Swan lake Piano video

[mozarta]

Hi I posted a piano version of Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky with a footage showing images of ballet dancers:

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give me your impressions'

Cheers

[lontano]

Hmmm, my first question is "Who is this arrangement of 'Swan Lake' intended for?".

If it's intended for a "pop culture" audience, I suppose it might have some receptive ears, but personally I would hope not.

There was a famous pianist who made an enormous fortune playing both popular music of the day, and making arrangements of great works by classical composers. He made his fortune by turning true artistic genius into Las Vegas night-club glitzy-glamor pop tunes. His name was Liberace. I hate everything he stood for.

However, I won't go any further there, other than to wonder why you felt the need to strip away the purity and beauty of one of Tchaikovsky's most beautiful ballets, and turn it into a tacky parlor trick, with the syncopated rhythm and all, set against the stills of ballet dancers. 

But if you are looking for fans, there must be lots of them out there, or Liberace would never have risen to such vacuous heights of musical indignation. Hopefully you are just playing around with this concept without any serious intent. That is what I hope. 

L.