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This new CSO Resound album features the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Riccardo Muti in performance from October, 2013 playing an extended suite drawn from Sergei Prokofievs Romeo and Juliette ballet score. Produced by David Frost, winner of the 2013 Grammy¨ Award for Producer of the Year. A musical force in Chicago and around the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is one of the finest international orchestras. Its expansive catalog of more than 900 recordings has earned 62 Grammy¨ Awardsmore than any other orchestra in the world. Nimble string playing painted the lightness of spirit in Juliet as a Young Girl and Mr. Muti drew out an apt, naive and affectionate warmth for the well-meaning Friar Laurence.Chicago Classical Review [The CSO] played here with a brilliance and panache that brought the dramatic narrative alive.Chicago Tribune