Warsaw Concerto

[WeTheStrange]

Sensational.

[happyguyx1]

its just brill for a modern

[mattleemattlee123]

The emotion of this builds and builds...until (@7:12) that lone, military trumpet sounds.

If you remember September 1, 1939 and all that followed, there is no way your eyes stay dry.

An absolutely stirring, perfect piece of music.

[385Mercedes]

How could anyone possible dislike this?A lovely tribute to heroism!!

[gekkehobbykoe]

for Warszawa! Where the second World War only ended 22 years ago...

[braders790]

I heard this on Classic fm and search it for it's particularly good good-ness. No but really this PIECE is amazing and i really think it is one of the top ten PIECES of all time

[mrwalrusinthesky]

This is my grandmother's favourite piece of music, I only regret not learning it myself.

[4825mixd]

Sorry but the equally beautiful theme from 'The Glass Mountain' was not this.

May I also say the basis of this music was used as a song tune entitled 'The World Outside'. It's a splendid tune, truly a tribute to the Polish Squadron who fought bravely in the Battle of Britain .

[montezuma48]

@mrshadyrest

Kindly note that this a composition for the piano, it is not a SONG.

You SING songs

[mrshadyrest]

@montezuma48 I stand corrected..please forgive my slip.

[montezuma48]

@mrshadyrest

You are very welcome :-)

[1912cunard]

I love this piece, so relaxing. This lovely music is so moving and reading the comments affects people in different ways. I discovered it by chance, and only recently came accross the original 1940s 78 record, I proudly own. Like brief encounter with its film music this is as good if not better for me. Imagine being talented enough to play this on the piano. Hey thanks for uploading it..so beautiful and one of my favourites.

[ichimonjiguy]

@1912cunard

I wouldn't call it relaxing! I absolutely can hear the struggle, the fighting in it. The love theme is beautiful. It gives me the goose bumpers. We ALL love this master piece of music.

[tkg2902]

This is so beautiful and really has a lot of poignant memories with me. My mom and dad saw the movie before I was born, and dad fell in love with the music so much, it was the only thing he ever taught himself to play. To me it's their theme, and reminds me of all the things they did together and with my brother and I growing up in the 40's and 50's.

[tkg2902]

This really resonates with me as well, born a war baby, my mom dad saw the movie sometime after I was born, and both fell in love with the theme. It was the only thing he ever managed to learn to play on the piano. Now every time I hear it, I think of them and the short but full lives they both had.

[baghend]

@tkg2902 I'd like very much to hear more.

-Bill in Canada

[Byron2278]

This was also in the film The Glass Mountain , lovely piece of music . My Mum use to play this when we were young .

Byron

[DorothyShelley]

ihad this record in the war loved it its so sad and beautyfulit really tells the stery of the waitigmg and the bombing of war sawit still reminds me of the bombing of london toothank you from dorothy shelleyx mythras90x

[bjoanpope25]

beautiful composition so touching makes me cry

[RADSMART]

Born 6/1/42 Resonant for me. Loved the full version given here. A great classic.

[cok1111]

majestic

[danielle195800]

this is a much better version of Addinsell, must have have been an original score

[danielle195800]

this is a much better version of Addinsell, must have have beemn an original score

[oramrj]

This is the most moving music, it is dramatic, makes you feel something of how it really was for those people who suffered so much, at the same time it is romantic and just wonderful to listen too. The Polish have been such a persecuted country and i can understand a little of why they are always so appreciative and a great spirited people.

[oramrj]

This is the most moving music, it is dramatic, makes you feel something of how it really was for those people who suffered so much, at the same time it is romantic and just wonderful to listen to

[merle572]

Outstanding! God Bless ALL the people who fought the Germans,Italians,Japanese.

[shortplank]

beautiful music would like to play it on the piano

[Valkyriepure]

If it wasn't for the British the poles would have all been hunted down and killed like the fodder in the Warsaw ghetto.

[zzxxyy543]

@Valkyriepure yeah but the Poles who came here and joined the RAF were incredibly brave and gave back some hell to the Germans, and the Poles who survived amd who helped the underground like my grandmother never gave in. The Germans were formidable, the sky was "black with aircraft".

[SALTYWOOFHOUND]

@Valkyriepure Respect them all - they got one of history's raw deals. Lech, gotta love him, he bought Poland out of soviet and nazi domination. Viva Polska.

[kintellah]

This takes me back to my late teens 1958 ish

[felixbautista]

Awesome classic reminisced ! Thank you for uploading it.

[baretas1]

really,niceeeee*!

[baretas1]

really,niceeeee*!

[africanzionflo]

I have always loved this wonderful music. It brings tears to my eyes because it is

so beautiful. I was a teenager when I first heard this.

[africanzionflo]

I have always loved this wonderful music. It brings tears to my eyes because it is

so beautiful.

[JerryLeeC1]

Polish bravery, Polish tragedy, as the mourning begins for the Polish President and his family and entourage killed in the plane crash April 11, 2010

[ifuliki]

Such a beautiful piece for piano and orcestra. Reminds me of families I knew who lost members who died by Nazi bombs and of those others who lost young men fighting the Nazis. NEVER AGAIN. War, ALL war is detestable. Absolutely.

Aled

[Rammsteinmaiky]

Concierto Varsovia. Qué hermoso concierto, que yo ya conocía de algunos años atrás. Pero lo que más me llega al alma es que me recuerda a la mujer polaca de la que estuve perdidamente enamorado alguna vez.

¡Viva Polonia!

[zapattista1]

ESTOY DE ACUERDO CON TODOS USTEDES

[alnot01]

The producers of the film asked Rachmaninoff to compose something for the occasion; he declined. He also charged too much for the film to use #2 or #3 or Paganini. So Adinsell was asked to compose some ersatz Rachmaninoff and boy did he succeed! It was then England's darkest hour since the Civil War. All of you out there, now go discover the real thing.

The airplane in the image is the legendary Spitfire.

[VIRIATO1942]

Melodia FANTASTICA.

Parece uma composicao de um classico !

Que musica mais linda.....

agora fico com vontade de ver o filme...:"Dangerous Moonligh"!

Deve ser mais um classico do cinema ingles dos tempos da guerra !..

[2008indianerin]

Fantastisch,mein Bruder(Jahrgang 44) hatte als kleiner Junge immer sich versteckt und geheult wenn er dieses Lied hörte.Mein Mutter hatte uns aufgeklärt warum es ging bei diesem conzert.Ich war noch zu klein um es zu begreifen.Aber ich bekomme immer noch gänzehaut davon.

[crnetxia]

PERFECT!!!!!!!

[jorgelaguerenne]

It is one of the world's most beautiful concert comparable with Rachmaninoff's No. 2 or No. 1 Tchaicovusky, has an incredible majesty, you tick, contemplates the human spirit from all his adventures ...

[flower7109]

What a wonderful piece of music this was part of my child hood, and I am delighted to play it to my hearts content. Thank you

[xlrv1]

@ flower7109, me too! I think it is the first music I remember being played on our 78 turntable. The war was still on. Our amplifier was built by a Polish refugee working for an electronic firm in Montreal, out of parts he had "liberated".

[MrDmc44111]

The part from about 3:10 to about 3:55 is supposed to be air raid sirens and an attack; I remember that from my piano lessons 40-odd years ago. This is probably one of the greatest pieces of music ever written for a movie; I have always loved it..

[ALFREDOLAROSA1]

STRAORDINARIO !!!

[fedexre]

de un argentino en Rosario, es emocionante hasta las lagrimas, carajo, cómo se puede escribir música de esta manera!!!!!!

[StarrintheMoonlight]

1:53 to 3:08 is my favorite part of the piece I LOVE IT SOOOOOO MUCHIES!

[19misha94]

For the polish pilots and sloldiers figthing for freedom

[TheDustpile]

@19misha94 The Poles survived an awful lot and are richer for it.

Polacy przeżyli bardzo dużo i są za to bogatsze.

______________________

Please see my tribute video:

Proszę zobaczyć moje tribute video: SPACER PO WARSZAWIE (THEY SURVIVED THEIR TYRANNIES!)

[Florhusband]

@19misha94 ...for all of them, who fought with honour, dignity and courage.

[alyssaathina09]

A wonderful composition. Richard Addinsell has surpassed himself. I could not find a long time. Now I never lose more.

[ODTROG]

Es inefable la explosión de elevadas emociones que desencadena en espíritu y cuerpo este concierto para piano y orquesta. Algunos "críticos" afirmaban que esta genial obra era sólo una pieza comercial, sin gran valor. El Juez Tiempo la ha reivindicado al ponerla, por méritos propios, al lado de las obras de los grandes maestros de la música culta. Con su sublime creación, Addinsell ganó un lugar eterno al lado de Tchaikovski, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Chopin, De Falla ...

[pimastro31]

straordinario !!!

questa è musica !!!!

[merim6374]

si! d'accordo! I mean, I agree totally!

[milfil2000]

Niech zyje Polska!

Polak to brzmi dumnie!

[Florhusband]

Esta composición tiene fuerza del corazón, valor y alma. Aunque la pieza fue compuesta para el cine, ha trascendido su origen para llegar, por derecho propio, a las salas de concierto. ¿Y por qué no? Addinsell hizo aquí una obra magistral, pese a lo breve.

De un puertorriqueño en Puerto Rico.

[MoomiaMenazes]

De acuerdo con ustedes dos.

De un canadiense de Polonia.

[ixtaxal]

La fuerza de este concierto hace vibrar las cuerdas mas sencibles de nuestro corazon una joya. De un Mexicano de Mexico.

[Skyhawk8282]

Concuerdo contigo amigo. De un argentino de Argentina.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

Súper, noble, conmovedora e inspiradora. De un venezolano-caribeño en España,,

[AlexSolis1980]

decisamente stupendo!