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Prokofiev – War And Peace / Galina Vishnevskaya, Lajos Miller, Wiesław Ochman, Nicolai Gedda, Nicola Ghiuselev, Stefania Toczyska, Dimiter Petkov / Chœurs de Radio France, Orchestre National De France / Warner Classics 4x Audio CD 2017
UPC 0190295854768
Prokofiev composed his adaptation of Tolstoy’s mighty War and Peace during World War II. In 1986, as the Cold War entered its final phase, the exiled Mstislav Rostropovich conducted this superb recording of the opera with his wife, Galina Vishnevskaya, in the central role of Natalya Rostova. Rostropovich had been Prokofiev’s student and knew him well. “At the end of his life,” he wrote, “Prokofiev was obsessed with the hope that one day his greatest masterpiece, War and Peace, would triumph in its definitive form … Now I fervently hope that this recording will satisfy my old friend.”
Label: Warner Classics – 0190295854768
Series: The Home Of Opera
Format: 4 × CD, Reissue
Country: France
Released: 11 May 2017
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera
Tracklist:
| War And Peace | ||
| 1-1 | Ouverture | |
| 1-2 | Scene 1: "Ciel Clair Et Printanier" | |
| 1-3 | Scene 1: "Je Ne Veux Pas Dormir" | |
| 1-4 | Scene 1: "Peu Leur Importe Que J'existe" | |
| 1-5 | Scene 2: Un Bal Chez Un Vieux Gentilhomme | |
| 1-6 | Scene 2: "Scène Et Arrivée De L'empereur | |
| 1-7 | Scene 2: "Que Les Astres Poursuivent Leur Monde" - Scène Du Bal | |
| 1-8 | Scene 2: "Par Un Soir De Printemps" | |
| 1-9 | Scene 3: Un Salon Dans L'hotel Particulier Du Prince Bolkonski | |
| 1-10 | Scene 3: Le Comte Rosrov, Natacha, La Princesse Marie | |
| 1-11 | Scene 3: "Ah, Mademoiselle La Comtesse" | |
| 1-12 | Scene 3: "De Quel Droit Me Refusent-ils" | |
| 2-1 | Scene 4: Chez Les Bezoukhov "Enfin Vous êtes Venue Chez Moi" | |
| 2-2 | Scene 4: "Comme Elle Est Belle" | |
| 2-3 | Scene 4: "Mon Sort Est Entre Vos Mains" | |
| 2-4 | Scene 5: Cabinet De Travail De Dolokhov "Je La Retrouverai" | |
| 2-5 | Scene 5: Entrée Du Cocher Balaga | |
| 2-6 | Scene 5: "Joseph, De Loutre" | |
| 2-7 | Scene 6: Un Salon De La Maison De Madame Akhrossimova | |
| 2-8 | Scene 6: "C'est Du Propre" | |
| 2-9 | Scene 6: "Besoukhov...fais Entrer" | |
| 2-10 | Scene 6: "J'ai Une Confiance Aveugle En Vous" | |
| 2-11 | Scene 7: Le Cabinet De Pierre Bezoukhov | |
| 2-12 | Scene 7: "J'ai à Vous Parlé" / Entrée De Denissov | |
| 3-1 | Scene 7: Epigraphe | |
| 3-2 | Scene 8: Borodino Avant La Bataille | |
| 3-3 | Scene 8: "Allons-y Les Enfants" | |
| 3-4 | Scene 8: "Vous êtes Le Prince Bolkonski" | |
| 3-5 | Scene 8: Un Groupe De Paysans: Choeur, Matveiev, Vassilissa | |
| 3-6 | Scene 8: "Moscou !" | |
| 3-7 | Scene 8: "Denissov, Son Premier Fiancé" | |
| 3-8 | Scene 8: Apparition De Pierre, En Frac Vert Et Chapeau Blanc | |
| 3-9 | Scene 8: "Dans L'espace" | |
| 3-10 | Scene 8: Choeur Des Soldats - Choeur Des Paysans | |
| 3-11 | Scene 8: "Travailler Sans Relâche" | |
| 3-12 | Scene 8: "Peuple Incomparable, Peuple Merveilleux" | |
| 3-13 | Scene 8: Des Grenadiers Défilent Au Loin: Passage Du Régiment Izmailovski | |
| 3-14 | Scene 8: Passage Au Loin Du Régiment De Cosaques | |
| 3-15 | Scene 8: "Dommage, Mais Tu N'as Pas Tort" ... | |
| 3-16 | Scene 8: Déroute De Chevardine Durant La Bataille De Borodino / "Le Vin Est Tiré" | |
| 3-17 | Scene 9: "Frères, Courons Au Combat" | |
| 3-18 | Scene 10: Conseil De Guerre Dans Une Isba à Fili, Benigsen | |
| 3-19 | Scene 10: "L'antique Et Sainte Capitale" | |
| 3-20 | Scene 10: "Si Vous Décidez De Vous Battre" | |
| 3-21 | Scene 10: "L'ennemi Nous Apporte La Mort" | |
| 3-22 | Scene 10: "Comment Est Arrivé Cette Chose Terrible" | |
| 3-23 |
Scene 10: Des Soldats Passent Sur La Route | |
| 4-1 | Scene 11: Une Rue De Moscou, Occupée Par Les Français. | |
| 4-2 | Scene 11: Chanson De Jacquot Et De Soldats "La Fillette Chante" | |
| 4-3 | Scene 11: Chanson De Gérard Et Des Soldats "Viens Donc, Viens Ma Belle Amie" | |
| 4-4 | Scene 11: Un Groupe De Moscovites, Une Femme Ouvrier, Une Boutiquière... | |
| 4-5 | Scene 11: Passage Des Soldats Maraudeurs | |
| 4-6 | Scene 11: Foule De Moscovites... | |
| 4-7 | Scene 11: "C'est L'heure De Mourir Ou De Triompher" | |
| 4-8 | Scene 11: Entrée De Gérard "Vous En Avez Des Têtes" | |
| 4-9 | Scene 11: Les Français Sortent, Accourt Une Foule De Moscovites | |
| 4-10 | Scene 11: Entrée Du Maréchal Davoust... | |
| 4-11 | Scene 11: "Voyez, Voyez Ces Flammes" | |
| 4-12 | Scene 11: Entrée Des Aliénés "Trois Fois Ils M'ont Tué" | |
| 4-13 | Scene 11: Arrivée Des Comédiens Et Comédiennes | |
| 4-14 | Scene 11: "Quel Affreux Spectacle" | |
| 4-15 | Scene 11: "Par Une Sombre Nuit Sans Lune" | |
| 4-16 | Scene 12: Une Isba, Il Fait Nuit: Le Prince André Grièvement Blessé | |
| 4-17 | Scene 12: "Tout S'allonge, S'étire" | |
| 4-18 | Scene 12: "Qu'est-ce Là" | |
| 4-19 | Scene 12: "Pourquoi Trop" | |
| 4-20 | Scene 13: Une Route De Smolensk Sous Une Tempête De Neige... | |
| 4-21 | Scene 13: Les Prisonniers: Pierre Et Platon Karataïev | |
| 4-22 | Scene 13: "Frères, Vous Nous Avez Sauvés" | |
| 4-23 | Scene 13: Denissov, Pierre | |
| 4-24 | Scene 13: "Un Jour Notre Fedor Voulut Faire Prisonnier Un Français Tout Vif" | |
| 4-25 | Scene 13: Entrée De L'aide De Camp "Le Sérénissime" Et De Koutouzov | |
| 4-26 | Scene 13 "Notre Russie Est Sauvée" |
- Alto Vocals [Aide-De-Camp to Marshal Murat] – Consuelo Caroli
- Alto Vocals [Bolkonsky's Housemaid] – Ludmilla Kovatcheva
- Baritone Vocals [Bolkonsky's Valet] – Ivan Konsulov
- Baritone Vocals [Dolokhov] – Vladimir De Kanel
- Baritone Vocals [First Singer in Chorus] – Jean-Philippe Doubrere
- Baritone Vocals [Marshal Berthier] – Michel Marsetti
- Baritone Vocals [Matveyev, a Muscovite] – Kalin Topalov-Behar
- Baritone Vocals [Metivier, A French doctor - A French Officer] – Daniel Ottevaere
- Baritone Vocals [Napoleon Bonaparte] – Eduard Tumagian
- Baritone Vocals [Prince Andrei Bolkonsky] – Lajos Miller
- Bass Vocals [Aide-De-Camp to Napoleon, A Voice Back-Stage] – Mario Castagnetti
- Bass Vocals [Balaga, Captain Ramballe, Second Prussian General] – Romuald Tesarowicz
- Bass Vocals [Bolkonsky's Old Footman, General Count von Bennigsen] – Gérard Serkoyan
- Bass Vocals [Colonel Vasska Denisov, Marshal Davout] – Malcolm Smith (10)
- Bass Vocals [Count Ilya Rostov] – Dimiter Petkov
- Bass Vocals [Field-Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov] – Nicola Ghiuselev
- Bass Vocals [First Prussian General, Jacquot] – Ionel Pantea
- Bass Vocals [Gavrila, Akhrosimova's Footman - General Belliard] – Pali Marinov
- Bass Vocals [Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky, General Aleksey Yermolov] – Anton Diakov
- Bass Vocals [Second Staff Officer] – Henri Bougerolle
- Bass Vocals [Tikhon Scherbatsky, A Partisan] – Constantin Dumitru
- Chorus – Chœur de Radio France
- Chorus Master – Michel Tranchant
- Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev
- Conductor – Mstislav Rostropovich
- Contralto Vocals [Matriosha, Trishka] – Nathalie Stutzmann
- Contralto Vocals [Princess Marya Bolkonskaya] – Mira Zakai
- Edited By – Patrick Henry (4)
- Engineer – Michel Lepage
- Libretto By – Mira Mendelssohn-Prokofiev, Sergei Prokofiev
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Hélène Bezukhova] – Stefania Toczyska
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova] – Mariana Paunova
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Sonya] – Katherine Ciesinski
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Vasilisa] – Petra Malakova
- Musical Assistance – Irene Kudela
- Orchestra – Orchestre National De France
- Soprano Vocals [A Shopkeeper, Second French Actress] – Colleen Gaetano
- Soprano Vocals [Dunyasha, Natasha's maid] – Catherine Dubosc
- Soprano Vocals [First French Actress] – Claude Delaunay
- Soprano Vocals [Madame Peronskaya] – Magdalena Cononovici
- Soprano Vocals [Natalya (Natasha) Rostova] – Galina Vishnevskaya
- Tenor Vocals [A French Abbé, Prince General Mikhail Barclay de Tolly, A Young Workman] – Frédéric Plantak
- Tenor Vocals [Aide-De-Camp to General Compans] – Ivan Matiakh
- Tenor Vocals [Aide-De-Camp to Prince Eugène] – Philippe Gaudin
- Tenor Vocals [Count Pyotr (Pierre) Bezukhov] – Wiesław Ochman
- Tenor Vocals [First Staff Officer] – Robert Cardona
- Tenor Vocals [Footman, Kutuzov's Aide-De-Camp, Gérard] – James Anderson (13)
- Tenor Vocals [General Pyotr Konovnitsyn] – Jean Loupien
- Tenor Vocals [Master of Ceremonies, Fyodor, Ivanov] – Georgi Tcholakov
- Tenor Vocals [Monsieur de Beausset] – Michel Sénéchal
- Tenor Vocals [Orderly Off-Stage] – Gilles Vitale
- Tenor Vocals [Orderly to Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Lieutenant Bonnet] – Constantin Zaharia
- Tenor Vocals [Platon Karataev] – Misha Raitzin
- Tenor Vocals [Prince Anatole Kuragin] – Nicolai Gedda
