‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Igor Matioukhin

Overture

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

4:42

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

Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

3:39

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

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

4:58

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

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

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, Robert Baker, Pamela Helen Stephen, Elena Ionova, Richard Hickox, Stephen Dupont, Ekaterina Morozova

4:56

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

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

2:38

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

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

2:48

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

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

6:50

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

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

5:19

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

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

5:54

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

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

3:18

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

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

7:12

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

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

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

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

6:15

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

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

3:37

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

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

6:33

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

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

11:06

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

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

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

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

8:27

Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey)

Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

3:27

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

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

6:06

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)

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

3:02

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

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

10:34

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

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

10:24

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

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

6:48

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

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

1:13

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

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

9:11

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

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

8:13

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

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

4:28

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

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

2:11

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

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

5:16

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

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

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)

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

8:19

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

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

7:21

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

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

5:07

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

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

7:27

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

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

2:37

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

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

1:43

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

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

6:13

Sergei Prokofiev

Composer
Roderick Williams

Baritone
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
Alan Opie

Baritone

Ralph Couzens

Producer
Gian Carlo Menotti

Producer
Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer
Richard Smoker

Assistant 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

RECORD LABEL

Sergei Prokofiev

Roderick Williams

Richard Hickox

Pamela Helen Stephen

Alan Opie

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Prokofiev: War And Peace

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