Caldera Records proudly presents Zbigniew Preisner's score for Gianluca Minucci's "Europa Centrale."
It is the early months of the Second World War. An exiled communist couple is on a train to Ljubljana. Driven by their fragile ideals, they are on a mission that might kill them. Their fellow travelers might not be their allies. One false step and their fate is sealed. The atmosphere is dense with fear. Outside, the war is raging. Does humanism have a chance of survival? Will they be able to make it?
Zbigniew Preisner decided to use a choir, a string quintet and electronic instruments for a quasi-opera that provides the atmosphere for individual scenes and also captures the mood of the film as a whole to draw out its meaning for the time we live in. While the choir is mostly wordless, the composer in specific instances gave them a few carefully chosen phrases such as "pianto" ("cry") and "pianto antico" ("ancient cry") as well as "silenzio" ("silence"). The haunting finale uses words by Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy."
While the circumstances of the heroes in the period film are not in itself a laughing matter, the landscapes in which they and we move is marked by a grim absurdity, as Preisner elaborates: "The best musical form to convey this is opera, though stripped down, because both wartime and our present time were, and are, marked by austerity. That's why a string quintet plays in place of a full orchestra, with modern electronic elements supporting it. The only element that retains its grandeur is the choir, which sings just a few words?because in the beginning, there was the word."
Zbigniew Preisner's "Europa Centrale" is one of his most inspired works, a delicate, intricate and poignant comment on the fragility of our existence as individuals and societies.
The 59th CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet text by Stephan Eicke and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was mastered by Leszek Kami?ski and produced by Stephan Eicke and Zbigniew Preisner.
トラックリスト
1. Overture: Preghiera per Europa (2:08) 2. Pianto Antico (0:30) 3. Sogno Perduto (0:55) 4. Nel Silenzio Della Notte (1:55) 5. Le Dolenti Note (3:49) 6. Le Verita Sfuggenti (3:44) 7. Consolazione (2:55) 8. La Dolce Rimembranza (2:17) 9. Pianto per Europa (5:04) 10. Compianto (1:42) 11. Invocazione (3:46) 12. Silenzio, Silenzio (3:40) 13. Sospensione (1:25) 14. Ascolta, Europa (4:31) 15. Lamento per Europa (3:45)
注：1曲目の "Overture: Preghiera per Europa"に若干の歪みがありますが、これは芸術的な選択であり、制作や製造上のミスではございません。
ジャンルカ・ミヌッチ監督の『EUROPA CENTRALE』のために作曲したズビグニエフ・プレイズネルのスコアがリリース！
トラックリスト時は第二次世界大戦の初期。亡命共産主義者の夫婦がリュブリャナ行きの列車に乗っていた。儚い理想に突き動かされ、自分たちを殺すかもしれない使命を帯びている。旅の仲間は味方ではないかもしれない。一歩間違えれば、彼らの運命は封印される。空気は恐怖に満ちている。外では戦争が激化している。ヒューマニズムに生き残るチャンスはあるのか？彼らは生き延びることができるのだろうか？
ズビグニエフ・プレイズネルは、合唱団、弦楽五重奏団、電子楽器を使った擬似オペラを制作した。合唱はほとんど言葉を使わないが、作曲者は特定の場面で、「pianto」（「叫び」）や 「pianto antico」（「古代の叫び」）、「silenzio」（「沈黙」）など、厳選されたフレーズを合唱に与えている。心を揺さぶるフィナーレには、ダンテ・アリギエーリの『神曲』の言葉が使われている。
この時代劇映画の主人公たちが置かれた状況自体は笑い事ではないが、彼らや私たちが移動する風景は、プリスナーが詳しく説明するように、厳しい不条理に彩られています。 「これを伝えるのに最適な音楽形式は、戦時中も現代も緊縮財政によって特徴づけられているため、削ぎ落とされたとはいえオペラなのだ。だからこそ、フルオーケストラの代わりに弦楽五重奏が演奏され、現代的な電子的要素がそれを支えている。唯一、壮麗さを保っているのは合唱団で、わずかな言葉を歌うだけ。」
ズビグニエフ・プレイズネルの「EUROPA CENTRALE」は、彼の最もインスピレーションに満ちた作品のひとつであり、個人として、また社会としての存在のもろさについて、繊細で複雑かつ痛烈にコメントしている。
Caldera Records proudly presents Zbigniew Preisner's score for Gianluca Minucci's "Europa Centrale."
It is the early months of the Second World War. An exiled communist couple is on a train to Ljubljana. Driven by their fragile ideals, they are on a mission that might kill them. Their fellow travelers might not be their allies. One false step and their fate is sealed. The atmosphere is dense with fear. Outside, the war is raging. Does humanism have a chance of survival? Will they be able to make it?
Zbigniew Preisner decided to use a choir, a string quintet and electronic instruments for a quasi-opera that provides the atmosphere for individual scenes and also captures the mood of the film as a whole to draw out its meaning for the time we live in. While the choir is mostly wordless, the composer in specific instances gave them a few carefully chosen phrases such as "pianto" ("cry") and "pianto antico" ("ancient cry") as well as "silenzio" ("silence"). The haunting finale uses words by Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy."
While the circumstances of the heroes in the period film are not in itself a laughing matter, the landscapes in which they and we move is marked by a grim absurdity, as Preisner elaborates: "The best musical form to convey this is opera, though stripped down, because both wartime and our present time were, and are, marked by austerity. That's why a string quintet plays in place of a full orchestra, with modern electronic elements supporting it. The only element that retains its grandeur is the choir, which sings just a few words?because in the beginning, there was the word."
Zbigniew Preisner's "Europa Centrale" is one of his most inspired works, a delicate, intricate and poignant comment on the fragility of our existence as individuals and societies.
The 59th CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet text by Stephan Eicke and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was mastered by Leszek Kami?ski and produced by Stephan Eicke and Zbigniew Preisner.
1. Overture: Preghiera per Europa (2:08)
2. Pianto Antico (0:30)
3. Sogno Perduto (0:55)
4. Nel Silenzio Della Notte (1:55)
5. Le Dolenti Note (3:49)
6. Le Verita Sfuggenti (3:44)
7. Consolazione (2:55)
8. La Dolce Rimembranza (2:17)
9. Pianto per Europa (5:04)
10. Compianto (1:42)
11. Invocazione (3:46)
12. Silenzio, Silenzio (3:40)
13. Sospensione (1:25)
14. Ascolta, Europa (4:31)
15. Lamento per Europa (3:45)
注：1曲目の "Overture: Preghiera per Europa"に若干の歪みがありますが、これは芸術的な選択であり、制作や製造上のミスではございません。