Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat, or The Soldier's Tale, has been translated into English before, as well as other languages including Inuktitut. Something about its fusion of an ancient fiddle-and-devil story with the urgency of World War I has proven to be of broad appeal. But it's never had a treatment quite like the one it gets here from Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters. He uses an existing English translation by Michael Flanders, but he executes several additional layers of adaptation. First of all, he makes ...
Read More
Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat, or The Soldier's Tale, has been translated into English before, as well as other languages including Inuktitut. Something about its fusion of an ancient fiddle-and-devil story with the urgency of World War I has proven to be of broad appeal. But it's never had a treatment quite like the one it gets here from Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters. He uses an existing English translation by Michael Flanders, but he executes several additional layers of adaptation. First of all, he makes Stravinsky's homeward-bound soldier British, which in Waters' earthy British accent sounds like the most natural thing in the world. More challenging is his treatment of the text: where the original calls for three speakers to represent the soldier, the devil, and a narrator, Waters voices all three parts in the manner of a parent telling a story to children. In the action-packed tale by C.F. Ramuz, this would seem quite difficult to do, especially given the rampant changes in time signature,...
Read Less
Add this copy of The Soldier's Tale-Narrated By Roger Waters to cart. $25.96, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published by Sony Classical.
Portions of content provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2024 Rovi Corporation.