Episode 11: Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev

"Never was a story of more woe / Than Prokofiev’s music for Romeo.” How the archetypal love story turned into a horror story for its composer.

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MUSIC CREDITS:

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Work: Romeo and Juliet, Op.64
Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Year: 1973
Label: Decca
Catalogue No: 4529702

With thanks to Emilia Strachevskaia.

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