Artist Guide » Classical » Contemporary » CLARINETIST MICHELE ZUKOVSKY - LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER: A Soldiers Tale With John Houseman
The story of Faust, the man who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for riches, power, youth wisdom - the legend takes various forms - strikes resonances in every heart. Underlying it is the Biblical text, "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" In real life, it is not so much a matter of gaining "the whole world" as of the day-to-day decisions when we are tempted to compromise between ideals and ease or expediency - to do something that instinct says is not quite right for the sake of quick reward. Stravinsky's lifelike Faust - the Soldier in 'The Soldier's Tale' - is closer to our everyday experience than the heroic Faust of Marlowe and Goethe. He is not vastly ambitious. He is not faced with one tremendous decision - to barter his fiddle, to have a go at winning the 'Princess', to gamble away his remaining cash, to cross a forbidden frontier and see his mother again - almost casually. He gets good advice (Narrator) and gets bad advice (Devil). He gets cheated. It seems almost unfair that, at the end, the Devil wins.Check out the artist's website:
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Track List:
1. A Soldiers Tale - the Soldiers March
2. A Soldiers Tale - Soldier At the Brook
3. A Soldiers Tale - Pastorale
4. A Soldiers Tale - the Royal March
5. A Soldiers Tale - the Little Concert
6. A Soldiers Tale - Tango
7. A Soldiers Tale - Waltz
8. A Soldiers Tale - Ragtime
9. A Soldiers Tale - the Devils Dance
10. A Soldiers Tale - Grand Chorale
11. A Soldiers Tale - Triumphal March of the Devil
Suggested CDs:
- JOHN WILLIAMS - MICHELE ZUKOVSKY
- John Williams - Michele Zukovsky
- Michele Zukovsky Clarinetist
- Clarinetist Michele Zukovsky
- CLASSICAL: Orchestral
- CLASSICAL: Contemporary
- TYPE: LIVE RECORDINGS