The soldier's march (2:51) -- Music to Scene one (Airs by a stream) (6:22) -- Reprise of The soldier's march (4:41) -- Music to Scene two (Pastorale) (4:53) -- Postlude to Pastorale (3:27) -- Reprise of Airs by a stream (3:16) -- Music to Scene three (:46) -- Soldier's march (1:15) -- Continuation of marching tunes (1:26) -- Royal march (6:56) -- The little concert (3:03) -- Three dances : Tango (2:25) ; Waltz (2:11) ; Ragtime (2:20) -- The Devil's dance (1:18) -- The little chorale (:34) -- The Devil's song (:35) -- The great chorale (4:11) -- Triumphal march of the Devil (2:04).
Note
Ballet; for narrator, actors, and dancers accompanied by instrumental septet.
Original French libretto by C.F. Ramuz.
"Originally released as [Vanguard] VRS 1165/66 & VCD 71165/66"--Program notes.
"This SA-CD is the first release to reproduce the original 3-channel master tape of this recording"--Container.
Event (note)
Recorded in 1967, New York, N.Y.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Title
L'histoire du soldat [electronic resource] = The soldier's tale : narrated in English / Igor Stravinsky.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Vanguard Classics, p2004.
Performer
Madeleine Milhaud, narrator ; Jean Pierre Aumont, the soldier ; Martial Singher, the Devil ; Gerald Tarack, violin ; Charles Russo, clarinet ; Theodore Weis, trumpet ; Julius Levine, double bass ; Loren Glickman, bassoon ; John Swallow, trombone ; Raymond Desroches, percussion ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.
Ramuz, C. F. (Charles Ferdinand), 1878-1947. Librettist
Milhaud, Madeleine. Narrator
Aumont, Jean Pierre. Performer
Singher, Martial. Performer
Tarack, Gerald. Performer
Russo, Charles. Performer
Weis, Theodore. Performer
Levine, Julius. Performer
Glickman, Loren. Performer
Swallow, John, 1924- Performer
DesRoches, Raymond. Performer
Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Conductor
Other form:
Source record: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Histoire du soldat. English. 'histoire du soldat. New York, N.Y. : Vanguard Classics, p2004 (OCoLC)71278374