A rare, undated sound film of Sergei Prokofiev playing an excerpt from his operatic version of War and Peace, followed by a brief Russian-language interview:
For a translation, go here and scroll down.
To hear Prokofiev speak in English, go here.
(This is the latest in a weekly series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Wednesday.)
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