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Life and Works: SCHUBERT (Siepmann) |
Life and Works - Schubert
Author and Narrator: Jeremy Siepmann
Tom George as Schubert
Other roles taken by Peter Yapp, Stephen Critchlow, Sean Barrett, Jonathan Keeble, Charlie Simpson
4 CDs
152-page booklet
ISBN: 1-84379-065-3
8.558135-38
The life of Franz Schubert has been a gift to romantically inclined biographers: the beautiful, brilliant, modest boy who sprang to fully fledged genius at the age of 16; the quintessential 'artist in a garret', entirely consumed by his art and living a hand-to-mouth existence in Vienna (home of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven); the gentle, cheerful, convivial young man who prized friendship almost as highly as music itself; the unworldly poet from whom great music poured like water from a fountain; the unrecognised master who died almost penniless at the age of 31. And most of this is true. But as revealed in this dramatised biography (lavishly illustrated with musical examples), there was a secret, darker side to Schubert which only renders his story that much more fascinating.
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Disc 1
Schubert, Franz
Life and Works
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Music: Piano Quintet in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (mvt 4: Theme with variations: Andantino) / Speech: Home and away: Schubert's boyhood
00:08:34
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Music: String Quartet No. 1 in mixed keys, D. 18 (mvt 1: Andante - Presto vivace)
00:04:06
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Speech: Homesickness and the death of his mother
00:03:53
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Music: Piano Trio (in one movement) in B flat, D. 28
00:02:03
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Speech: Growing circle of friends and a change of direction
00:05:11
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Music: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 (finale)
00:02:40
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Speech: In school and out; the first flowering of genius
00:01:36
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Music: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
00:03:12
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Speech: First love, and the unwelcome realities of adulthood
00:04:25
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Music: Erlkönig, D. 328
00:04:16
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Speech: Speed demon and diarist / Music: Mozart - String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 (mvt 4) / Speech: Destiny - the advent of Schober & Vogl
00:13:36
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Music: Mass No. 5 in A flat, D. 678 (Gloria)
00:04:05
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Speech: The child in the man: the testimony of friends
00:02:10
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Music: Auf der Bruck, D. 853
00:03:28
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Speech: Curtain
00:00:07
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Disc 2
Schubert, Franz
Life and Works
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Speech: Escape to Hungary
00:06:26
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Music: Marche Militaire No. 1 in D, D. 733
00:02:17
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Speech: Mayrhofer, misanthropy and melancholy; his first instrumental masterpiece
00:05:19
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Music: String Quartet in C minor ('Quartettstaz'), D. 703
00:07:10
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Speech: A belated adolescence, and the black - winged demon
00:08:16
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Music: Der Strom, D. 565
00:01:27
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Speech: No happy music
00:00:39
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Music: Piano Quintet in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (mvt 3: Scherzo: Presto)
00:01:33
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Speech: Joys, sorrows and perspective
00:02:56
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Music: Symphony No. 8 in B minor ('Unfinished'), D. 759 (mvt 1: Allegro moderato)
00:11:17
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Speech: Death, suffering, redemption and arrogance
00:09:05
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Music: Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959 (mvt 2: Andantino)
00:03:35
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Speech: Drama on and off the stage
00:04:15
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Music: Fantasy in C ('Wanderer' Fantasy), D. 760
00:03:27
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Speech: Curtain
00:00:09
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Disc 3
Schubert, Franz
Life and Works
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Speech: Romantic visions and inner turmoil
00:06:20
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Music: Die Verschworenen, D. 787 (Duet: 'Sie ist's! Er ist's!')
00:05:46
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Speech: A dream and a terrible discovery
00:05:08
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Music: String Quartet in D minor ('Death and the Maiden'), D. 810 (mvt 1: Allegro)
00:04:53
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Speech: Syphilis, Schober, dissipation and sublimation
00:14:26
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Music: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 (Halt!, No. 3)
00:01:39
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Speech: The Schubert Circle
00:10:05
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Music: Incidental Music to 'Rosamunde', D. 797 (Ballet Music No. 2)
00:02:51
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Speech: 'The most unhappy and miserable creature on earth'
00:02:08
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Music: Octet in F, D. 803 (mvt 4: Andante with variations - variation 2)
00:01:10
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Speech: The 'life' in the 'music'
00:00:58
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Music: String Quartet in A minor, D. 804 (mvt 1: Allegro ma non troppo)
00:04:34
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Speech: In and out of pain; a lovelorn and melancholy Hungarian summer
00:03:24
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Music: Fantasy in F minor for piano duet, D. 940
00:04:07
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Speech: Musical Vienna in decline
00:03:40
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Music: Impromptu No. 8 in F minor, Op. 142/4, D. 935 No. 4
00:02:07
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Speech: Curtain
00:00:07
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Disc 4
Schubert, Franz
Life and Works
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Speech: New serenity - and a misanthropic tirade
00:06:46
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Music: Winterreise, D. 911 (Rückblick, No. 8)
00:00:44
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Speech: Schubert and Beethoven
00:08:13
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Music: Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958 (mvt 1: Molto moderato)
00:03:30
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Speech: 'Grand symphony' achieved
00:02:17
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Music: Symphony No. 9 in C ('Great'), D. 944 (mvt 4: Finale: Allegro vivace)
00:04:06
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Speech: The first tragic composer
00:02:55
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Music: Winterreise, D. 911 (Erstarrung, No. 4)
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Speech: Schubert's only concert
00:02:38
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Music: Piano Trio in E flat, D. 929 (mvt 1: Allegro)
00:03:34
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Speech: Schubert and Paganini
00:04:02
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Music: String Quintet in C, D. 956 (mvt 4: Allegretto)
00:09:39
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Speech: Decline and death
00:08:25
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Music: Octet in F, D. 803 (mvt 3: Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio)
00:06:11
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Total Playing Time: 04:30:20 |
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