Ca Ira

Waters, Roger

Genre: music4me > Easy Listening > Opera

Format: CD Album

Released: Mon 26 Sep 2005

Catalogue Number: S2K96439*GER

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Description:
Before the rise and fall of the guillotine, before the terror took hold, the People of France fought for a better world based on the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity rather than one ruled by a callous and outmoded nobility. It is this story of hope and promise that inspired "Ca Ira." Set during the optimistic early days of the French Revolution, "Ca Ira" is a work of stunning power and beauty, invoking the passion, madness, and triumph of faith in a time that forever changed the nature of the world.

"Ca Ira", is an operatic history of the French Revolution in three acts for full orchestra, soloists and choirs, and is the very first classic operatic composition by Roger Waters, the principal composer in Pink Floyd.

Principal characters in the opera are brought to life by the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, internationally acclaimed soprano Ying Huang, American tenor Paul Groves, and Nigerian "one man orchestra" Ismael Lo, among others. Roger Waters' composition is based on Etienne Roda-Gil's original French libretto, which he first read in 1989.

The opera's themes will be familiar to those with knowledge about the Waters oeuvre – hope, humanitarianism and justice.

The full opera spans over two stereo CDs with 32-page four-color booklet. The Enhanced CD contains complete song lyrics available via computer CD-ROM drive – Mac or PC. System Requirements: Windows 98 SE or higher, Intel Pentium II or higher, 64 MB of RAM, CD-ROM drive. Mac OS 9.1 or higher, G3 Macintosh or higher, 64 MB of RAM, CD-ROM drive.

Details:

Distributors: Arvato Services, Sony Music
Producers: Rick Wentworth, Roger Waters
Sound Engineers: Nick Griffiths, Ni, Stephane Briand
Discs: 2
Release Year: 2005

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	CD1: The Gathering Storm
2.	Overture
3.	Benvenuto Cellini Ov
4.	Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine…
5.	Scene 2: Kings, Sticks & Birds
6.	Honest Bird, Simple Bird…
7.	I Want to Be King…
8.	Let Us Break All the Shields…
9.	Scene 3: The Grievances of the People
10.	Scene 4: France in Disarray
11.	To Laugh Is to Know How to Live…
12.	Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door…
13.	Scene 5: The Fall of the Bastille
14.	To Freeze in the Dead of Night…
15.	So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain…
16.	Act 2, Scene 1: Dances and Marches
17.	Now Hear Ye!...
18.	Flushed with Wine…
19.	Scene 2: The Letter
20.	My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain…
21.	The Ship of State Is All at Sea…
22.	Scene 3: Silver, Sugar & Indigo
23.	To the Windward Isles…
24.	Scene 4: The Papal Edict
25.	In Paris There's a Rumble Under the Ground
Disk 2
1.	Act 3, Scene 1 - The Fugitive King
2.	But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card Up His Sleeve
3.	To Take Your Hat Off…
4.	The Echoes Never Fade from That Fusillade
5.	Scene 2: The Commune de Paris
6.	Vive la Commune de Paris…
7.	The National Assembly Is Confused…
8.	Scene 3: The Execution of Louis Capet
9.	Adieu Louis for You It's Over…
10.	Scene 4: Marie Antoinette – The Last Night On Earth
11.	Adieu My Good and Tender Sister…
12.	Scene 5: Liberty
13.	And in the Bushes Where They Survive…

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