Chopin: Desire for Love [Blu-ray]

[Machine Translation] Love turns to sorrow, and a beautiful melody becomes eternal. A film commemorating the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth. This is the definitive music film! The great composer Frederic Chopin is called the "Poet of the Piano. The film tells the untold love story of Chopin and Georges Sand, the man he loved most in his life, along with his masterpieces. The ultimate Chopin film, shot on location on a massive scale! The film is full of masterpieces! Revolutionary Etude, Nocturne No. 20, Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2, Fantasy Impromptu, Heroic Polonaise...the director spent two years selecting over 20 masterpieces to be featured in this film! The top-notch artists gathered to perform these masterpieces. A truly miraculous collaboration! Poland in the 19th century under the tyrannical rule of Imperial Russia. Frederic Chopin, a young composer with patriotic feelings in his heart, was pained to see his country being overrun by Russian oppression, but he decided to leave Poland in search of artistic freedom. He was disappointed that his music was not recognized in Paris, but thanks to the arrangement of Franz Liszt, the most popular composer of the day, he made his long-awaited debut in Paris and quickly became a darling of the salon world. As he was climbing the ladder of fame, he had a fateful encounter with Georges Sand, a rare and popular writer, and their love began as if consumed by her passion. He was also absorbed in music under her great love, but their love was not to remain unaffected. Nine years with Sand would bring about a tumultuous change in Chopin's destiny and in music itself...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: theatrical trailer(s), making-of

愛は哀しみに変わり、美しき旋律は永遠になる──。 ★ショパン生誕200周年記念作品。これが音楽映画の決定版! "ピアノの詩人"と称えられる偉大な作曲家フレデリック・ショパン。彼が生涯最も愛したジョルジュ・サンドとの知られざる愛の物語が名曲と共に語られる。大規模な現地ロケを実現した"究極のショパン映画"! ★本編を彩る名曲の数々! 「革命のエチュード」「夜想曲第20番」「ピアノ協奏曲第1番」「ピアノ協奏曲第2番」「幻想即興曲」「英雄ポロネーズ」・・・本編に登場する、監督が2年の歳月を費やし選曲した20曲以上の名曲! ★名曲を演奏するべく超一流のアーティストが集結。まさに奇跡の共演!! ── 帝政ロシアの専制支配下にあった19世紀ポーランド。愛国心を胸に秘めた若き作曲家フレデリック・ショパンは、ロシアの圧政に蹂躙されていく母国の姿に心を痛めながらも、自由な芸術活動を求めてポーランド出国を決意する。パリでは音楽が認められず失意の底にいたが、当代随一の人気作曲家フランツ・リストの計らいで念願のパリ・デビューを果たし、たちまちサロン界の寵児となった。名声の階段を昇りつつあった彼は、稀代の人気作家ジョルジュ・サンドと運命的に出会い、彼女の情熱に飲まれるように愛が始まる。彼女の大いなる愛のもと、彼も音楽にのめりこむが、ふたりの愛は平穏なままではいられなかった。サンドの子・長男モーリスと長女ソランジュが引き金となる愛の悲劇。9年に及ぶサンドとの日々は、ショパンの運命と音楽そのものにも、激動の変化をもたらしていく・・・。

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