Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Max Richter – Andante / Reflection (End Title) | Arr. for Piano Solo
This is my interpretation of Andante / Reflection (End Title) by Max Richter, originally composed for the 2008 animated documentary Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman.
The film explores memory, trauma, and the psychological aftermath of the 1982 Lebanon War, told through a haunting, dreamlike animated style. Richter’s score plays a crucial role in creating that atmosphere — and this final piece closes the film with quiet emotional intensity.
Interestingly, Andante / Reflection is not entirely an original composition — it is closely based (or arguably completely lifted) from the Andantino of Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959. Richter reworks Schubert’s Romantic textures into his signature minimalist style, slowing the harmonic rhythm and paring it down to its emotional essence.
*Max Richter is a German-born British composer and pianist, working within post-minimalist and contemporary classical styles. He is classically trained, having studied composition at the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and under Luciano Berio in Italy.
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Max Richter – Andante / Reflection (End Title) | Arr. for Piano Solo
This is my interpretation of Andante / Reflection (End Title) by Max Richter, originally composed for the 2008 animated documentary Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman.
The film explores memory, trauma, and the psychological aftermath of the 1982 Lebanon War, told through a haunting, dreamlike animated style. Richter’s score plays a crucial role in creating that atmosphere — and this final piece closes the film with quiet emotional intensity.
Interestingly, Andante / Reflection is not entirely an original composition — it is closely based (or arguably completely lifted) from the Andantino of Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959. Richter reworks Schubert’s Romantic textures into his signature minimalist style, slowing the harmonic rhythm and paring it down to its emotional essence.
*Max Richter is a German-born British composer and pianist, working within post-minimalist and contemporary classical styles. He is classically trained, having studied composition at the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and under Luciano Berio in Italy.
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#maxrichter #WaltzWithBashir #Schubert #PianoArrangement #AndanteReflection #SoloPiano #Minimalism #FilmMusic
![Bach: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti) [Reworked] / @coversart](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qlcJadhGTeU/mqdefault.jpg "Bach: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti) [Reworked] / @coversart
Bach: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti) Reworked
Today’s upload features the reworked version from last Friday’s release — a four-track piano EP centered around the Prelude in B minor by J.S. Bach, as transcribed by Alexander Siloti. This beloved miniature — originally from Bach’s Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and later adapted for The Well-Tempered Clavier — has inspired generations of pianists.
🎧 Out now on all platforms: https://album.link/prelude
This Prelude in B minor was originally composed by Johann Sebastian Bach as part of the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, catalogued as BWV 855a. The version most familiar to modern audiences, however, is a romantic piano arrangement made by pianist and conductor Alexander Siloti, a student of Franz Liszt.
Siloti transposed the piece from E minor to B minor and made subtle yet expressive changes in voicing and texture, bringing out its lyrical and meditative qualities. The sustained left-hand arpeggios and delicate right-hand melody reflect a more introspective and romantic character, while still preserving the essence of Bach’s original writing.
This version has become one of the most beloved transcriptions of a Baroque work, often performed as an encore piece for its emotional depth, simplicity, and timeless beauty.
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