‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Spoleto Festival Orchestra

Overture

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

4:42

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

Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

3:39

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

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

4:58

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

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

2:56

St Petersburg. New Year's Eve

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

2:37

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

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

4:56

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

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

2:38

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

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

2:48

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

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

6:50

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

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

5:19

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

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

5:54

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

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

3:18

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

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

7:12

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

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

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

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

6:15

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

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

3:37

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

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

6:33

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

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

11:06

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

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

10:49

The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

5:20

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

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

8:27

Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey)

Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

3:27

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

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

6:06

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)

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

3:02

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

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

10:34

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

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

10:24

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

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

6:48

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

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

1:13

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

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

9:11

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

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

8:13

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

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

4:28

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

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

2:11

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

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

5:16

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

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

6:41

What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)

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

4:13

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

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

8:19

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

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

7:21

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

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

5:07

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

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

7:27

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

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

2:37

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

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

1:43

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

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

6:13

Sergei Prokofiev

Composer
Roderick Williams

Baritone
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Alan Opie

Baritone

Ralph Couzens

Producer
Gian Carlo Menotti

Producer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer
Richard Smoker

Assistant Engineer
Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer
Jacqueline Wyatt

Photography
Jacques-Louis David

Cover Art
Nicky Johnston

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Peter von Hess

Cover Art
Cass Cassidy

Graphic Design
Philip Taylor

Liner Notes
Robert Carpenter Turner

Photography

Prokofiev: War And Peace

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Sergei Prokofiev

Roderick Williams

Pamela Helen Stephen

Richard Hickox

Alan Opie

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