‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Pamela Helen Stephen

Overture

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

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)

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

4:58

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

Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, 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

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

4:56

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

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

2:38

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

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

2:48

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

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

6:50

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

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

5:19

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

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

5:54

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

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

3:18

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

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

7:12

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

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

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

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

6:15

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

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

3:37

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

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

6:33

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

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

11:06

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

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

10:49

The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox

5:20

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

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

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

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

6:06

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)

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

3:02

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

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

10:34

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

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

10:24

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

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

6:48

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

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

1:13

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

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

9:11

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

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

8:13

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

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

4:28

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

Henry Moss, Vadim Zaplechny, Charles Austin, 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.

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

5:16

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

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

6:41

What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)

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

4:13

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

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

8:19

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

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

7:21

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

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

5:07

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

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

7:27

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

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

2:37

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

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

1:43

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

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

6:13

Sergei Prokofiev

Composer
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Roderick Williams

Baritone
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
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

Prokofiev: War And Peace

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Sergei Prokofiev

Pamela Helen Stephen

Richard Hickox

Roderick Williams

Alan Opie

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Prokofiev: War And Peace

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