‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Justin Lavender

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, Roderick Williams, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova

4:58

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

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

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

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

4:56

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

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

2:38

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

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

2:48

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

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

6:50

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

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

5:19

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

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

5:54

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

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

3:18

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

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

7:12

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

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

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

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

6:15

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

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

3:37

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

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

6:33

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

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

11:06

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

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

10:49

The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

5:20

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

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

8:27

Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey)

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams

3:27

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

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

6:06

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)

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

3:02

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

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

10:34

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

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

10:24

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

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

6:48

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

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

1:13

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

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

9:11

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

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

8:13

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

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

4:28

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

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

2:11

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

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

5:16

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

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

6:41

What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)

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

4:13

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

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

8:19

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

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

7:21

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

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

5:07

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

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

7:27

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

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

2:37

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

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

1:43

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

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

6:13

Sergei Prokofiev

Composer
Roderick Williams

Baritone
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Alan Opie

Baritone

Gian Carlo Menotti

Producer
Ralph Couzens

Producer
Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer
Richard Smoker

Assistant Engineer
Robert Carpenter Turner

Photography
Philip Taylor

Liner Notes
Jacqueline Wyatt

Photography
Jacques-Louis David

Cover Art
Nicky Johnston

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Peter von Hess

Cover Art
Cass Cassidy

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Prokofiev: War And Peace

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Roderick Williams

Pamela Helen Stephen

Richard Hickox

Alan Opie

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