Igor Stravinsky’s the Soldier’s Tale: With New Narration Adapted and Performed By Roger Waters

Description

The 2018 album ‘Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale’ is the adaptation by Roger Waters (co-founder of Pink Floyd) on the 1918 same-titled theatrical work. Waters recorded this version with members of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival at Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church. The original theatre work is one ‘to be read, played, and danced’ by three actors (the soldier, the devil, and a narrator) and dancers, accompanied by a septet of instruments.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. The Soldier’s March (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
2. The Soldier Is Tired (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
3. Airs By a Stream (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
4. As You Can Hear… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
5. The Soldier’s March (Reprise) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
6. Eventually, Joseph Reaches His Home Village… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
7. Pastorale (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
8. The Soldier, Disconsolate… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
9. Pastorale (Reprise) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
10. The Soldier, Slowly Coming Back to Himself… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
11. Airs By a Stream (Reprise) – To Stretch Out On the Grass… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
12. Hey Satan, You Bastard… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
13. Airs By a Stream (2nd Reprise) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
14. Now to Be Gained Here… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
15. The Soldier’s March (2nd Reprise) – Down a Hot and Dusty Track… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
16. He Doesn’t Even Know Himself… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
17. The Soldier’s March (3rd Reprise) – Will He Take the Road to Home… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
18. He Doesn’t Have a Home Anymore… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
19. The Royal March (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
20. So All Was Arranged… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
21. Later That Night… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
22. The Little Concert – Light Floods the Eastern Sky… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
23. The Soldier, With a Confident Air… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
24. Three Dances – Tango, Pt. 1 (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
25. Three Dances – Tango, Pt. 2 (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
26. Three Dances – Waltz & Ragtime (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
27. So First a Tango… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
28. The Devil’s Dance (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
29. The Devil, Confused… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
30. The Little Chorale (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
31. The Devil Recovers Some of His Wits (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
32. The Devil’s Song – All Right! You’ll Be Safe at Home… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
33. Hm, a Fair Warning… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
34. Grand Chorale (Part 1) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
35. Spring, Summer, Autumn… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
36. Grand Chorale (Part 2) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
37. Steady Now… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
38. Grand Chorale (Part 3) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
39. Steady, Just Smell the Flowers… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
40. Grand Chorale (Part 4) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
41. Now I Have Everything… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
42. Grand Chorale (Part 5) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
43. The Princess, All Excited… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
44. Grand Chorale (Part 6) (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
45. And So, Off They Go… (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers
46. Triumphal March of the Devil (Igor Stravinsky) – Various Performers