Frederic Chopin, Janusz Olejniczak - The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture
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Free Music Notes for The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture
Free Music Review: Beautiful
Hit: 5 Stars
Beautiful music allows to detach from the world and get lost in the eternity wonders. Absolute masterpiece. Chopin and I.Free Music Review: one word beautiful
Hit: 5 Stars
Excellent and very beautiful. The Grand Polonaise in E flat major fantastic.Free Music Review: gotta love Chopin
Hit: 5 Stars
this CD is AWESOME. one of my favorite soundtracks ever. never gets old.Free Music Review: Evocative and reflective of a terrific film
Hit: 4 Stars
As a long-time Chopin enthusiast, I agree with the other reviewer that commented on the fact that these piano pieces are not for wimps. They're difficult, technically complex works that demand a great deal from the pianist. In this instance, I think Wojciech Kilar does a skillful job of interpreting these emotional pieces.Because Wladislaw Szpillman was a Pole (Chopin was half-Polish), it seems only fitting that Chopin's music was the backbone of the movie. Having grown up in Warsaw, Chopin left it in his early 20s for political reasons. Szpillman chose to stay in Warsaw, despite the growing threat of dangers caused by the Nazi regime of World War II.
Anyone who has seen the movie "The Pianist" can tell you that Szpillman's love of music was deeply entertwined with his passion to stay alive despite the odds. The film is not heavy on dialogue, largely because Szpillman is in isolation much of the time. The music speaks for him, sharing his loneliness, his longing, his memory of past joys and his love of country and family.
Kilar's interpretation of these works is emotional, passionate and heart-felt. He doesn't resort to a paint by numbers style of playing, hacking through the notes. He brings a skillful hand to their difficulty but also reflects the feelings inherent in the melodies and cadences. Every time I listen to it, I feel as if I am on an emotional journey of highs, lows and beautiful reverie.
And it is a journey I savor frequently.
Free Music Review: Sorry, but I'll have to disagree....
Hit: 4 Stars
... . 1) The music of Chopin was chosen for this movie not because he was Jewish but because Chopin was the main component of Szpilman's repertoire. 2) Chopin wasn't even Jewish by religion or heritage. His father was French and his mother was Polish. 3) This is not supposed to be a collection of Chopin music for the sake of Chopin's music. This is first and foremost a soundtrack, which is why your criticism of Janusz Olejniczak is not valid. He did exactly what he was supposed to do: play as if he were the character of Szpilman in the movie, within the setting, and most importantly, within his emotional state at the time. "Interpretation" is the word, and that was the aim.My only criticism of the CD is that they could have used more variation in choosing the compositions of Chopin. I personally think that they didn't choose the best works of Chopin, but as I said, they were trying to score a movie, not showcase Chopin.