‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Justin Lavender

Overture

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

4:42

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

Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

3:39

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

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

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

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

4:56

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

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

2:38

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

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

2:48

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

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

6:50

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

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

5:19

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

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

5:54

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

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

3:18

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

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

7:12

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

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

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

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

6:15

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

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

3:37

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

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

6:33

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

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

11:06

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

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

10:49

The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

5:20

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

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

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

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

6:06

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)

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

3:02

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

Roderick Williams, Henry Moss, Vladimir Ognev, Alan Ewing, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Charles Austin, 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, Igor Matioukhin, Neil Jenkins, Oleg Dolgov, Dmitry Kanevsky, Richard Hickox, Alan Opie

10:24

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

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

6:48

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

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

1:13

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

Richard Hickox, Alan Ewing, 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, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Coxon, Oleg Dolgov, Dmitry Kanevsky

8:13

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

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

4:28

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

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

2:11

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

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

5:16

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

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

6:41

What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)

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

4:13

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

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

8:19

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

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

7:21

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

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

5:07

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

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

7:27

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

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

2:37

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

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

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
Roderick Williams

Baritone
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor
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
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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