The earliest of the ballets featured here is Romeo and Juliet, commissioned in the mid-1930s, soon after Prokofiev returned to the USSR from self-imposed exile. Cinderella followed in the 1940s, with a score of rich and sophisticated music that rewards audiences. The Stone Flower was the last of Prokofiev's Soviet ballets (1948) and is on a folk tale from the Urals. It is perhaps the least familiar, but the score contains music of great beauty with soaring memorable tunes.

Tracklist:

Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107: No. 1, Cinderella
Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107: No. 2, Pas De Châle
Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107: No. 3, Quarrel
Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107: No. 4, Fairy Godmother And The Winter Fairy
Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107: No. 5, Mazurka
Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107: No. 6, Cinderella Goes To The Ball
Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107: No. 7, Cinderella's Waltz
Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107: No. 8, Midnight
The Stone Flower, Suite No. 1, Op. 126 'wedding Suite': No. 1, Love Scene
The Stone Flower, Suite No. 1, Op. 126 'wedding Suite': No. 2, Dance Of The Groom's Men
The Stone Flower, Suite No. 1, Op. 126 'wedding Suite': No. 3, Dance Of The Young Girls
The Stone Flower, Suite No. 1, Op. 126 'wedding Suite': No. 4, Ritual Dance
The Stone Flower, Suite No. 1, Op. 126 'wedding Suite': No. 5, Wedding Dance
Romeo And Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: No. 1, Montagues And Capulets
Romeo And Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: No. 2, Juliet As A Young Girl
Romeo And Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: No. 3, Friar Laurence
Romeo And Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: No. 4, Dance
Romeo And Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: No. 5, Romeo And Juliet Before Parting
Romeo And Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: No. 6, Dance Of The Maids
Romeo And Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: No. 7, Romeo At Juliet's Grave

UPC: 5029365925426
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release Date: 4.24.12
Format: CD

BRAHMS/MENDELSSOHN - Ballet Suites (CD)