Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra performing the complete version of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.
Recorded in November 2008.
This recording won Best Orchestral Performance and Disc of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2011.
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.
Prokofiev reused music from the ballet in three suites for orchestra and a solo piano work.
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