Roger Waters & Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Musicians - The Soldier'S Tale - Narrated By Roger Waters on CD

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With his recording of Igor Stravinsky's Anti-War Music Theatre " The Soldiers,34; Waters continues his long-standing musical engagement with the theme of war and the personal loss of his father in the Second and Grandfather in World War II. Waters already dealt with this topic within the famous Pink Floyd albums, The Wall" or “34; The Final Cut" Waters has already dealt with this topic. The album is released shortly before the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne, which ended the First World War on 11 November 1918, and shortly after the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Stravinsky's Music Theatre on 28 September 1918. Water's personal connection to Stravinsky's work is clearly evident. Thus, he gives the soldier a southern English accent from the working class - Waters himself comes from Surrey in the south of England - and lets the figure of the speaker appear quietly and objectively in high-level language. When there is a dispute between the devil and the soldier, Waters speaks with so much energy and cold anger that you suddenly feel the drama of the little man who risks too much. With his " story of soldiers" (originally " L'histoire du soldier & #34;), Stravinsky wanted to shake up his listeners. Roger Waters revived the piece together with dedication and dedication to musicians from the prestigious Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival.