Warsaw as a whole city, not just its postcard center: the Old Town rebuilt from paintings, Chopin's heart kept in a pillar, a plastic palm standing on a roundabout, and voices moving straight-faced through Śródmieście, Praga, Żoliborz, Ursynów and Wilanów — until one quiet passage where the music stops dancing.
The Best View In Warszawa
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Fast Polish mazurka and polonaise fused with a Warsaw courtyard street band at 172 BPM in triple time — solo piano opening, then accordion, banjo, fiddle, clarinet, upright bass and marching bass drum — sung by alternating Polish-accented male and female leads in plain, sincere unison.