Roger Waters - Soldiers Tale Roger Waters
• Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on 180g translucent green coloured vinyl
• Gatefold sleeve with linen laminate finish
• Includes 4-page booklet with lyrics and pictures
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. The libretto relates the parable of a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil in return for unlimited economic gain.
The music is scored for a septet of violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet or trumpet), trombone, and percussion.
The libretto is adapted by Roger Waters from the translation by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black, based on the original text by Charles-Ferdinand Ramus.
Track List
SIDE A
PART I
A1 - The Soldiers March
A2 - The Soldier is Tired
A3 - Airs by a Stream
A4 - As You Can Hear...
A5 - The Soldiers March (Reprise)
A6 - Eventually, Joseph Reaches his Home Village...
SIDE B
B1 - Pastorale
B2 - The Soldier, disconsolate…
B3 - Pastorale, Reprise
B4 - The Soldier, slowly coming back to himself…
B5 - Airs by a Stream (reprise): To stretch out on the grass…
B6 - Hey Satan, you bastard…
B7 - Airs by a Stream (2nd reprise)
B8 - Nowt to be gained here…
SIDE C
PART II
C1 - The Soldiers March (2nd reprise): Down a hot and dusty track…
C2 - He doesn't even know himself…
C3 - The Soldiers March, (3nd reprise): Will he take the road to home…
C4 - He doesn't have a home anymore…
C5 - The Royal March
C6 - So all was arranged…
C7 - Later that night…
C8 - The Little Concert: Light floods the eastern sky…
SIDE D
D1 - The Soldier, with a confident air…
D2 - Three Dances: Tango
D3 - Three Dances: Waltz
D4 - Three Dances: Ragtime
D5 - So first a tango…
D6 - The Devil's Dance
D7 - The Devil, confused…
D8 - The Little Chorale
D9 - The Devil recovers some of his wits…
D10 - The Devil's Song: All Right! You'll be safe at home…
D11 - Hm, a fair warning…
D12 - Grand Chorale (Part 1)
D13 - Spring, summer, autumn…
D14 - Grand Chorale (Part 2)
D15 - Steady now…
D16 - Grand Chorale (Part 3)
D17 - Steady, just smell the flowers…
D18 - Grand Chorale (Part 4)
D19 - Now I have everything…
D20 - Grand Chorale (Part 5)
D21 - The Princess, all excited…
D22 - Grand Chorale (Part 6)
D23 - And so, off they go…
D24 - Triumphal March of the Devil