М. Равель - Вальс, хореографическая поэма. - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

Europe at the very beginning of the 20th century ... The heyday of culture, science, in all spheres of life. Europe shines ... The waltz of Strauss, as a symbol of a beautiful life, the highest achievements of mankind ... But society, outwardly vibrantly bathing in luxury, is full of disturbing premonitions - the forebodings of the war. And the war came. She, as a terrible, cruel creature, for whom an unnatural sense of compassion, destroys all the most beautiful with her rough, ugly hand in one movement.

The theme of the famous waltz Strauss, used here by Ravel, is the image of Europe itself before the First World War. In the beginning, the topic seemed to come out of the fog of memories, then it sounds more brighter and luxurious in development, copper shines in the orchestra. Stressed intonations of introduction, penetrating into different sections, are anxious forebodings that overshadow the festive atmosphere. The result is an unheard of the daring destruction of the theme of the waltz, it is a terrible force burst, it distorts, disgraces it. The end of the waltz is the result of the war, its terrible outcome. Europe in ruins ...