Zbigniew Preisner - Silence, Night and Dreams

Zbigniew Preisner is Poland's multi-award winning composer. Entirely self-taught, he has written music for many movies, including soundtracks for Louis Malle, Agnieszka Holland and Antoni Krauze. His scores for the films of Krzysztof Kieslowski (The 'Three Colours' series) have brought him international acclaim. His soundtrack albums have also achieved considerable worldwide sales and recently, he composed orchestral parts for the album On an Island by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. He is Polands leading film music composer and is widely considered to be one of the most outstanding composers of his generation Silence, Night and Dreams is Zbigniew Preisners latest recording project, a large-scale work for orchestra, choir and soloists, based on texts from the Book of Job and features Teresa Salgueiro from the Portuguese hit group Madredeus and Thomas Cully from Libera. The compositions, sung in Latin and English, set texts from the Biblical book of Job and St Matthews Gospel.

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[englishrose47]

Beautiful. Preisner`s music is so haunting, I wish he had more recognition in my country (UK).

[MrCatita1]

this is simply magnificent !!!

Teresa Salgueiro is definitely one of the best topten female voices of nowadays

the biblical lyrics are warm and inspiring

what a hit... what a piece of art !!

[TheLusitanian]

@MrCatita1 I love her voice! Melts the heart!

[GabrielPadecopeo]

Por favor: ¡menos palabras y más música! No interrumpan los bellos sonidos. Gracias.

[dibeich]

aaaaaaa!!!!

[rsoriani]

They should have shown Tom Cully singing those parts in Silence, Night and Dreams or Be Faithful, Go).

[englishrose47]

@WineBeerLover I only wish they would.  We have one dedicated classical music station, ie Classic FM who occasionally play Preisner`s music, but not often enough in my opinion!

[myalbumisgateways]

I love, love, love this composer and his music.  Ms. Salgueiro has a beautiful voice and is awesome!!!

Thanks so much for this. It is truly inspirational. Dziekuje (bardzo)

Jeanne Baker

[thebiggestchild]

Beautiful music Zbigniew..

[Katherine52796]

ok but people who are at my age don't know anything about him or his music :(

[steliosgrin]

@Katherine52796

4/09/07 irwdeio athens, sold out

30/05/10 megaro athens, sold out

everybody who loves cinema knows about his  music

[Katherine52796]

@englishrose47 I agree with you

Here in Greece nobady knows him:(