‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Oleg Balashov

Overture

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

4:42

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

Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

3:39

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

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

4:58

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

Ekaterina Morozova, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, 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

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

4:56

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

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

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)

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

5:19

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

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

5:54

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

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

3:18

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

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

7:12

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

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

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

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

6:15

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

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

3:37

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

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

6:33

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

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

11:06

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

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

10:49

The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)

Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

5:20

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

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

8:27

Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams

3:27

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

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

6:06

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)

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

3:02

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

Richard Hickox, Charles Austin, Henry Moss, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, 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,

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

10:24

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

Charles Austin, Thomas Guthrie, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Henry Moss, Vadim Zaplechny, Richard Hickox, Alan Ewing, 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)

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

9:11

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

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

8:13

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

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

4:28

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

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

2:11

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

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

5:16

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

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

6:41

What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)

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

4:13

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

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

8:19

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

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

7:21

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

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

5:07

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

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

7:27

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

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

2:37

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

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

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
Roderick Williams

Baritone
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Alan Opie

Baritone

Gian Carlo Menotti

Producer
Ralph Couzens

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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