‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Richard Hickox

Overture

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

4:42

The radiance of the sky in spring… (Prince Andrey)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox

3:39

I won't, I can't sleep (Natasha, Prince Andrey, Sonya)

Roderick Williams, Ekaterina Morozova, Richard Hickox, Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

4:58

O God, my God! What a shame to sleep! (Natasha, Prince Andrey)

Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

2:56

St Petersburg. New Year's Eve

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

2:37

Chorus! Let the chorus begin! (Host, Count Rostov, Akhrosimova, Natasha, Sonya, Hélène, Anatoly, D

Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox, Elena Ionova, Robert Baker, Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Pamela Helen Stephen, Ekaterina Morozova

4:56

Look, the colonel's dancing the mazurka (Peronskaya, Akhrosimova, Hélène, Anatoly, Count Rostov, D

Stephen Dupont, Liuba Chuchrova, Oleg Balashov, Igor Matioukhin, Elena Ionova, Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

2:38

Will no one choose me as a partner? (Natasha, Dolokhov, Pierre, Prince Andrey, Count Rostov, Anato

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Igor Matioukhin, Stephen Dupont, Oleg Balashov, Roderick Williams, Ekaterina Morozova, Justin Lavender

2:48

When I was at Otradnoye in May (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Count Rostov)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Stephen Dupont, Ekaterina Morozova

6:50

The young Prince's fiancée (Old Footman, Housemaid, Valet, Count Rostov, Natasha, Princess Mariya)

Tatiana Odinokova, Catherine Pierard, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova, Dmitry Kanevsky, Stephen Dupont, Thomas Guthrie, Richard Hickox

5:19

Ah, Madam, young lady… (Prince Bolkonsky, Princess Mariya, Natasha, Count Rostov)

Stephen Dupont, Vladimir Ognev, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Catherine Pierard, Ekaterina Morozova, Richard Hickox

5:54

The charming, delightful Natasha (Hélène, Natasha, Count Rostov)

Stephen Dupont, Ekaterina Morozova, Elena Ionova, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

3:18

She's wonderful and so beautiful (Natasha, Anatoly, Sonya, Count Rostov)

Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Stephen Dupont, Oleg Balashov, Ekaterina Morozova

7:12

At ten o'clock in the evening, she'll be waiting (Anatoly, Dolokhov)

Ekaterina Morozova, Igor Matioukhin, Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox, Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Oleg Balashov

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Marcus Van Den Akker, Igor Matioukhin, Catherine Pierard, Oleg Balashov

6:15

Oh, my dear Miss Natasha, all is lost, it seems (Dunyasha, Natasha, Gavrila, Anatoly, Dolokhov)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Tatiana Odinokova, Oleg Balashov, Dmitry Kanevsky, Ekaterina Morozova

3:37

A fine young lady you are! (Akhrosimova, Natasha, Gavrila, Pierre)

Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova, Richard Hickox, Dmitry Kanevsky, Justin Lavender

6:33

I've sought to avoid her (Pierre, Natasha, Sonya, Akhrosimova)

Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova, Pamela Helen Stephen, Justin Lavender

11:06

Picture the scene, Countess (Métivier, Hélène, Abbé, Pierre, Anatoly, Denisov)

Thomas Guthrie, Alan Opie, Vadim Zaplechny, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Elena Ionova, Richard Hickox, Justin Lavender

10:49

The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox

5:20

Come on lads! That's the way! (Volunteers, Tikhon, Fyodor, Denisov, Prince Andrey, Matveyev, Vasil

Catherine Pierard, Thomas Guthrie, Igor Matioukhin, Vadim Zaplechny, Roderick Williams, Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

8:27

Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox

3:27

It's the master, look at him! (Fyodor, Trishka, Tikhon, Pierre, Matveyev, Prince Andrey, First Gen

Vadim Zaplechny, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Stephen Dupont, Justin Lavender, Pamela Helen Stephen, Igor Matioukhin

6:06

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Justin Lavender

3:02

There is no people greater than ours (Kutuzov, Adjutant, Prince Andrey, First Staff Officer, Secon

Roderick Williams, Charles Austin, Richard Hickox, Henry Moss, Vladimir Ognev, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Ewing, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

10:34

The wine is uncorked. We must drink it (Napoleon, Compans's Adjutant, Murat's Adjutant, Berthier,

Oleg Dolgov, Alan Opie, Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Dmitry Kanevsky, Igor Matioukhin, Neil Jenkins

10:24

And so, gentlemen, the question is… (Benigsen, Kutuzov, Barclay, Yermolov, Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Thomas Guthrie, Charles Austin, Henry Moss, Alan Ewing, Richard Hickox, Marcus Van Den Akker, Vadim Zaplechny

6:48

The enemy bears down on us with fire and steel (Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky, Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Henry Moss, Thomas Guthrie

1:13

When, oh when was this dreadful business decided? (Kutuzov, Chorus)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Alan Ewing, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

9:11

Moscow's deserted! (Ramballe, Bonnet, Jacqueau, Gérard, Young Factory Worker, Shopkeeper, Matveye

Richard Hickox, Richard Coxon, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Henry Moss, Charles Austin, Dmitry Kanevsky, Oleg Dolgov, Pamela Helen Stephen

8:13

I must do the deed, or die (Pierre, Shopkeeper, Young Factory Worker, Dunyasha, Mavra Kuzminichna

Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Oleg Dolgov, Richard Hickox, Tatiana Odinokova, Pamela Helen Stephen, Justin Lavender

4:28

Where did you get such a good going-over, lads? (Jacqueau, Gérard, Matveyev, Ivanov, Chorus)

Vadim Zaplechny, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Charles Austin, Henry Moss, Stephen Dupont, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

2:11

Davout, the cruel Davout, the emperor Napoleon's hatchet man! (Pierre, Davout, Officer, Ivanov, K.

Vadim Zaplechny, Vladimir Ognev, Richard Hickox, Neil Jenkins, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Marcus Van Den Akker, Justin Lavender

5:16

Nothing matters now, nothing (Pierre, Karatayev, Shopkeeper, Ramballe, Bonnet, First Actress, Sec

Liuba Chuchrova, Neil Jenkins, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Pamela Helen Stephen, Dmitry Kanevsky, Richard Hickox, Richard Coxon, Justin Lavender

6:41

What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox, Alan Opie

4:13

It's stretching higher and further (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus)

Ekaterina Morozova, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

8:19

Has fate really brought us together so strangely today… (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Ekaterina Morozova

7:21

We've burnt our bridges. (Ramballe, Bonnet, Pierre, Karatayev, Officer)

Dmitry Kanevsky, Neil Jenkins, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Ognev, Richard Hickox, Richard Coxon, Justin Lavender

5:07

Hey! Hey! Hey! (Pierre, Denisov, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyasha, Vasilisa, Chorus)

Tatiana Odinokova, Catherine Pierard, Justin Lavender, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Vadim Zaplechny, Thomas Guthrie

7:27

Dolokhov said that Hélène had passed away (Pierre, Denisov)

Richard Hickox, Thomas Guthrie, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Justin Lavender

2:37

The Commander-in-chief is coming! (Adjutant, Denisov, Dolokhov, Vasilisa, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyash

Catherine Pierard, Richard Hickox, Justin Lavender, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Igor Matioukhin, Vadim Zaplechny, Tatiana Odinokova

1:43

The enemy has been put to rout (Kutuzov, Chorus)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Alan Ewing, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

6:13

Sergei Prokofiev

Composer
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Roderick Williams

Baritone
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
Alan Opie

Baritone

Gian Carlo Menotti

Producer
Ralph Couzens

Producer
Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer
Richard Smoker

Assistant Engineer
Philip Taylor

Liner Notes
Robert Carpenter Turner

Photography
Jacqueline Wyatt

Photography
Jacques-Louis David

Cover Art
Nicky Johnston

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Peter von Hess

Cover Art
Cass Cassidy

Graphic Design

Prokofiev: War And Peace

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Richard Hickox

Roderick Williams

Pamela Helen Stephen

Alan Opie

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