Prokofiev: War and Peace

The most complete recording of this sprawling work, conducted with fervour and mainly sung with conviction, though Vishnevskaya’s Natasha sounds implausibly elderly. Michael Tanner

 

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:28 pm

COMPOSERS: Prokofiev
LABELS: Warner
WORKS: War and Peace
PERFORMER: Miller, Vishnevskaya, Ochman; Radio France Chorus; Orchestre National de France/Rostropovich
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 68801-0

The most complete recording of this sprawling work, conducted with fervour and mainly sung with conviction, though Vishnevskaya’s Natasha sounds implausibly elderly. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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