War and Peace
(Krieg und Frieden: Oper in 13 Bildern) op. 91 (1941/52)Libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, after the novel by Leo Tolstoy (R,E)
lyrdramS,S,lowS,6M,4C,dramT,T,2highT,comicT,lowT,T(or Bar),hBar,hBar
(or B),6Bar,2Bar(or B),3BBar,3hB,10B,lowB,2speakers,6silent roles;
chorus
11 scene version:
2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc:tgl/tamburo di legno/tamb/SD/cyms/BD/tam-t/glsp/xyl-hp-str
13 scene version:
2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc:tgl/tamburo di legno/tamb/SD/cyms/BD/tam-t/glsp/xyl-harp-str
Scenes 7 and 11 of the 13 scene version do not appear in the 11 scene version.
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VAAP
Alexander Gergalov, Elena Prokina, Gegam Gregoriam, Olga Borodina, Yuri Masurin, Nikolai Okhotnikov, Vassily Gerelo, Irina Bogachova, Alexander Morozov, Kirov Opera, Valery Gergiev
Philips 434 097-2 (3 CDs)
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
Chandos 9855 (4 CDs)
