[Tango-L] Russian Waltz (vals)

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There is a CD collection, called Russian Film Music. http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2002/Sep02/Russian_Film_Music.html
http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2002/Sep02/Russian_Film_Music_II.html
You can find many waltzes on these CDs, a couple of which are frequently used in milongas. The most common one is the one you mentioned  which is actually called My Gentle Tender Beast.  One song is often used as a cortina also. There is beautiful music in these compilations for sure, much of it done by the Russian Philharmonic. I like the waltz from Beware of the Car, and some others are probably dance-able besides My Gentle Tender Beast, but there is a tendency for the waltzes to be a little too overpowering in certain passages for dancing in my opinion (the tracks waiver between quiet passages and sudden sound bursts of many instruments), so I've never tried to play them at a milonga. I wouldn't doubt that other people are using them though. 

Best regards,

Randy F


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: KUROSAKA Teruhiko <kuro at bhlab.com>
> Recently at a milonga, I heard a good alternative vals song.
> I asked the DJ the title of the song, but she only knew this
> as a Russian waltz. Another person told me that this song
> was used in a Russian movie(s?) and very famous, though
> she didn't know the title either.
> 
> After Googling, I've found the Russian waltz was discussed
> in Tango-L, in May 2006 under the subject
> "My Sweet and Tender Beast".  The real title
> is said to be "My Tender and Affectionate Beast"
> by Evgeni Doga/Kolibri.
> 
> In a reply to this thread by Lucia
> http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/tango-l/2006-May/000483.html
> an URL at music.allofmp3.com as the mp3 source, but
> this site is not responding. It seems to have been shut.
> 
> This mp3 file I've found in a Russian site
> http://www.zvuki.ru/T/P/23349/mp3/8
> is supposed to be for this song. It does sound
> similar but I think it's different than I've heard.
> May be what I'm looking for is not "My Seet and Tender
> Beast" after all.
> 
> Does anyone know a different source of this song,
> or similar Russian waltz songs used often in milongas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Kuro
> 
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