Arensky Valse

[chriss]

Anton Arensky's Valse from the Suite for Two Pianos Op. 15. was used in an orchestral transcription for the 1956 Ingrid Bergman production "Anastasia". I wonder about the trio segment which is not part of Arensky's piece. That section has a beautiful "Fin de siècle"-feeling and can be heard here from 1:19 - 2:35

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQrkW_DBZfk

Was that middle segment perhaps taken from another composition by Arensky? The russian composer Michel Michelet worked as an arranger for "Anastasia". Perhaps he composed it in Arensky's style?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Michelet

[FBerwald]

What's with the speed? Almost all the beauty is sucked out of this because of the insane speed.

[chriss]

Thoughts about that middle segment? Is it original "Hollywood"? or taken from some other composition?

[FBerwald]

The middle section doesn't sound like Arensky though. Very kitsch but then it's a hollywood number so I guess it goes with it.

[chriss]

The performance is very 'Hollywood' but the middle section ist better than many pieces of light classical music though, sung or unsung.