Stravinsky - The Soldier's Tale (English version) - Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov (2021) [24-96]

Artist: Isabelle Faust, Dominique Horwitz, Alexander Melnikov, Lorenzo Coppola, Javier Zafra, Reinhold Friedrich, Jörgen van Rijen, Wies de Boevé

Title: Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale, Élégie. Duo concertant

Year Of Release: 2021

Label: harmonia mundi

Genre: Classical

Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks + booklet)

Total Time: 01:16:47

Total Size: 1.09 GB



Tracklist



1. Élégie (5:16)

2. Duo concertant: I. Cantilène (2:57)

3. Duo concertant: II. Églogue I (2:22)

4. Duo concertant: III. Églogue II (3:23)

5. Duo concertant: IV. Gigue (4:28)

6. Duo concertant: V. Dithyrambe (3:23)

7. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene I: Marching Song (1:45)

8. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene I: Phew… This isn't a bad sort of spot (1:11)

9. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene I: Music to Scene 1. Airs by a stream (2:34)

10. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene I: The Devil appears (5:00)

11. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene II: Marching Song (reprise) (1:36)

12. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene II: Hurray! Here we are! (2:44)

13. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene II: Music to Scene 2: Pastorale (2:57)

14. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene II: Ah, you dirty cheat! It's you! (3:19)

15. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene III: Music to Scene 3. Airs by a stream (reprise) (0:46)

16. The Soldier's Tale, Part I Scene III: Good to touch, good to feel (3:07)

17. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene I: Marching Song (reprise) (1:40)

18. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene I: Now he comes to another land (2:21)

19. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene I: Royal March (3:09)

20. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene II: It went off just as we thought it would (3:01)

21. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene II: Little Concert (2:54)

22. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene III: Three Dances. 1. Tango (2:26)

23. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene III: Three Dances. 2. Waltz (2:09)

24. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene III: Three Dances. 3. Ragtime (2:27)

25. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene III: Dance of the Devil (1:16)

26. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene III: Little Chorale (0:42)

27. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene III: Devil's Song (0:34)

28. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene IV: Great Chorale (3:52)

29. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene IV: Suppose, suppose we went there! (1:32)

30. The Soldier's Tale, Part II Scene IV: Devil's Triumphal March (2:15)



The Devil’s violin Deeply scarred by the First World War and by the upheavals of the October Revolution in his homeland, Stravinsky found, with the help of the Swiss author Ramuz, a subject that resonated perfectly with his era. In this music theatre piece inspired by an old Russian folktale, The Deserter and the Devil, the composer of The Rite of Spring explored new paths in the last months of the First World War, which would soon lead him to a very personal form of neo-classicism.

With this English version, in which Dominique Horwitz plays all the spoken roles in masterly fashion, the musicians assembled by Isabelle Faust have taken up the challenge of performing on instruments contemporary with the premiere. As a result, the work reveals its true personality and its immensely original colours, keen and biting. It is coupled here with two unjustly neglected gems by its composer, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death.