出發前讀旅遊資料，原來離Krakow不遠的Wieliczka Salt Mine乃一天遊好去處。這是個龐大的地下鹽礦，有鹽雕，鹽刻，更有兩座鹽造的教堂！其中一部旅遊書說，較大的鹽造教堂聲響特質出眾，不時作演奏和宴會之用。
咦？地下鹽礦？演奏？莫不是..........
果然！Zbigniew Preisner（普理斯納）！
1995年，即Kieslowski-Preisner剛完成三色系列，宣佈退休的Krzysztof Kieslowski（奇斯洛夫斯基 ）正過著他吞雲吐霧生活的最後一整年，Preisner推出一張組曲式唱奏會現場錄音，就叫Preisner's Music，內分5節25段，唱奏的全是Preisner為Kieslowski及其他導演創作的電影配樂。
唱奏會的地點正是Wieliczka Salt Mine。可惜我當年對此地點毫無概念，地名的三個字只模糊地存於腦海深處。
現居Krakow的Preisner夫子自道：
I had to know whether my music 'sounded' as good without a film accompanying it. ... To check this, I chose the Wieliczka salt mine, near Krakow: a secret, mysterious magical place 130 metres below ground. A unique atmosphere with exceptional acoustics.
The risk was great though: a subterranean symphony orchestra connected by 400 metres of cables to technical equipment on the ground above. Anything could have happened. Yet it all went incredibly well. ... I wanted to put on a musical show. The concert was indeed a rite, a 'mysterium'.
My audience and I felt that my music lived its own life, albeit entirely at my command. Far from the studios and the mixing rooms, I rediscovered the soul of the orchestra and, for the first time ever, I heard my music exactly as I imagined it. I will always remember the Wieliczka concert as a unique step forward in the pursuit of my artistic freedom.
Preisner's Music是我非常鐘愛的CD，偶然地對它的認識又深了一層。
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結果，缺少了Preisner的地下音樂，我覺得Wieliczka Salt Mine奇特有趣，但亦僅此而已：
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| Wieliczka Salt Mine (Europe08) |
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