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