"The third in the Erich Leinsdorf survey of Prokofiev scores, these inscriptions date 13 February 1967 (Romeo) and 22 April 1968 (Lt. Kije). Remarkable for their fluency and orchestral sheen, the recordings review music dear to the Boston Symphony, especially as Koussevitzky, Munch, and Leinsdorf each made passes at the most luxurious of all ballet scores. It always impresses me how Prokofiev manages his own, idiosyncratic musical syntax while absolutely conveying the antique, Renaissance atmosphere of Verona. Leinsdorf selects sixteen numbers from the ballet according to his own taste and sense for dramatic structure, and each percolates with rhythm and color." - Gary Lemco