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Music icon Roger Waters presents Ça Ira, his original classical composition set during the early days of the French Revolution. A work of stunning beauty and power, Ça Ira evokes the passion, faith, and madness of a time that forever changed the world.

Featuring spoken narration by Roger Waters, Ça Ira is scored for full orchestra, four solo voices, chorus, and children's chorus. The work is sung in English.

Work on Ça Ira, his first opera for full orchestra and voice, began in 1989, during the Bicentennial of the French Revolution. Waters was introduced to the well-respected and successful songwriter Etienne Roda-Gil and his wife, Nadine, by a mutual friend. They had created an original libretto for an opera, written in French, as part of the Bicentennial, entitled Ça Ira, after a revolutionary song of the period.

Waters was deeply impressed by the passion and the power of Etienne's manuscript and began work on creating a full orchestral score for Ça Ira. Work on the project was suspended when Nadine died tragically of leukaemia, but in 1997, Roger began writing an English version of the text. The finished version of Ça Ira features orchestration and choral arrangements by Rick Wentworth and Roger Waters, also the album's producers.

In 1997, Roger began writing an English version of the text. 'It's not just a translation,' he says. 'I've stuck very much to the spirit of Etienne's original, adding to it somewhat. Although it's rooted in the history of the revolution, its philosophical slant is, I suppose, contemporary as well. It's more than just a history of the French Revolution, it's a piece about the human potential for change.'

The finished version of 'Ca Ira' features orchestration and choral arrangements by Rick Wentworth and Roger Waters, also the album's producers. Principal characters in the opera are brought to life by the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel (the Ringmaster, the Troublemaker, Louis Capet - the King of France); internationally acclaimed soprano Ying Huang (Marie Marianne - the Voice of Liberty, Reason and the Republic, Marie Antoinette - the Queen of France); American tenor Paul Groves (A Revolutionary Priest, A Military Officer); and Nigerian 'one man orchestra' Ismael Lo (a Revolutionary Slave).

Other parts are sung by Jamie Bower (Honest Bird - the young Revolutionary Priest) and Helen Russill (Madame Antoine - the young Marie Antoinette). 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.

On a side note, it was during the French Revolution, which began in 1789, that various components of the French citizenry were emancipated from a perceived society of servitude to the bougoisi. It was in this context that the Jewish Question was also debated. Conservatives, such as philosopher/playwright Volaire, opposed the liberal tenets of the Revolution, and maintained that Jews should remain separate and not be given equal civil status with French citizens. The liberal and radical leaders, however, argued that all people, including Jews, should be entitled to the rights of citizenship. In 1791, the National Assembly voted for the rights of citizenship to be extended to Jews. A year later, a Jew was elected to the National Assembly. Thus, the Revolution emancipated all peoples of France ensuruing them equal freedoms and civil rights.

Ying Huang, Soprano
Paul Groves, Tenor
Bryan Hymel, Tenor
Ismael Lo, Tenor
Jamie Bower, Voice
Helen Russill, Voice
Roger Waters, Narrator
London Voices
Italia Conti Children's Choir
The Choir of the London Oratory
Rick Wentworth, conductor

Recorded from 2 December 1988 – 29 August 2005
Mixed and recorded by Simon Rhodes
Mastered at Abbey Road Studios
Produced by Roger Waters and Rick Wentworth

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Artist : Roger Waters
Album : Ca ira (English Version)
Year : 2005
Genre: Classical
Composer: Roger Waters
Quality : Flac HRA 24bits/44.1kHz
Label: Sony Classical
Source : highresaudio
HRA-Release: 23.03.2015
Size : 0,97gb

Tracklist

• 01 The Gathering Storm
• 02 Overture
• 03 A Garden in Vienna 1765
• 04 Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine...
• 05 Kings, Sticks and Birds
• 06 Honest Bird, Simple Bird...
• 07 I Want to Be King...
• 08 Let Us Break All the Shields...
• 09 The Grievances of the People
• 10 France in Disarray
• 11 To Laugh Is to Know How to Live...
• 12 Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door...
• 13 The Fall of the Bastille
• 14 To Freeze in the Dead of Night...
• 15 So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain...
• 16 Dances and Marches
• 17 Now Hear Ye!...
• 18 Flushed with Wine...
• 19 The Letter
• 20 My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain...
• 21 The Ship of State Is All at Sea...
• 22 Silver, Sugar and Indigo
• 23 To the Windward Isles...
• 24 The Papal Edict
• 25 In Paris There's a Rumble Under the Ground...
• 26 The Fugitive King
• 27 But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card up His Sleeve...
• 28 To Take Your Hat off...
• 29 The Echoes Never Fade from That Fusillade...
• 30 The Commune de Paris
• 31 Vive la Commune de Paris...
• 32 The National Assembly is Confused...
• 33 The Execution of Louis Capet
• 34 Adieu Louis for You It's Over...
• 35 Marie Antoinette - The Last Night on Earth
• 36 Adieu My Good and Tender Sister...
• 37 Liberty
• 38 And in the Bushes Where They Survive...

Total Runtime 01:51:07

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