Patrik Jablonski plays Warsaw Concerto

[Abel3M]

The Light and the Dark......Addinsel perhaps was inspired - paradoxically - by tragedy, to generate one of the most beautiful masterpieces of modern times.

[mtheadedwally]

Absolutely, breathtakingly, spectacular. It is a shame really that Addinsell has never received the recognition he deserves as a composer - this piece alone is enough to earn him a place in the Pantheon of the masters!

[robertdamico1]

I love the Polish People, they have suffered so long. Thank God they are free, God alone knows how they have suffered simply because of the location of their beautiful country.

[mirtozafiropoulou]

Ε Ξ Α Ι Ρ Ε Τ Ι Κ Η !! η ερμηνεία του P.Jablonski .

[hunter48820]

This has been a favorite since the 50s when my mom gave me a 78 with it. I think it meant a lot to her since she lived in England and during the war was engaged to a Polish pilot that was lost in combat. Kinda glad she found my dad!! Thanks for posting. Andy K.

[3ivchica]

Lovely music!

[MrOrgelbau]

Great recording,

[Ansa1944]

Det var 61 år sen jag hörde denna låt, som har följt mig genom alla år. Den är lika underbar nu som då, men man uppskattar det ännu mer när vet bakgrunden i historien.Jag är lycklig över detta.

[offyougonow1007]

Absolutely flawless performance! Thank you, Maiestro Jablonski! BRAVO!

Thank you too, Alclavi for posting this splendor! I'm grateful. ~Cate

[stashyjon]

I'm a self confessed greasy headbanger, but even I find this music so deeply moving.

[2468HOTROD]

I first heard this music on an album by 101 Strings Orchestra when I was a kid. My first love was the piano. I'm now 63 and it's just as beautiful as back then. thank you for this beautiful music.

[tophoca]

Stunning performance of an old neglected favorite. Patrik Jablonski runs a close second to Louis Kentner who recorded the work on its first outing on an old Columbia 78. An all involving work where you need to be well ''all involved' which clearly this young man is.

[Stuckenmacht]

This is the same footage we saw in Warsaw at the visitors' center in the 1970s.

[aenaeas]

Great music for a great people ,we sold down the river !

You would'nt like to come over again and save us from another fine mess we've got ourselves into would you?

No. Can't say I blame you.

[ceemoney248]

WHATS MY NAME!!?

[Looii5]

Bravo!!!

[PolskieTango]

O, Poland, the most beautiful of all;

O, Poles, the bravest;

O, beloved country

All destroyed by hands of sick

All rebuilt - brick by brick

O, Poland, land of the Old, of Art

How could they...

Unhumans!

[ravenshireful]

@PolskieTango said by a true patriot.

[mayorde18]

awesome! beautiful music *¬*

[esmihijo17]

Absolutely wonderful. Iconic. Poor Rachmaninoff missed out on this one!

[esmihijo17]

I've always loved this. Regarding the reference to Rachmaninoff, he was asked to compose some music for a film but refused as he considered it rather beneath him. (hah!) So, Richard Addinsell did the job and what a job! It's wonderful. Maybe the real die hard classicists among us would criticise it for all kinds of reasons but it is iconic in summing up that particular time in WW2, the overcoming of adversity by truly admirable people. 

[baggiesfaninessex]

My Dad used to play this on the piano. He bought the sheet music and taught himself. He loved this piece and I grew up with it from when I was a toddler. He had several recordings of it and this is the best I could find on You Tube for now. It's similar in style to Rachmaninoff's romantic piano compositions such as his Piano Concerto No.2 used in Brief Encounter. Yet most people will never have heard of Richard Addinsell who composed this piece - one of my favourite pieces of music ever.

[Prychemnie]

This is history! Poland is the only country in history and Warzaw kept her breath and closed her eyes for nearly six years of bombing. I wish Poland the best of peace, freedom and justice.

[Vmmc385]

It's amazing how music can supply images in your head...

When I heard this, I envisioned a battlefield in the beginning, and then a small hill with a tattered flag waving in the wind, slanted from the dead men leaning against it. And then, it went into a small memorial area, the same battlefield, cleared of dead people, with the flag still tattered, but now straightened, with a small plaque commemorating the people who fought there.

[spock130961]

People who are placing ridiculous comments about what happened in Poland shoul learn about the detailed facts of the getto.

[nortryk]

gorgeous and dreamy - gotta love it.

[TheDustpile]

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!)

[yeahbyme]

The comments on this gorgeous piece of music are puerile and of no consequence. thanks for posting it anyway. Too bad some people use Youtube to have their little tantrums.

[thedancetuber]

beautiful and haunting....

[1237247]

my name is jablonski yeah hahahaha

[eutuve]

to laugh watching these images is to be sick in the head..whatever your name is ...

Dumb ass !!

[eutuve]

hahaha ?

have you got Ytube in your mental institute ?

800.000 deaths !

[EutuveX]

@1237247

haha your bloody muslim arse !!

[JohnnyNW]

2:04 shell of lower half of the Prudential Building, Warsaw's first pre-war skyscraper.

[klemens3333]

I know this damn good, because I whistled (!) it at Sydney's Circular Quay at least 500 times in my 12 years of busking... (public performance). Check out my YouTube recordings.

[flydadj]

A moving blend of music and video. The tragic fate of Warsaw at the hands of the Nazis is captured in this emotional collection of photographs. I salute those heroic Poles who stood up to the Nazis in 1943 and 1944. Their bravery is beyond belief.

[Sapphira51496]

does anyone know where i can get the sheet music?

[patsydtr1]

@Sapphira51496 I got mine at a music store. If they don't have it you can order it, through Amazon.com or at a music store that sells sheet music . Most anyplace will order it for you. If all else fails, I can get you a copy.

[palefountain]

who's warzawa? havent seen this movie

[acevescarlos]

who's warzawa?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[eutuve]

warzawa is your fucking History teacher !!

Ass...aren't you ashamed of your infinite ignorance ?

[eutuve]

Warzawa is the name of your History teacher..

as Dumb as you !

[EutuveX]

@palefountain

that's the name of the retarted History teacher you had in school !

Ignorant !

[palefountain]

@EutuveX  now I renenber she was my history teacher... mOnkEY FACE!!

[EutuveX]

@palefountain

you still have the balls to reply ?

IGNORANT RETARDED ...and..:

PROUD of it ??

[TheDustpile]

@Prychemnie 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!)

[jazzhuman]

One of the most moving performances of this work I have heard. Quite remarkable. Thank you.

[Northampton1000]

Absolutly amazing

[POLcrown]

Thank you!

[parzifal39]

What an incredible contrast. Against a backdrop of man's inhumanity to man, this beautiful music. Represents the worst and best of mankind. Thanks for this beautiful and sobering posting.

[omybeethoven]

Goosebumps, tragedy, beautiful piece of music. Thanks

[milfil2000]

Niech zyje Polska!

Polak to brzmi dumnie!

[Katiuszkasanda]

Belle version!Musicalité du pianiste et orchestre dont les cordes chantent.En revanche,les images sont insoutenables!