Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:19:21 minutes | 502 MB | Genre: Classical
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Ever since he was a boy, Pink Floyd’s bassist Roger Waters has been haunted by his father’s death in the Second World War. His writing would always bear the imprint of this trauma, in particular on The Wall (1979), The Final Cut (1983) – dedicated to his father – and Amused to Death (1992). This story of a poor soldier who sold his soul to the devil must have struck a chord with him.

The product of the vagaries of the Great War and the friendship between composer Igor Stravinsky (later exiled in Switzerland), the writer Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz and conductor Ernest Ansermet, The Soldier’s Tale, was based on one of Afanasyev’s Russian folk tales, but adapted in the Canton of Vaud by Ramuz, in whose hands it became a universal parable. Stravinsky wrote a very sparse score for seven instruments (violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone and percussion) which demanded real virtuosity from the musicians. One hundred years after its first outing on 28 September 1918 in Lausanne, The Soldier’s Tale is continuing its march across the globe. On this album, rock legend Roger Waters is the sole narrator in his own adaptation, which is based on translations by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black. He takes on the three roles himself, with seven excellent musicians from the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival. For Waters, this latest work is simply the next logical step, given his musical research and his political stance, in particular his support for Palestine and his fight against Trump.  – François Hudry

Tracklist:
1-1. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: The Soldiers March (01:47)
1-2. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Slogging Homeword (02:20)
1-3. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Airs by a Stream (02:35)
1-4. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: as You Can Hear… (07:41)
1-5. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: The Soldiers March (Rep… (01:48)
1-6. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Eventually, Joseph Reac… (02:56)
1-7. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Pastorale (02:35)
1-8. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: The Soldier, Disconsola… (04:13)
1-9. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Pastorale (Reprise) (00:37)
1-10. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: The Soldier, Slowly Com… (02:48)
1-11. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Airs by a Stream (Repri… (00:47)
1-12. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Hey Satan, You Bastard.… (05:33)
1-13. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Airs by a Stream (2Nd R… (00:46)
1-14. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part I: Now to Be Gained Here… (00:06)
1-15. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Soldiers March (2N… (00:50)
1-16. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: He Doesn’t Even Know H… (00:52)
1-17. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Soldiers March (3R… (00:28)
1-18. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: He Doesn’t Have a Home… (03:56)
1-19. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Royal March (02:38)
1-20. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: So All Was Arranged… (00:58)
1-21. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Later That Night… (08:39)
1-22. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Little Concert – L… (02:59)
1-23. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Soldier, with a Co… (00:46)
1-24. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Three Dances – Tango, … (01:18)
1-25. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Three Dances – Tango,… (01:01)
1-26. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Three Dances – Waltz &… (04:02)
1-27. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: So First a Tango… (00:40)
1-28. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Devil’s Dance (01:20)
1-29. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Devil, Confused… (00:27)
1-30. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Little Chorale (00:42)
1-31. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Devil Recovers Som… (00:13)
1-32. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Devil’s Song – All… (00:39)
1-33. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Hm, a Fair Warning… (00:13)
1-34. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Grand Chorale (Part 1) (00:29)
1-35. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Spring, Summer, Autumn… (00:16)
1-36. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Grand Chorale (Part 2) (00:30)
1-37. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Steady Now… (00:11)
1-38. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Grand Chorale (Part 3) (00:27)
1-39. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Steady, Just Smell The… (00:13)
1-40. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Grand Chorale (Part 4) (00:52)
1-41. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Now I Have Everything.… (00:34)
1-42. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Grand Chorale (Part 5) (00:55)
1-43. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: The Princess, All Exci… (01:21)
1-44. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Grand Chorale (Part 6) (00:26)
1-45. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: and So, Off They Go… (01:13)
1-46. Roger Waters – The Soldier’s Tale (Narrated by Roger Waters) : Part Ii: Triumphal March of The… (02:24)

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