The Soldier’s Tale

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Hallé Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder

The Soldier's Tale is a 1918 theatrical work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Scored for a small chamber ensemble with a narrator and dancers, its music mixes lean, percussive textures, syncopated rhythms and elements drawn from Russian folk music, tango and ragtime, marking a stylistic shift from Stravinsky's earlier large-scale ballets toward more economical, theatre-oriented forms during the First World War.

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  1. 1.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: The Soldier’s March
    1:49
  2. 2.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: “Shall I rest here?”
    1:13
  3. 3.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: Airs by a Stream
    2:44
  4. 4.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: “Give me the violin…”
    4:34
  5. 5.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: The Soldier’s March (reprise)
    1:40
  6. 6.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: “Here I am, at last.”
    2:30
  7. 7.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: Pastoral
    2:33
  8. 8.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: “So tell me…”
    2:52
  9. 9.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: “He read the book…”
    2:31
  10. 10.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: “God! How I long…”
    0:52
  11. 11.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: “You see, those who have nothing…”
    3:11
  12. 12.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part One: Airs by a Stream (reprise)
    0:52
  13. 13.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: The Soldier’s March (reprise)
    1:38
  14. 14.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: “Until, at last he crosses…”
    2:31
  15. 15.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: The Royal March
    2:49
  16. 16.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: “The King received me…”
    4:10
  17. 17.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: The Little Concert
    3:07
  18. 18.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: Tango
    2:18
  19. 19.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: Valse
    1:47
  20. 20.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: Ragtime
    2:01
  21. 21.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: The Devil’s Dance
    1:22
  22. 22.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: Little Chorale
    0:44
  23. 23.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: The Devil’s Song
    0:37
  24. 24.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: Great Chorale
    5:11
  25. 25.
    The Soldier’s Tale, Part Two: Triumphal March of the Devil
    2:23

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