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Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)
Romeo and Juliet (Op. 64) (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта) is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets. Music from the ballet was extracted by Prokofiev as three suites for orchestra and as a piano work.
Orchestral suites extracted from Romeo and Juliet
Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64bis
1. Folk Dance / 2. Scene (the Street Awakens) / 3. Madrigal / 4. Minuet (the Arrival of the Guests) / 5. Masks / 6. Romeo and Juliet / 7. Death of Tybalt
Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64ter
1. Montagues and Capulets / 2. The child Juliet / 3. Friar Laurence / 4. Dance / 5. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting / 6. Dance of the Girls with Lilies / 7. Romeo at Juliet's Grave
Suite No. 3 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 101
1. Romeo at the Fountain / 2. Morning Dance / 3. Juliet / 4. The Nurse / 5. Aubade (Morning serenade) / 6. The Death of Juliet...
Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75
Prokofiev reduced selected music from the ballet in 1937 as Romeo and Juliet: Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75, which he premiered himself later that year.
1. Folk Dance / 2. Scene: The Street Awakens / 3. Minuet: Arrival of the Guests / 4. Juliet as a Young Girl / 5. Masquers / 6. Montagues and Capulets / 7. Friar Laurence / 8. Mercutio / 9. Dance of the Girls with Lilies / 10. Romeo and Juliet before Parting
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