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

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Siepmann, Jeremy, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2001.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

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

Music: Berceuse, Op. 57 ( 02 min., 17 sec. )

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

Music: Polonaise in G Minor ( 01 min., 04 sec. )

Early education ( 03 min., 05 sec. )

Music: Variations on a German Air ( 01 min., 33 sec. )

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

Music: Mazurka in G ( 01 min., 13 sec. )

Chopin as industrious pupil ( 58 sec. )

Music: Sonata in C Minor (opening) ( 01 min., 49 sec. )

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

Music: Fondo a la Mazur, Op. 5 ( 01 min., 05 sec. )

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

Music: Ecossaise, Op. 72, No. 3 ( 45 sec. )

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

Music: Nocturne in E Minor ( 04 min., 32 sec. )

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

Music: Variations on 'La ci darem la mano', Op. 2 ( 03 min., 41 sec. )

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

Music: Souvenir de Paganini ( 02 min., 10 sec. )

The first Etudes ( 44 sec. )

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

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

Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor ( 01 min., 23 sec. )

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

Music: Polonaise for cello and piano ( 01 min., 33 sec. )

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

Music: Concerto in F Minor, Op. 21 ( 01 min., 42 sec. )

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

Music: Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11 ( 10 min., 49 sec. )

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

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

Music: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor ( 04 min., 28 sec. )

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

Music: Waltz in E flat, Op. 18 ( 05 min., 31 sec. )

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

Music: Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29 ( 04 min., 27 sec. )

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

Music: Andante spianato, Op. 22 ( 04 min., 37 sec. )

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

Music: Etude in G flat, Op. 10, No. 5 ( 01 min., 47 sec. )

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

Music: Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, the 'Revolutionary' ( 03 min., 02 sec. )

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

Music: Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4 ( 01 min., 47 sec. )

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

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

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

Music: Nocturne in B Major, Op. 32, No. 1 ( 02 min., 08 sec. )

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

Music: Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2 ( 06 min., 10 sec. )

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

Music: Preludes, Op. 28 ( 06 min., 17 sec. )

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

Music: Mazurkas ( 07 min., 25 sec. )

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

Music: Impromptu in F♯ ( 05 min., 47 sec. )

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

Music: Sonata in B-Flat Minor - Funeral March and finale ( 10 min., 41 sec. )

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

Music: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor ( 12 min., 11 sec. )

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

Music: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - Finale ( 05 min., 33 sec. )

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

Music: Barcarolle, Op. 60 ( 08 min., 42 sec. )

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

Music: Prelude in F sharp, Op. 28, No. 8 ( 01 min., 53 sec. )

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

Music: Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 ( 07 minutes, 13 sec. )

Participant:

Siepmann, Jeremy, Reader

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9789626342190

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.