‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Richard Hickox

Overture

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

4:42

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

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams

3:39

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

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

4:58

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

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

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

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

4:56

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

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

2:38

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

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

2:48

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

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

6:50

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

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

5:19

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

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

5:54

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

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

3:18

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

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

7:12

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

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

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

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

6:15

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

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

3:37

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

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

6:33

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

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

11:06

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

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

10:49

The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

5:20

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

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

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, Stephen Dupont, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Pamela Helen Stephen, Vadim Zaplechny, Justin Lavender, Roderick Williams

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

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

10:34

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

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

10:24

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

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

6:48

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

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

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

8:13

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

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

4:28

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

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

2:11

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

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

5:16

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

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

6:41

What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)

Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

7:21

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

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

5:07

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

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

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

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

1:43

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

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

6:13

Sergei Prokofiev

Composer
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Roderick Williams

Baritone
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
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
Robert Carpenter Turner

Photography
Philip Taylor

Liner Notes

Prokofiev: War And Peace

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Sergei Prokofiev

Richard Hickox

Roderick Williams

Pamela Helen Stephen

Alan Opie

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Prokofiev: War And Peace

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