[78-L] Prokofiev's War And Peace

[David Lennick]

I have an issue of Prokofiev's opera WAR AND PEACE on Period Thrift Edition TE 
1123. No liner notes, no performers listed on cover or labels, just Bolshoi 
Theatre Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Melik-Pashaev (that's 
sometimes spelled Peshayev or Pashayev). This recording is not in WERM and is 
not listed in the CLOR opera discography. Does anyone know the date and 
original USSR issue and if the cast is listed somewhere? CLOR does list a 
Bolshoi performance but it's a stereo version from 1961 and this set of discs 
certainly appears to date from the 50s.

dl