But the elephant in the cosmic waltz room was “2001.” The spaceship approaching the space station, floating, as if in an interstellar dance, to the strains of Strauss' “The Blue Danube Waltz ...

The film centers around a recording of Strauss’ Blue Danube waltz as performed by the 1940s equivalent of studio musicians, the Victor Salon Orchestra. The master record starts life as a thin ...

Taped in Budapest in 2020, this glorious new production features songs from The Merry Widow and more, along with traditional Hungarian dances and the breathtaking “Blue Danube Waltz.” ...