Recordings
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Romeo
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Overture-fantasia after Shakespeare's drama (B
minor).
- Composed October - November 1869; revised July -
September 1870 and again in August 1880.
- Scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais
(1870 and 1880 versions only), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones,
timpani, cymbals, bass drum, harp and strings.
- First performed in Moscow, 4/16 March 1870,
conducted by Nikolay Rubinstein (1869 version); St. Petersburg, 5/17 February 1872,
conducted by Eduard Nápravník (1870 version); Tiflis [Tblissi], 19 April/1 May 1886,
conducted by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1880 version).
- Dedicated to Mily Balakirev.
- In 1881 Tchaikovsky sketched a
duet for an
opera based on Shakespeare's play, which used themes from the overture-fantasia.
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