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Recorded - Florence 1953 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91Sung in Italian as 'Guerra e Pace'
Ettore Bastianini (Andrei Bolkonsky), Rosanna Carteri (Natasha Rostova), Vittoria Calma (Sonya), Fedora Barbieri (Maria Akhrosimova), Italo Tajo (Ilya Rostov), Franco Corelli (Pytor Bezukhov), Cesy Broggini (Helena Bezukhova), Mirto Picchi (Anatol Kuragin), Renato Capecchi (Dolokhov), Marinelli Meli (Maria Bolkonsky), Italo Tajo (Marshal Kutuzov) Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Artur Rodzinski Recorded in Florence in 1953 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91Live Recording from The Opéra National De Paris 2000
Set Design by John Macfarlane & Costume Design by Nicky Gillibrand When Sergei Prokofiev started work on a new opera, having just finished his opera Betrothal in a Monastery, he could not have envisaged that the theme, borrowed from Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace, would very soon become dreadful reality. It was just two months later that the German invasion of the Soviet Union began. By way of the conscious parallel to Napoleon’s historic invasion of Russia, Prokofiev’s opera became an attempt to strengthen the defence morale of his fellow countrymen in this “patriotic war”, as soviet historians of the Second World War call it. One of the reasons why this work is so difficult to put on is the huge number of performers – more than were ever used before. Even for the shortened version at the Paris opera, 43 singers and actors, making up a total of 62, were engaged for the original 72 parts. Even if one considers that some have only a few words to sing and that some of the parts are divided between the scenes in such a way that a singer can double up, the mere dimension of the work is a challenge in itself. Running Time: 210 min
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Menu Languages NTSC: GB
Subtitle Languages NTSC: D, F, GB, I, SP
“It has plenty in its favour, including a good cast, with an excellent Natasha in Olga Guryakova. There is a fine Bolkonsky in Nathan Gunn and an ideal Pierre Bezhukov (Robert Brubaker)...No one investing in the set is likely to be greatly disappointed, for the viewer is held from start to finish.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Recording Date: 1991
Place of recording: St Petersburg
Running Time: 248 min
Picture Format: 4:3
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Menu Languages PAL: D, F, GB, SP
Subtitle Languages PAL: D, F, GB, SP
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Yuri Masurok, Galiana Kalinina, Arthur Eizen & Tamara Sinjavskaia Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Mark Ermler Tolstoy’s creative works were always the subject of excitement for Prokofiev. Having dismissed the idea of composing music on the subject of the novel “Resurrection” he became enthusiastic about “War and Peace”. Being the last work of Prokofiev in the opera genre “War and Peace” combines the best features of the composer’s music talent. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91
Galina Vishnevskaya (Natasha Rostova), Nicolai Gedda (Anatol Kuragin), Lajos Miller (Prince Andrei Bolkonsky), Dimiter Petkov (Count Ilya Rostov), Stefania Toczyska (Helena Bezukhova), Wieslaw Ochman (Count Pytor Bezukhov), Mira Zakai (Princess Maria Bolkonsky), Eduard Tumagian (Napoleon Bonaparte) Choeurs de Radio France & Orchestre National de Radio France, Mstislav Rostropovich “A virtue of this recording is that the work is given complete...all this material, diverse in style as it is, adds up in performance to an impressive whole. To no small degree this is thanks to Rostropovich, for whom this was a labour of love: he controls his large forces-45 singers taking 72 roles between them, chorus and orchestra—very convincingly, and it has been produced with an ear to its dramatic effect.” Gramophone Magazine, April 1992 “In Rostropovich’s powerful reading one revels in the vividness of the atmosphere… The opera culminates in a great patriotic chorus, using the most haunting tune of all…the emotional thrust is overwhelming. The French radio Choir sings with real Russian fervour.” Penguin Guide | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Prokofiev: War and Peace, Op. 91Opera in 13 acts
Ekaterina Morozova, Justin Lavender, Oleg Balashov, Roderick Williams, Pamela Helen Stephen, Igor Matioukhin, Elena Ionova, Alan Ewing, Stephen Dupont, Thomas Guthrie, Vladimir Ognev, Victoria Livengood, Neil Jenkins, Alan Opie Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox “Ekaterina Morozova is a moving Natasha. Slavonic in timbre, weighty but still girlsih enough, with an edge to the voice that rarely turns squally...Roderick Willians is a fresh, virile Andrei, and Justin Lavender a vulnerable-sounding Pierre...Other versions may have starrier individual contributions, but this one has no weak link.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | |
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| |  | Prokofiev - 6 Operas
Prokofiev: | Betrothal in a Monastery Anna Netrebko, Larissa Diadkova, Nikolai Gassiev & Sergei Alexashkin The Love for Three Oranges Larissa Shevchenko, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Vassily Gerello, Alexander Morozov, Mikhail Kit, Fyodor Kuznetsov & Vladimir Vaneev The Gambler, Op. 24 Sergei Alexashkin, Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, Vladimir Galusin, Elena Obraztsova, Nikolai Gassiev, Valery Lebed, Marianna Tarassova, Victor Vikhrov, Andrei Khramtsov, Yuri Laptev, Grigory Karassev, Vladimir Zhivopistsev, Victor Vikhrov & Gennadi Bezzubenkov The Fiery Angel Sergei Leiferkus & Galina Gorchakova War and Peace, Op. 91 Olga Borodina, Yuri Marusin, Alexandr Morozov, Irina Bogachova, Evgeniya Tselovalnik, Nikolai Okhotnikov, Ivan Volodin, Mikhail Chernozhukov, Georgi Zastavnij, Mikhail Kit, Yuri Laptev, Mikail Bulatov, Vassily Gerelo, Andrei Khramstov, Genadij Bezzubenkov, Viacheslav Trofimov, Maria Gortsievskaja, Sergei Alexashkin, Yuri Zhikalov, Nikolai Gassiev, Grigory Karasev, Igor Shpagin, Evgeny Fedotov, Andrei Karabanov, Vladimir Ognovenko, Yevgeny Boitsov, Olga Markova-Mikhailenko, Slava Fomin, Vladimir Solodovnikov, Vladimir Knijasev, Alexandr Shubin, Elena Guliaeva, Julia Chazanova, Evgenia Perlasova, Igor Yan, Mikhail Yegorov, Gegam Gregoriam, Svetlana Volkova, Yelena Prokina, Ludmilla Kanunnikova, Alexandr Gergalov, Tatjana Filimonova, Anna Kovaleva & Ludmilla Filatova Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 Ekaterina Solovyeva, Evgeny Akimov, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Ludmilla Filatova, Nikolai Gassiev, Olga Savova, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Viktor Lutsuk & Yuri Laptev |
Kirov Opera & Orchestra & Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev “[Gergiev's] dedicated team, including several superb, characterful soloists, is likely to remain the definitive set.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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