Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace [2 Discs]

Overview

Prokofiev's choice of a theme was somewhat prescient as just a few months into the composing of his opera that the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union. Based on Tolstoy's novel WAR AND PEACE the theme became a reality for Prokofiev and his country. Unfortunate

Product Details

Release Date:	04/28/2009
UPC:	0807280702996
Original Release:	2000
Source:	Arthaus Musik
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[stereo, Digital Theater Systems]
Language:	English
Time:	3:30:00
Sales rank:	60,136

Special Features

The Making Of WAR AND PEACE

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Olga Guryakova	Natacha Rostova
Nathan Gunn	Prince Andr? Bolkonski
Robert Brubaker	Comte Pierre Bezokhov
Anatoli Kotcherga	Mar?chal Mikhail Koutouzov
Yelena Obraztsova	Maria D. Akhrossimova
Vassilli Gerello	Napol?an
Elena Zaremba	Comtese H?l?ne Bezoukhova
Stefan Margita	Anatole Kouraguine
Susanna Poretsky	Princesse Maria
Leonid Zimnenko	Prince Nikolai A Bolkonski
Mikhail Kit	Comte Illia A. Rostov
Vladimir Matorin	Le Cocher Balaga

Technical Credits

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace
1. Opening [1:36]
2. "The Radiance of the Sky In Sping"-"Svetlaje Vessenneje Neba" [3:33]
3. "I Won't, I Can't Sleep"-"Ja Ne Budu, Ja Ne Magu Spat" [4:46]
4. "O God, My God"-"Ah Bozhe, Bozhe Moj!" [2:58]
5. Dance-Balet [2:46]
6. "Let the Chorus Begin!"- "Pust' Nachinajet Hor!" [4:43]
7. "Look, the Colonel's Dancing the Mazurka"-"Smatrite, Palkovnik Tantsujet Mazarku" [2:52]
8. "Will No One Choose Me as a Partner?"-"Neuzheli Tak Nikto Ne Padajd'Ot Ka Mne? [2:43]
9. Waltz-Val's [1:55]
10. "When I Was at Otradnoye In May"-"Kagda Visnoj Ja Byl v Atradnam" [4:32]
11. "The Young Prince's Fiancée"-"Nevesta Maladova Kn 'Az' a" [5:21]
12. "Ah, Madam, Young Lady..."-"Ah, Sudaryn'a, Grafin'a..." [6:30]
13. "The Charming, Delightful Natasha!"-"Maja Prelesnaja, Acharavatel' Naja!" [3:24]
14. "She's Wonderful and So Beautiful"-"Chuda, Kak Harasha Ana, Krasavista Takaja" [7:16]
15. "At Ten O'Clock This Eveneing, She'll Be Waiting"-"Vecheram v Des'At' Chisov Ana Budit Zhdat" [4:22]
16. "Balaga!" [6:28]
17. "Oh, My Dear Miss Natasha, All Is Lost, It Seems" [3:33]
18. "A Fine Young Lady You Are!"-"Harashe, Ochen' Harasha!" [6:14]
19. "I've Sought to Avoid Her"-"Ja Izbegal Jejo" [3:13]
20. "Natalya Illinichna..."-"Natal'Ja Il'Jinishna..." [5:44]
21. "You Have Your Whole Life In Front of You..."-"Fs'A Zhzyn' Fperedi Dl'a Vas..." [2:05]
22. "Picture the Scene, Countess"-"Padumajte, Grafin'a" [2:45]
23. "I Need to Have a Talk With You"-"Mne Nada Pagavarit's Vami" [7:36]
24. "The Forces of Two and Ten European Nations"-Silly Dvunades' Ati Jazykov Jevropy" [5:10]
Disc #2 -- Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace
1. "Come On, Lads! That's the Way!"-"Pashla, Rib'Ata! Vazhna!" [6:31]
2. "Denisov, Her First Fiance"-"Denisaf, Pervvj Zhenith Jejo" [3:25]
3. "Pierre Bezukhov..."-"Pjer Bezuhaf..." [5:12]
4. "Hurrah! Hurrah!-"Ura! Ura!" [1:19]
5. "There Is No People Greater Than Ours"-"Bespadobnyi Narot, Chudesnyi Bespadobnyi Narot [7:10]
6. "The Wine Is Uncorked, So We Must Drink It"-"Vino Atkuporena, Nada Jevo Vypit" [3:38]
7. "Reserves?"-"Rezervy?" [6:25]
8. " And So, Gentlemen, the Question Is:"-"Itak, Gospoda, Vygodnej Li Nam Srazitsa Prjed" [6:46]
9. "The Enemy Bears Down on Us With Fire and Streel"-"Mech Nam y Plamen' Nisut Neprijatili" [:43]
10. "When, Oh When Was This Dreadful Business Decided?"-"Kagda Zhe, Kagda Zhe Reshylas' Eta Strashnaje Dela?" [4:13]
11. "Moscow Is Deserted!"-"Maskva Pusta!" [7:12]
12. "I Must Do the Deed, Or Die."-"Ja Dolzhen Savershyt', Il' Pagibnut'" [3:26]
13. "Where Did You Get Such a Thrashing?"-"Gde Eta Tak Razukrasili Vas, Deti Mai?" [2:13]
14. "Davout, the Cruel Davout"-"Davu, Zhestokij Davu" [5:42]
15. "Nothing Matters Now, Nothing"-"Fs'O Nichevo, Fs'O Nichevo" [5:15]
16. "What a Dreadful Scene!"-"Kakoje Strashnaje Zrelish'E!" [3:38]
17. "It's Stretching..."-"T'Anesta, Fs' O T' Anesta..." [7:45]
18. "Has Fate Really Brought Us Together"-"Neuzheli Tol'Ka Lish Za Tem Sud'Ba Sivodn'A" [6:01]
19. "How It Goes It, Platon?"-"Platon, Kak Zdarov'Je?" [2:12]
20. "Brothers, Dear Sons of Russia"-"Bratsy, Galupechiki, Milyje, Radimyje" [6:33]
21. "The Enemy Has Been Put to Rout"-"Neprijatil' Razbit, I, Slovna K Sertsu Krof" [10:42]
22. Credits [1:36]

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Disc #1 -- Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace
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Part I: The Peace First Scene-Otradoye, Count Rostow's Estate-Spring 1809
Second Scene: St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve-Siz Month Later
Third Scene-Moscon, Prince Bolkonsky's House- 1811
Fourth Scene: Pierre & Hélène Bezukhov's House-The Following Sunday Evening
Fifth Scene-Dolokhov's House-The Following Thursday
Sixth Scene: Madam Akhrossimova's House-The Same Night
Seventh Scene: Pierre & Hélène Bezukhov's House-The Same Night
Epigraph
The Making-Of, Part 1
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Disc #2 -- Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace
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Part II The War: Eighth Scene-Battlefield at Borodino-The Night Before 26 August, 1812
Ninth Scene: Napoleon's Headquarter-The Morning of August 26, 1812
Tenth Scene: Council of War Marshal Kutuzov-The Night of September 1, 1812
Eleventh Scene: Street In Moscow-The Following Day, September 2, 1812
Twelfth Scene:Jaroslavl-The Night of September 3, 1812
Thirteenth Scene: Retreat of the French, on the Road to Smolensk, October 22, 1812
The Making-Of, Part 2
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