演奏会組曲の形で上演されることも多いが、全曲を通して聴くとプロコフィエフの意図がしっかり伝わる。指揮は、ウィーン放送交響楽団の次期首席指揮者就任が決定したマリン・オルソップ。プロコフィエフの交響曲全集を補完する2枚組。
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