Album · 2005
Ça ira
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
The Gathering Storm
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1:38
2
Overture
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4:07
3
Act 1: Scene 1: A Garden in Vienna 1765
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0:54
4
Act 1: Scene 1: Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine
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2:54
5
Act 1: Scene 2: Kings, Sticks and Birds
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2:40
6
Act 1: Scene 2: Honest Bird, Simple Bird
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2:10
7
Act 1: Scene 2: I Want to Be King
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2:38
8
Act 1: Scene 2: Let Us Break All the Shields
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1:46
9
Act 1: Scene 3: The Grievances of the People
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4:39
10
Act 1: Scene 4: France in Disarray
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2:35
11
Act 1: Scene 4: To Laugh Is to Know How to Live
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1:44
12
Act 1: Scene 4: Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door
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3:37
13
Act 1: Scene 5: The Fall of the Bastille
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1:35
14
Act 1: Scene 5: To Freeze in the Dead of Night
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2:19
15
Act 1: Scene 5: So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain
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4:17
16
Act 2: Scene 1: Dances and Marches
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2:12
17
Act 2: Scene 1: Now Hear Ye!
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2:18
18
Act 2: Scene 1: Flushed With Wine
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4:32
19
Act 2: Scene 2: The Letter
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1:38
20
Act 2: Scene 2: My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain
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2:49
21
Act 2: Scene 2: The Ship of State Is All at Sea
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1:47
22
Act 2: Scene 3: Silver, Sugar and Indigo
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0:55
23
Act 2: Scene 3: To the Windward Isles
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4:50
24
Act 2: Scene 4: The Papal Edict
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1:18
25
Act 2: Scene 4: In Paris There’s a Rumble Under the Ground
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6:21
Disc 2
1
Act 3: Scene 1: The Fugitive King
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2:12
2
Act 3: Scene 1: But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card Up His Sleeve
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4:28
3
Act 3: Scene 1: To Take Your Hat Off
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2:41
4
Act 3: Scene 1: The Echoes Never Fade From That Fusillade
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3:16
5
Act 3: Scene 2: The Commune de Paris
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2:43
6
Act 3: Scene 2: Vive la Commune de Paris
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3:15
7
Act 3: Scene 2: The National Assembly Is Confused
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2:42
8
Act 3: Scene 3: The Execution of Louis Capet
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1:40
9
Act 3: Scene 3: Adieu Louis for You It’s Over
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3:46
10
Act 3: Scene 4: Marie Antoinette – The Last Night on Earth
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1:36
11
Act 3: Scene 4: Adieu My Good and Tender Sister
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5:10
12
Act 3: Scene 5: Liberty
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2:51
13
Act 3: Scene 5: And in the Bushes Where They Survive
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6:55
Disc 3
1
The Making of Ça Ira
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134:55
In print
First pressed 2005, still pressed 2006 — 17 pressings across 12 countries.
Credits
Roxanne Slimak
Artwork
Hudson Wright Associates
Design · design concept
Nick Griffiths
Engineer
Nick Wollage
Engineer
Stéphane Briand
Engineer
Nadine Roda-Gil
Illustration
Carey Sedgwick
Liner Notes
Nick J. Sedgwick
Liner Notes
Roger Waters
Liner Notes
Adrian Maben
Photography
Jimmy Ienner Jr
Photography
Mark Fenwick
Producer · executive-producer
Peter Gelb
Producer · executive-producer
Peter Gleb
Producer · executive-producer
Rick Wentworth
Producer
Simon Rhodes
Recording
Bryn Terfel
Vocal · bass vocals, baritone vocals [the ringmaster, the troublemaker, louis capet - the king of france]
Helen Russill
Vocal · vocals [madame antoine (the young marie antoinette)]
Ismaël Lô
Vocal · vocals [a revolutionary slave]
Italia Conti Childrens Choir
Vocal · choir
Jamie Campbell Bower
Vocal · vocals [honest bird (the young revolutionary priest)]
London Voices
Vocal · choir
Paul Groves
Vocal · tenor vocals [a revolutionary priest, a military officer]
The London Oratory Junior Choir
Vocal · choir
Ying Huang
Vocal · soprano vocals [marie marianne - the voice of liberty, reason and the republic, marie antoinette - the queen of france]
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