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In the Thread: An evening to remember - Russian National Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
Post Subject: Prokofiev: Romeo and JulietPosted by Romy the Cat on: 4/1/2006

 skushino wrote:
Yesterday I had 30 mins to kill before an appointment.  I stopped at the local Goodwill to check the record bins and discovered a 3 LP set of Koussevitsy and BSO performing Prokofiev, for 99 cents.  There is a little book inside, too. The second LP is cracked beyond repair, but the first and third look ok.  I will clean them up this weekend.  It was a nice way to end my day.
I do not like the Koussevitsy’s Prokofiev and I would go, in case of the Romeo & Juliet, for more recent performances. You might try the Lorin Maazel with Cleveland.. Romeo & Juliet is kind of freakishly audiophonic peaces and I always demand a very high recording quality of this composition… Or even better, get yourself a SU-1x tuner, call to your local FM station, request the peace (for instance my beloved maestro Myung-Whun Chung with Concertegebouw playing the Romeo & Juliet), record it and you will have un ultimate performing and recording quality….

Rgs,
Romy the Cat

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