Romeo and Juliet, by Dimitar Pentchev

Romeo and Juliet

by Dimitar Pentchev

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1.	Beginning 03:28	buy track
2.	War 02:44	buy track
3.	The Card Game 00:54	buy track
4.	Benvolio 01:16	buy track
5.	Ju-Li-E-Ta 01:13	buy track
6.	Ju-Li-E-Ta II 01:19	buy track
7.	Beat The Drum 00:51	buy track
8.	The Cooks 03:06	buy track
9.	Ball At Capulet 03:42	buy track
10.	Tarantella 01:23	buy track
11.	Love But Whom I Love? 01:02	buy track
12.	Mercutio 01:54	buy track
13.	Balcony 02:47	buy track
14.	When I Did Send The Nurse 04:25	buy track
15.	Friar Lorenzo 03:03	buy track
16.	Balcony II 01:21	buy track
17.	The Nurse 04:25	buy track
18.	Pietro 00:35	buy track
19.	Dozile 00:34	buy track
20.	The Wedding 03:37	buy track
21.	Heat - Death Of Mercutio And Tybalt 07:48	buy track
22.	Benvolio's Story 04:17	buy track
23.	Gallop Apace, You Fiery-Footed Steeds 01:51	buy track
24.	Card Game II 00:37	buy track
25.	Wilt Thou Be Gone? 03:19	buy track
26.	Lorenzo - II 02:21	buy track
27.	55 00:55	buy track
28.	O Day, O Day, O Day 03:24	buy track
29.	Death Of Romeo 00:54
30.	Death Of Juliet 02:25
31.	Remains 04:13	buy track

about

In 2013 I had the good luck to meet a group of 7 young and enthusiastic actors when the Gabrovo Drama Theatre invited me to write music for their new production of "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare. The draw was strong - my long-time friend Petrinel Gotchev was directing, there was a new and bold translation of the play in Bulgarian by Maria Zmiicharova, and the actors were all of a similar age, part of the same troupe.

What I didn't know was that it will become one of the most fulfilling creative experiences of my life, that I will end up with a lot more music that was required for the actual play, and it will be one of the best things I have created as a composer.

The album you hear today consists of most of the tracks used in the production plus some extras, which are included because they were an integral part of the thinking on this, our version, of the story.

They say 'the rest is history' but in this case it's true - the production ended up becoming THE most celebrated and awarded theatre production in Bulgaria for 2014, THE event of the season. This is difficult to do, let alone for a provincial theatre with less sway among critics and media.

Today, with the exception of the lovely photos of Rosina Pencheva, the music for this show is the thing left reminding us of Shakespeare's eternal love story. Early on in the process I decided to use the actors' voices as instruments, weaving them into the pieces. Sometimes they work as rhythm, sometimes as harmony, sometimes as motifs for the music to go further than usually does for a theatre play. This way of working proved one of the main pillars of my philosophy for theatrical music - each production or show should end up with a completely unique musical soundtrack borne out of the particular text, out of the particular director's concept, and, most importantly, out of the particular actors' personalities and input.

So, this music was only possible, in the way it sounds now, because of the talent, enthusiasm, and dedication of: Gergana Zmiicharova, Dimo Dimov, Elizabeth Popova, Miroslav Simeonoff, Nadezhda Petkova, Nikolai Barzakov, Petko Petkov, Silvia Chobanova, Svetoslav Slavchev.

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released December 16, 2013

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