Jean-Pierre Ferey, one of the major interpret of the French composer Aubert Lemeland (1932-2010), performs the long piano cycle "Ballades du Soldat". a masterwork inspired by poems written by American soldiers during 2nd World War.

Tracklist:

Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 1: I. The Yanks Are In Route - My Only Plea - A Soldier's Thoughts
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 1: II. Alert - Russian Snow
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 1: III. Citizen Army - Letter To Santa Claus - To The Fighting Man
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 1: IV. To Some Of The Boys I Knew
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 1: V. Convoy - Can We Go Back
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 1: VI. My Loves - Night Bombing - Seagulls - Memories
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 2: I. Night March - Sonnet For Charlotte - In Memoriam
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 2: II. We Are Young Men - This Is Alaska
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 3: I. The Death Of Pvt Jones - A Memento - Small Town
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 3: II. Elegy For An American - Greenland - Return From Furlough - Indian Creek - Great S
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 4: I. On Permanence - Night Fall
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 4: II. Air Depot
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 4: III. The Foreigner - Postlude
Ballades Du Soldat, Op. 171, Partie No. 4: IV. Turn The Key In The Lock
Ã‰pilogue "Ã€ L'Ã©tale De Basse-Mer", Op. 164: I. Those Left Behind
Ã‰pilogue "Ã€ L'Ã©tale De Basse-Mer", Op. 164: II. Ã€ L'Ã©tale De Basse-Mer

UPC: 3375250204100
Label: Skarbo
Release Date: 10.26.04
Format: CD

Dupre/Peeters/Langlais/Ledroit - Lemeland: Ballades Du Soldat Op.171, Épilogue "À L'étale De Basse-Mer", Op. 164 (CD)