Prokofiev: War and Peace

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Voyna i mir (War and Peace), Op. 91 (more info)
Performed by: Moscow Chamber Orchestra Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Constantine Orbelian
Ekaterina Morozova, soprano
Charles Robert Austin, bass-baritone
Vladimir Ognev, bass
Victoria Livengood, mezzo-soprano
Justin Lavender, tenor
Alan Opie, baritone
Thomas Guthrie, bass
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Catherine Pierard, soprano
Oleg Dolgov, tenor
Richard Coxon, tenor
Henry Moss, tenor
Oleg Balashov, tenor
Stephen Dupont, bass
Vadim Zaplechny, tenor
Dmitry Kanevsky, bass
Tatiana Odinokova, soprano
Neil Jenkins, tenor
Liuba Chuchrova, soprano
Sergei Schirmanov, baritone
Igor Matioukhin, baritone
Elena Ionova, mezzo-soprano
Marcus Van Den Akker, bass
Robert Baker, tenor
Richard Hetherington, tenor
Alan Ewing, bass
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone


1.   Overture - 4:42
2.   Scene 1: The radiance of the sky in spring … (Prince Andrey) - 3:39
3.   Scene 1: I won’t, I can’t sleep (Natasha) - 4:58
4.   Scene 1: O God, my God! What a shame to sleep! (Natasha) - 2:57
5.   Scene 2 - 2:37
6.   Scene 2: Chorus! Let the chorus begin! (Host) - 4:57
7.   Scene 2: Look, the colonel’s dancing the mazurka (Peronskaya, Akhrosimova, Helene, Anatoly, Count Rostov) - 2:39
8.   Scene 2: Will no one choose me as a partner? (Natasha) - 2:48
9.   Scene 2: When I was at Otradnoye in May (Prince Andrey) - 6:51
10.   Scene 3: The young Prince’s fiancee (Old Footman) - 5:19
11.   Scene 3: Ah, Madam, young lady … (Prince Nikolay Bolkonsky) - 5:55
12.   Scene 4: The charming, delightful Natasha (Helene) - 3:18
13.   Scene 4: She's wonderful and so beautiful (Natasha) - 7:12
14.   Scene 5: At 10 o'clock in the evening, she'll be waiting (Anatoly) - 4:09
15.   Scene 5: Balaga! (Dolokhov) - 6:15

Voyna i mir (War and Peace), Op. 91 (more info)
Performed by: Moscow Chamber Orchestra Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Constantine Orbelian
Ekaterina Morozova, soprano
Charles Robert Austin, bass-baritone
Vladimir Ognev, bass
Victoria Livengood, mezzo-soprano
Justin Lavender, tenor
Alan Opie, baritone
Thomas Guthrie, bass
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Catherine Pierard, soprano
Oleg Dolgov, tenor
Richard Coxon, tenor
Henry Moss, tenor
Oleg Balashov, tenor
Stephen Dupont, bass
Vadim Zaplechny, tenor
Dmitry Kanevsky, bass
Tatiana Odinokova, soprano
Neil Jenkins, tenor
Liuba Chuchrova, soprano
Sergei Schirmanov, baritone
Igor Matioukhin, baritone
Elena Ionova, mezzo-soprano
Marcus Van Den Akker, bass
Robert Baker, tenor
Richard Hetherington, tenor
Alan Ewing, bass
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone


1.   Scene 6: Oh, my dear Miss Natasha, all is lost, it seems (Dunyasha) - 3:38
2.   Scene 6: A fine young lady you are! (Akhrosimova) - 6:34
3.   Scene 6: I've sought to avoid her (Pierre) - 11:07
4.   Scene 7: Picture the scene, Countess (Metivier) - 10:49
5.   Epigraph: The forces of 2 and 10 European nations (Chorus) - 5:19

Voyna i mir (War and Peace), Op. 91 (more info)
Performed by: Moscow Chamber Orchestra Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Constantine Orbelian
Ekaterina Morozova, soprano
Charles Robert Austin, bass-baritone
Vladimir Ognev, bass
Victoria Livengood, mezzo-soprano
Justin Lavender, tenor
Alan Opie, baritone
Thomas Guthrie, bass
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Catherine Pierard, soprano
Oleg Dolgov, tenor
Richard Coxon, tenor
Henry Moss, tenor
Oleg Balashov, tenor
Stephen Dupont, bass
Vadim Zaplechny, tenor
Dmitry Kanevsky, bass
Tatiana Odinokova, soprano
Neil Jenkins, tenor
Liuba Chuchrova, soprano
Sergei Schirmanov, baritone
Igor Matioukhin, baritone
Elena Ionova, mezzo-soprano
Marcus Van Den Akker, bass
Robert Baker, tenor
Richard Hetherington, tenor
Alan Ewing, bass
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone


1.   Scene 8: Come on lads! That's the way! (Volunteers, Tikhon) - 8:27
2.   Scene 8: Denisov, her first fiancee (Prince Andrey) - 3:27
3.   Scene 8: It's the master, look at him! (Fyodor) - 6:06
4.   Scene 8: Hurrah! Hurrah! (Chorus of Soldiers) - 3:02
5.   Scene 8: There is no people greater than ours (Kutuzov) - 10:34
6.   Scene 9: The wine is uncorked; we must drink it (Napoleon) - 10:25
7.   Scene 10: And so, gentlemen, the question is … (Benigsen) - 6:48
8.   Scene 10: The enemy bears down on us with fire and steel (Soldier) - 1:13
9.   Scene 10: When, oh when was this dreadful business decided? (Kutuzov) - 9:12

Voyna i mir (War and Peace), Op. 91 (more info)
Performed by: Moscow Chamber Orchestra Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Constantine Orbelian
Ekaterina Morozova, soprano
Charles Robert Austin, bass-baritone
Vladimir Ognev, bass
Victoria Livengood, mezzo-soprano
Justin Lavender, tenor
Alan Opie, baritone
Thomas Guthrie, bass
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Catherine Pierard, soprano
Oleg Dolgov, tenor
Richard Coxon, tenor
Henry Moss, tenor
Oleg Balashov, tenor
Stephen Dupont, bass
Vadim Zaplechny, tenor
Dmitry Kanevsky, bass
Tatiana Odinokova, soprano
Neil Jenkins, tenor
Liuba Chuchrova, soprano
Sergei Schirmanov, baritone
Igor Matioukhin, baritone
Elena Ionova, mezzo-soprano
Marcus Van Den Akker, bass
Robert Baker, tenor
Richard Hetherington, tenor
Alan Ewing, bass
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone


1.   Scene 11: Moscow's deserted! (Ramballe) - 8:14
2.   Scene 11: I must do the deed, or die (Pierre) - 4:28
3.   Scene 11: Where did you get such a good going-over, lads? (Jacqueau) - 2:11
4.   Scene 11: Davout, the cruel Davout, the emperor Napoleon's hatchet man! (Pierre) - 5:16
5.   Scene 11: Nothing matters now, nothing (Pierre) - 6:41
6.   Scene 11: What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon) - 4:13
7.   Scene 12: It's stretching higher and further (Prince Andrey) - 8:20
8.   Scene 12: Has fate really brought us together so strangely today … (Prince Andrey) - 7:22
9.   Scene 13: We've burnt our bridges … (Ramballe) - 5:08
10.   Scene 13: Hey! Hey! Hey! (Voice Off-Stage) - 7:27
11.   Scene 13: Dolokhov said that Helene had passed away (Pierre) - 2:38
12.   Scene 13: The Commander-in-chief is coming! (Adjutant) - 1:44
13.   Scene 13: The enemy has been put to rout (Kutuzov) - 6:15

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