Caddy, D.: Great Composers In Words And Music - Fryderyk Chopin.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Caddy, Davinia, Author.

Contributor:

Chopin, Fryderyk, Composer.

Witwicki, Stefan, Lyricist.

Naxos Digital Services US

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical Music.

Local Subjects:

Classical Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated 2022.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

data file

Contents:

Introduction ( 11 sec. )

24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major ( 38 sec. ) / Chopin

You may well know him not as Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin... ( 01 min., 55 sec. )

Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Major, Op. 13: II. Air, "Już Miesiąc Zaszedł": Andantino (excerpt) ( 01 min., 01 sec. ) / Chopin

An extract from the second movement of Chopin's 1828 piece... ( 06 min., 09 sec. )

Polonaise No. 11 in G Minor (excerpt) ( 01 min., 04 sec. ) / Chopin

Such was the young Chopin's musical renown... ( 01 min., 46 sec. )

Rondo in C Minor, Op. 1 (excerpt) ( 02 min., 43 sec. ) / Chopin

Chopin's early years were spent not only in Warsaw... ( 03 min., 36 sec. )

Mazurka No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 4 ( 01 min., 08 sec. ) / Chopin

In 1826, after finishing his studies... ( 03 min., 32 sec. )

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto (excerpt) ( 02 min., 19 sec. ) / Chopin

Chopin was the talk of the town... ( 04 min., 13 sec. )

Variations on Là ci darem from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2: Variation 1: Brillante - Variation 2: Veloce, ma accuratamente (version for piano and orchestra) ( 02 min., 03 sec. ) / Chopin

"The whole of Paris went crazy," wrote Chopin's friend... ( 03 min., 28 sec. )

Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (excerpt) ( 02 min., 32 sec. ) / Chopin

"I am in great request. I have entered the cream of society"... ( 02 min., 59 sec. )

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March": III. Marche funèbre: Lento (excerpt) ( 02 min., 27 sec. ) / Chopin

Although it was not written until a couple of years later... ( 03 min., 05 sec. )

17 Songs, Op. 74: No. 14. Pierścień (The Ring) ( 01 min., 31 sec. ) / Chopin

In the summer of 1838... ( 03 min., 21 sec. )

24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop" (excerpt) ( 01 min., 12 sec. ) / Chopin

If the "Raindrop" prelude is ultimately serene in style... ( 55 sec. )

24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor (excerpt) ( 01 min., 32 sec. ) / Chopin

In late January 1839, Chopin's health... ( 03 min., 51 sec. )

Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49: bars 37-137 ( 03 min., 25 sec. ) / Chopin

As far as contrasting moods go... ( 28 sec. )

Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49: bars 199-235 ( 01 min., 58 sec. ) / Chopin

The principle of contrast not only defined the F minor Fantaisie... ( 02 min., 02 sec. )

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (excerpt) ( 02 min., 08 sec. ) / Chopin

Chopin spent the next summer... ( 01 min., 37 sec. )

Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (excerpt) ( 01 min., 20 sec. ) / Chopin

With its melodious yet sorrowful opening theme... ( 02 min., 16 sec. )

Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: II. Scherzo: Allegro con brio (excerpt) ( 01 min., 23 sec. ) / Chopin

Chopin's life at this time, upended by the split from Sand... ( 05 min., 11 sec. )

24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major ( 01 minutes, 26 sec. ) / Chopin

Participant:

Scott, Lucy, Reader -- Biret, Idil, Artist -- Wit, Antoni, Conductor -- Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra -- Nebolsin, Eldar, Artist -- Pasichnyk, Olga, Artist -- Pasichnyk, Natalya, Artist -- Qian, Kadar, Artist -- Glemser, Bernd, Artist -- Kliegel, Maria, Artist -- Chopin, Fryderyk, Composer -- Witwicki, Stefan, Lyricist -- Caddy, Davinia, Author

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Publisher Number:

747313836772

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