Description
The 2018 album Igor Stravinskyrsquos The Soldierrsquos Tale is the adaptation by Roger Waters cofounder of Pink Floyd on the 1918 sametitled theatrical work. Waters recorded this version with members of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival at Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church. The original theatre work is one ldquoto be read, played, and dancedrdquo by three actors the soldier, the devil, and a narrator and dancers, accompanied by a septet of instruments. The libretto relates the parable of a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil in return for unlimited economic gain. The music is scored for a septet of violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet or trumpet, trombone, and percussion. The libretto is adapted by Roger Waters from the translation by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black, based on the original text by CharlesFerdinand Ramus. The Soldierrsquos Tale is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on crystal clear vinyl. The vinyl package includes 2 printed innersleeves with lyrics and pictures.