S. Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91
The radiance of the sky in spring… (Prince Andrey)
Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
I won't, I can't sleep (Natasha, Prince Andrey, Sonya)
Ekaterina Morozova, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams
O God, my God! What a shame to sleep! (Natasha, Prince Andrey)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Ekaterina Morozova
Chorus! Let the chorus begin! (Host, Count Rostov, Akhrosimova, Natasha, Sonya, Hélène, Anatoly, D
Elena Ionova, Richard Hickox, Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Stephen Dupont, Pamela Helen Stephen, Ekaterina Morozova, Robert Baker
Look, the colonel's dancing the mazurka (Peronskaya, Akhrosimova, Hélène, Anatoly, Count Rostov, D
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Elena Ionova, Oleg Balashov, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Victoria Livengood, Liuba Chuchrova, Stephen Dupont
Will no one choose me as a partner? (Natasha, Dolokhov, Pierre, Prince Andrey, Count Rostov, Anato
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova, Justin Lavender, Roderick Williams, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Stephen Dupont, Oleg Balashov
When I was at Otradnoye in May (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Count Rostov)
Roderick Williams, Ekaterina Morozova, Stephen Dupont, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox
The young Prince's fiancée (Old Footman, Housemaid, Valet, Count Rostov, Natasha, Princess Mariya)
Dmitry Kanevsky, Stephen Dupont, Thomas Guthrie, Catherine Pierard, Tatiana Odinokova, Ekaterina Morozova, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Ah, Madam, young lady… (Prince Bolkonsky, Princess Mariya, Natasha, Count Rostov)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Vladimir Ognev, Stephen Dupont, Ekaterina Morozova, Catherine Pierard
The charming, delightful Natasha (Hélène, Natasha, Count Rostov)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Elena Ionova, Ekaterina Morozova, Stephen Dupont
She's wonderful and so beautiful (Natasha, Anatoly, Sonya, Count Rostov)
Oleg Balashov, Ekaterina Morozova, Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Stephen Dupont
At ten o'clock in the evening, she'll be waiting (Anatoly, Dolokhov)
Ekaterina Morozova, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Oleg Balashov, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Pamela Helen Stephen, Stephen Dupont
Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)
Marcus Van Den Akker, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Catherine Pierard, Oleg Balashov, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Oh, my dear Miss Natasha, all is lost, it seems (Dunyasha, Natasha, Gavrila, Anatoly, Dolokhov)
Dmitry Kanevsky, Ekaterina Morozova, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Oleg Balashov, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Tatiana Odinokova
A fine young lady you are! (Akhrosimova, Natasha, Gavrila, Pierre)
Dmitry Kanevsky, Richard Hickox, Victoria Livengood, Justin Lavender, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova
I've sought to avoid her (Pierre, Natasha, Sonya, Akhrosimova)
Richard Hickox, Victoria Livengood, Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Justin Lavender, Ekaterina Morozova
Mira Mendelson: War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 7
Picture the scene, Countess (Métivier, Hélène, Abbé, Pierre, Anatoly, Denisov)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Opie, Justin Lavender, Thomas Guthrie, Richard Hickox, Elena Ionova, Vadim Zaplechny
Mira Mendelson: War and Peace, Op. 91, Epigraph
The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Come on lads! That's the way! (Volunteers, Tikhon, Fyodor, Denisov, Prince Andrey, Matveyev, Vasil
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Thomas Guthrie, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Stephen Dupont, Catherine Pierard, Vadim Zaplechny
Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox
It's the master, look at him! (Fyodor, Trishka, Tikhon, Pierre, Matveyev, Prince Andrey, First Gen
Pamela Helen Stephen, Justin Lavender, Roderick Williams, Vadim Zaplechny, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Stephen Dupont
Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)
Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Justin Lavender, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox
There is no people greater than ours (Kutuzov, Adjutant, Prince Andrey, First Staff Officer, Secon
Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Henry Moss, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Charles Austin, Roderick Williams, Alan Ewing, Vladimir Ognev
S. Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 9
The wine is uncorked. We must drink it (Napoleon, Compans's Adjutant, Murat's Adjutant, Berthier,
Alan Opie, Neil Jenkins, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Victoria Livengood, Oleg Dolgov, Dmitry Kanevsky, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
And so, gentlemen, the question is… (Benigsen, Kutuzov, Barclay, Yermolov, Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Henry Moss, Marcus Van Den Akker, Richard Hickox, Thomas Guthrie, Charles Austin, Alan Ewing, Vadim Zaplechny
The enemy bears down on us with fire and steel (Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky, Chorus)
Henry Moss, Thomas Guthrie, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
When, oh when was this dreadful business decided? (Kutuzov, Chorus)
Alan Ewing, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Moscow's deserted! (Ramballe, Bonnet, Jacqueau, Gérard, Young Factory Worker, Shopkeeper, Matveye
Richard Coxon, Oleg Dolgov, Pamela Helen Stephen, Charles Austin, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Dmitry Kanevsky, Henry Moss, Richard Hickox
S. Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91, Scene 11
I must do the deed, or die (Pierre, Shopkeeper, Young Factory Worker, Dunyasha, Mavra Kuzminichna
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Hickox, Victoria Livengood, Oleg Dolgov, Tatiana Odinokova, Justin Lavender
Where did you get such a good going-over, lads? (Jacqueau, Gérard, Matveyev, Ivanov, Chorus)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Henry Moss, Charles Austin, Stephen Dupont, Vadim Zaplechny
Davout, the cruel Davout, the emperor Napoleon's hatchet man! (Pierre, Davout, Officer, Ivanov, K.
Justin Lavender, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Ognev, Marcus Van Den Akker, Neil Jenkins, Richard Hickox, Vadim Zaplechny
Nothing matters now, nothing (Pierre, Karatayev, Shopkeeper, Ramballe, Bonnet, First Actress, Sec
Justin Lavender, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Coxon, Liuba Chuchrova, Neil Jenkins, Pamela Helen Stephen, Dmitry Kanevsky
What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)
Richard Hickox, Alan Opie, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
It's stretching higher and further (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus)
Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams
Has fate really brought us together so strangely today… (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus)
Ekaterina Morozova, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox
We've burnt our bridges. (Ramballe, Bonnet, Pierre, Karatayev, Officer)
Justin Lavender, Vladimir Ognev, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Dmitry Kanevsky, Neil Jenkins, Richard Hickox, Richard Coxon
Hey! Hey! Hey! (Pierre, Denisov, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyasha, Vasilisa, Chorus)
Justin Lavender, Thomas Guthrie, Catherine Pierard, Vadim Zaplechny, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Tatiana Odinokova, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox
Dolokhov said that Hélène had passed away (Pierre, Denisov)
Justin Lavender, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Thomas Guthrie
The Commander-in-chief is coming! (Adjutant, Denisov, Dolokhov, Vasilisa, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyash
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Justin Lavender, Catherine Pierard, Vadim Zaplechny, Tatiana Odinokova, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox
The enemy has been put to rout (Kutuzov, Chorus)
Alan Ewing, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox
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