Igor Stravinsky

Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) (narrated in English)

Nickname: The Soldier's Tale

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In 89 movements

1.Part I: The Soldier's March
2.Part I: Music to Scene 1 - "Airs by a Stream"
3.Part I: Reprise of the Soldier's March
4.Part I: Music to Scene 2 - Pastorale

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5.Part I: Postlude to Pastorale
6.Part I: Reprise of "Airs by a Stream"
7.Part I: Music to Scene 3
8.Part II: The Soldier's March
9.Part II: Continuation of Marching Tunes
10.Part II: Royal March
11.Part II: The Little Concert
12.Part II: Tango
13.Part II: Waltz
14.Part II: Ragtime
15.Part II: The Devil's Dance
16.Part II: The Little Chorale
17.Part II: The Devil's Song
18.Part II: The Great Chorale
19.Part II: The Devil's Triumphant March
20.Part I: By the banks of a stream
21.Part I: The Devil enters
22.Part I: The Soldier returns to his homeland
23.Part I: The Soldier confronts the Devil
24.Part I: The Soldier exploits his acquisition greedily but soon comes to realise his foolishness
25.Part I: He regains his violin…
26.Part I: Little Airs by a stream
27.Part II: The Soldier visits the King
28.Part II: The Soldier play cards with the Devil
29.Part I: An Offer from the Devil
30.Part I: Joseph Tries to Go Home
31.Part I: Pastoral
32.Part I: Confronting the Devil
33.Part I: Profiting from the Devil's Book
34.Part II: Coming to Another Land
35.Part II: An Invitation from the King, and a Game of Cards with the Devil
36.Part II: The Devil Approaches, in Agnoy
37.Part II: A Forbidden Attempt to Go Home Again
38.Part I: Phew … this isn't a bad sort of spot (Narrator)
39.Part I: Enter The Devil (Narrator)
40.Part I: Hurray, here we are! We're home at last
41.Part I: The Devil Was Standing There (Narrator)
42.Part I: Music for the End of Scene 2
43.Part I: He Took The Book (Narrator)
44.Part I: They have nothing - and yet, they have it all (Narrator)
45.Part II: Now he comes to another land (Narrator)
46.Part II: They have yhe word for the band to play (Narrator)
47.Part II: Valse
48.Part II: I have everything, he thinks (Narrator)
49.Part I: Reprise of "Airs by a Stream" - Music to Scene 3
50.Part I : Give me your fiddle (Devil, Soldier, Narrator)
51.Part I: The Soldier takes up the book (Narrator, Soldier, Devil)
52.Part I: Satan, you cheated me (Narrator, Soldier)
53.Part II: The King received me (Soldier, Narrator, Devil)
54.Part II: There on her bed the Princess lies (Narrator)
55.Part II: The Soldier holds the Princess close (Narrator)
56.Part II: Exhausted and bewitched (Narrator)
57.Part II: The Soldier's Violin
58.Part II: Tango - Waltz - Ragtime
59.Part I: No one about
60.Part I: The Soldier's March - Down the street where he was born
61.Part I: It's over, at last, I'm home
62.Part I: Ah, villain, black-hearted knave
63.Part I: He set about reading the book
64.Part I: Airs by a stream - The things of summer
65.Part I: The poor have everything
66.Part I: Music for Scene 3: Airs by a stream
67.Part II: The Soldier's March - Through the rugged countryside
68.Part II: Now the scene changes to another country full of strangers
69.Part II: The music struck up, the king himself received me
70.Part II: The Little Concert - Princess, now please rest assured
71.Part II: The bedchamber, where the princess lies pale and unmoving - Tango - The princess opens her eyes
72.Part II: The princess dances - Valse
73.Part II: The princess smiles - Ragtime
74.Part II: The Devil himself has entered
75.Part II: The Devil's Dance - The Devil dances
76.Part II: Great Chorale - Don't try to add to what you now have
77.Part II: Triumphal March of the Devil - You can't have everything
78.Part I: The Soldier's March - Through the rugged countryside
79.Part I: Your violin, give it me
80.Part I: Music for Scene 1: Airs by the stream - While the soldier's been playing
81.Part I Scene I: The Devil appears
82.Part I Scene II: Marching Song
83.Part I Scene II: Ah, you dirty cheat! It's you!
84.Part I Scene III: Good to touch, good to feel
85.Part II Scene I: Marching Song
86.Part II Scene II: It went off just as we thought it would
87.Part II Scene IV: Suppose, suppose we went there!
88.Part II Scene IV: Devil's Triumphal March
89.Part I Scene 10: He Took the Book

Tempo notes are a standard glossary, not review text.

All recordings 3

Igor Stravinsky: Octet; L'histoire Du Soldat
Eastman Wind Ensemble

Avie Records AV2277

Released 1 Feb 2013 · CD

$19.99
SOLDIER'S TALE (CHINESE)
STRAVINSKY / WILSON RANSOM

CHESKY RECORDS CKY123.2

Released 8 Nov 2008 · CD

$16.60 ~~$16.61~~
Stravinsky, I.: Histoire Du Soldat
Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Nimbus NI5063

Released 1 Feb 2004 · CD

$20.99

Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) (narrated in English)

All recordings 3

Igor Stravinsky: Octet; L'histoire Du Soldat

SOLDIER'S TALE (CHINESE)

Stravinsky, I.: Histoire Du Soldat