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The radiance of the sky in spring… (Prince Andrey)
Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox
I won't, I can't sleep (Natasha, Prince Andrey, Sonya)
Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova, Roderick Williams, Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
O God, my God! What a shame to sleep! (Natasha, Prince Andrey)
Ekaterina Morozova, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Chorus! Let the chorus begin! (Host, Count Rostov, Akhrosimova, Natasha, Sonya, Hélène, Anatoly, D
Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Stephen Dupont, Pamela Helen Stephen, Elena Ionova, Richard Hickox, Robert Baker, Ekaterina Morozova
Look, the colonel's dancing the mazurka (Peronskaya, Akhrosimova, Hélène, Anatoly, Count Rostov, D
Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Oleg Balashov, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Liuba Chuchrova, Elena Ionova, Stephen Dupont
Will no one choose me as a partner? (Natasha, Dolokhov, Pierre, Prince Andrey, Count Rostov, Anato
Stephen Dupont, Oleg Balashov, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova, Justin Lavender, Roderick Williams, Igor Matioukhin
When I was at Otradnoye in May (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Count Rostov)
Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
The young Prince's fiancée (Old Footman, Housemaid, Valet, Count Rostov, Natasha, Princess Mariya)
Stephen Dupont, Dmitry Kanevsky, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Tatiana Odinokova, Ekaterina Morozova, Catherine Pierard, Thomas Guthrie
Ah, Madam, young lady… (Prince Bolkonsky, Princess Mariya, Natasha, Count Rostov)
Catherine Pierard, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Ognev, Ekaterina Morozova, Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox
The charming, delightful Natasha (Hélène, Natasha, Count Rostov)
Elena Ionova, Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
She's wonderful and so beautiful (Natasha, Anatoly, Sonya, Count Rostov)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Oleg Balashov, Ekaterina Morozova, Pamela Helen Stephen, Stephen Dupont
At ten o'clock in the evening, she'll be waiting (Anatoly, Dolokhov)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Pamela Helen Stephen, Ekaterina Morozova, Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox, Oleg Balashov, Igor Matioukhin
Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)
Catherine Pierard, Oleg Balashov, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Marcus Van Den Akker, Igor Matioukhin
Oh, my dear Miss Natasha, all is lost, it seems (Dunyasha, Natasha, Gavrila, Anatoly, Dolokhov)
Richard Hickox, Igor Matioukhin, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Tatiana Odinokova, Oleg Balashov, Ekaterina Morozova, Dmitry Kanevsky
A fine young lady you are! (Akhrosimova, Natasha, Gavrila, Pierre)
Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Dmitry Kanevsky, Justin Lavender, Ekaterina Morozova
I've sought to avoid her (Pierre, Natasha, Sonya, Akhrosimova)
Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Hickox, Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova, Justin Lavender
S. Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 7
Picture the scene, Countess (Métivier, Hélène, Abbé, Pierre, Anatoly, Denisov)
Vadim Zaplechny, Richard Hickox, Thomas Guthrie, Elena Ionova, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Justin Lavender, Alan Opie
S. Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91, Epigraph
The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Come on lads! That's the way! (Volunteers, Tikhon, Fyodor, Denisov, Prince Andrey, Matveyev, Vasil
Vadim Zaplechny, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Thomas Guthrie, Catherine Pierard, Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox, Igor Matioukhin, Roderick Williams
Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey)
Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
It's the master, look at him! (Fyodor, Trishka, Tikhon, Pierre, Matveyev, Prince Andrey, First Gen
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Pamela Helen Stephen, Stephen Dupont, Vadim Zaplechny, Justin Lavender, Roderick Williams, Igor Matioukhin
Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Justin Lavender, Russian State Symphonic Cappella
There is no people greater than ours (Kutuzov, Adjutant, Prince Andrey, First Staff Officer, Secon
Richard Hickox, Henry Moss, Roderick Williams, Vladimir Ognev, Alan Ewing, Charles Austin, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella
S. Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 9
The wine is uncorked. We must drink it (Napoleon, Compans's Adjutant, Murat's Adjutant, Berthier,
Alan Opie, Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Oleg Dolgov, Neil Jenkins, Igor Matioukhin, Dmitry Kanevsky
And so, gentlemen, the question is… (Benigsen, Kutuzov, Barclay, Yermolov, Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky)
Thomas Guthrie, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Ewing, Vadim Zaplechny, Henry Moss, Marcus Van Den Akker, Charles Austin
The enemy bears down on us with fire and steel (Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky, Chorus)
Thomas Guthrie, Henry Moss, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella
When, oh when was this dreadful business decided? (Kutuzov, Chorus)
Alan Ewing, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Moscow's deserted! (Ramballe, Bonnet, Jacqueau, Gérard, Young Factory Worker, Shopkeeper, Matveye
Henry Moss, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Dmitry Kanevsky, Charles Austin, Richard Hickox, Oleg Dolgov, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Coxon
S. Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 11
I must do the deed, or die (Pierre, Shopkeeper, Young Factory Worker, Dunyasha, Mavra Kuzminichna
Oleg Dolgov, Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Pamela Helen Stephen, Justin Lavender, Tatiana Odinokova
Where did you get such a good going-over, lads? (Jacqueau, Gérard, Matveyev, Ivanov, Chorus)
Charles Austin, Richard Hickox, Henry Moss, Stephen Dupont, Vadim Zaplechny, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Davout, the cruel Davout, the emperor Napoleon's hatchet man! (Pierre, Davout, Officer, Ivanov, K.
Justin Lavender, Vladimir Ognev, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Neil Jenkins, Vadim Zaplechny, Marcus Van Den Akker
Nothing matters now, nothing (Pierre, Karatayev, Shopkeeper, Ramballe, Bonnet, First Actress, Sec
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Dmitry Kanevsky, Richard Hickox, Neil Jenkins, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Coxon, Justin Lavender, Liuba Chuchrova
What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)
Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Opie
It's stretching higher and further (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus)
Ekaterina Morozova, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Has fate really brought us together so strangely today… (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Roderick Williams, Ekaterina Morozova
We've burnt our bridges. (Ramballe, Bonnet, Pierre, Karatayev, Officer)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Ognev, Richard Hickox, Richard Coxon, Neil Jenkins, Justin Lavender, Dmitry Kanevsky
Hey! Hey! Hey! (Pierre, Denisov, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyasha, Vasilisa, Chorus)
Vadim Zaplechny, Richard Hickox, Tatiana Odinokova, Catherine Pierard, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Justin Lavender, Thomas Guthrie, Igor Matioukhin
Dolokhov said that Hélène had passed away (Pierre, Denisov)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Thomas Guthrie, Richard Hickox, Justin Lavender
The Commander-in-chief is coming! (Adjutant, Denisov, Dolokhov, Vasilisa, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyash
Tatiana Odinokova, Catherine Pierard, Justin Lavender, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Vadim Zaplechny, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox
The enemy has been put to rout (Kutuzov, Chorus)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Ewing, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox
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