12 December 2010

Dimitri Mitropoulos / New York PO - Petrushka -&- Romeo & Juliet - CBS 1951/1957

Igor Stravinsky:   "Petrushka" - Ballet - 1911 version.
First Tableau:  The Shrove-Tide Fair  ~  Danse Russe   /   Second Tableau:  Petrushka's Room
Third Tableau:  The Moor's Room   /   Fourth Tableau:  The Shrove-Tide Fair (towards evening) ~ Grand Carnival
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Philips  GBL 6519  (10")  1958 Philips UK matrices/pressing: -4/-1.  Recorded:  5 March 1951 - Columbia Studios, N.Y.


Serge Prokofiev:
"Romeo & Juliet", op.64 - Ballet suite (excerpts)
Suite 2/1:  The Montagues & Capulets  ~  Suite 2/2:  Juliet: The little girl  ~  Suite 1/1: Folk dance  ~  Suite 1/5:  Masks  ~  Suite 1/6:  Romeo & Juliet  //   
Suite 1/7: The Death of Tybalt  ~  Suite 2/5:  Romeo & Juliet before parting  ~  Suite 2/3:  Friar Lawrence  ~  Suite 2/7:  Romeo at Juliet's grave         
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New York Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Dimitri Mitropoulos.
Philips  ABL 3236 (no UK stereo)  1959 Philips UK: -1/-1.   Recorded:  11 Nov.1957 - St.Georges Hotel, N.Y.   EMG  review of 'Petrushka' >>>