SIEPMANN, J.: Life and Works of Chopin (The)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Siepmann, Jeremy, Author.

Contributor:

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849, Composer.

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical Music.

Local Subjects:

Classical Music.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2010.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

'Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius!' ( 01 min., 36 sec. )

The influence of Paganini ( 01 min., 19 sec. )

The first Etudes ( 44 sec. )

Success in Vienna ( 05 min., 58 sec. )

Chopin in love ( 05 min., 19 sec. )

Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto ( 02 min., 18 sec. )

Return of vitality and inspiration ( 05 min., 10 sec. )

Farewells and the final departure from Poland ( 01 min., 38 sec. )

Europe and Chopin in crisis ( 07 min., 43 sec. )

Arrival in Paris ( 02 min., 24 sec. )

Paris, politics, Poles and performance ( 07 min., 40 sec. )

Chopin and the Opera ( 01 min., 49 sec. )

Chopin and Kalkbrenner ( 02 min., 15 sec. )

The cholera epidemic; the fashionable teacher ( 07 min., 52 sec. )

Teaching in earnest ( 04 min., 58 sec. )

'Souplesse avant tout!' ( 02 min., 24 sec. )

The Wodzinska affair ( 03 min., 43 sec. )

'An elegant, pale, sad young man' ( 02 min., 14 sec. )

George Sand and A Majorcan winter ( 22 min., 08 sec. )

Misanthropy, hypocrisy and prejudice ( 03 min., 38 sec. )

At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer ( 02 min., 33 sec. )

The Idyll continues ( 04 min., 57 sec. )

The return to Paris ( 02 min., 27 sec. )

Chopin grows moody, petulant and volatile ( 05 min., 57 sec. )

Failing health and mounting tensions ( 04 min., 34 sec. )

The break with Sand; illness; London ( 12 min., 33 sec. )

Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death ( 14 min., 01 sec. )

Onset of illness and the death of a sister ( 02 min., 05 sec. )

The fun-loving teenager ( 01 min., 17 sec. )

He finds his true voice as a composer ( 01 min., 50 sec. )

Chopin as industrious pupil ( 58 sec. )

Encounters with the Polish peasantry ( 01 min., 02 sec. )

Early education ( 03 min., 05 sec. )

Chopin the Pole ( 01 min., 48 sec. )

Chopin and the soul of the piano ( 01 min., 49 sec. )

Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 ( 02 min., 17 sec. ) / Chopin

Polonaise No. 13 in G Minor ( 01 min., 04 sec. ) / Chopin

Variations on a German air, "Der Schweizerbub" ( 01 min., 33 sec. ) / Chopin

Mazurka No. 42 in G Major, Op. 67, No. 1 ( 01 min., 13 sec. ) / Chopin

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4: I. Allegro maestoso ( 01 min., 49 sec. ) / Chopin

Rondo a la mazur in F Major, Op. 5 ( 01 min., 05 sec. ) / Chopin

3 Ecoissaises, Op. 72: No. 3 in D-Flat Major ( 45 sec. ) / Chopin

Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1 ( 04 min., 32 sec. ) / Chopin

Variations on La ci darem from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 ( 03 min., 41 sec. ) / Chopin

Variations in A Major, "Souvenir de Paganini" ( 02 min., 10 sec. ) / Chopin

Etude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4 ( 02 min., 15 sec. ) / Chopin

Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1 ( 01 min., 23 sec. ) / Chopin

Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3 ( 01 min., 33 sec. ) / Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto ( 01 min., 42 sec. ) / Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza: Larghetto ( 10 min., 49 sec. ) / Chopin

Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20 ( 04 min., 28 sec. ) / Chopin

Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 ( 05 min., 31 sec. ) / Chopin

Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29 ( 04 min., 27 sec. ) / Chopin

Andante spianato, Op. 22 ( 04 min., 37 sec. ) / Chopin

Etude No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys" ( 01 min., 47 sec. ) / Chopin

Etude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, "Revolutionary" ( 03 min., 02 sec. ) / Chopin

Etude No. 16 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4 ( 01 min., 47 sec. ) / Chopin

Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1 ( 05 min., 34 sec. ) / Chopin

Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32, No. 1 ( 02 min., 08 sec. ) / Chopin

Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 ( 06 min., 10 sec. ) / Chopin

Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor - No. 19 in E-Flat Major - No. 22 in G Minor - No. 24 in D Minor ( 06 min., 17 sec. ) / Chopin

Mazurka No. 35 in C Minor, Op. 56, No. 3 ( 07 min., 25 sec. ) / Chopin

Impromptu No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 36 ( 05 min., 47 sec. ) / Chopin

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funebre: Lento - IV. Finale: Presto ( 10 min., 41 sec. ) / Chopin

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 ( 02 min., 11 sec. ) / Chopin

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale: Presto, non tanto ( 05 min., 33 sec. ) / Chopin

Barcarolle, Op. 60 ( 08 min., 42 sec. ) / Chopin

Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 8 ( 01 min., 53 sec. ) / Chopin

Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic" ( 07 minutes, 13 sec. ) / Chopin

Participant:

Siepmann, Jeremy, Reader -- Jason, Neville, Reader -- Lesser, Anton, Reader -- Claxton, Elaine, Reader -- Archer, Karen, Reader -- Biret, Idil, Artist -- Glemser, Bernd, Artist -- Kliegel, Maria, Artist -- Stankovsky, Robert, Conductor -- Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice, Orchestra -- Chopin, Fryderyk, Composer

Notes:

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Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9789626344569

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Restricted for use by site license.