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Author(s): Henley, Darren
Reader(s): Jones, Aled
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior Non-Fiction
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA234712
Barcode: 9789626343470
Release Date: 10/2005
HENLEY, D.: Famous Composers (Jones, UK) (Unabridged)
Following on the success of The Story of Classical Music, Darren Henley and Aled Jones combine forces again to tell, in more detail, the lives of six key composers Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák and Shostakovich. Their colourful lives and their love of music is told against the backdrop of some of their finest works—an ideal combination.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Henley, Darren - Author
Jones, Aled (Reader)
|  | 1 | An introduction to Famous Composers | 03:30 |
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| | 2 | The six composers | 02:51 |
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| | 3 | The Four Seasons: Autumn, Spring and Summer | 04:19 |
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| | 4 | The Four Seasons: Autumn and Winter | 02:53 |
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| | 5 | The Red Priest | 03:27 |
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| | 6 | Vivaldi and the Concerto | 05:22 |
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| | 7 | The Story of Count Giacomo Durazzo | 03:45 |
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| | 8 | Early music lessons | 02:48 |
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| | 9 | Bach and the organ | 03:53 |
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| | 10 | Bach at Weimar | 04:17 |
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| | 11 | Bach and Count von Keyserlingk | 02:51 |
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| | 12 | Bach and his family | 03:52 |
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| | 13 | Bach and maths | 03:12 |
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| | 14 | A composer of famous works | 03:24 |
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| | 15 | Mozart’s early life | 03:09 |
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| | 16 | Leopold, Wolfgang and Nannerl – the Mozarts on tour | 04:12 |
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| | 17 | Mozart and his contemporaries | 03:47 |
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| | 18 | More great works | 03:28 |
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| | 19 | Eine kleine Nachtmusik and a sad end | 02:24 |
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Disc 2
Jones, Aled (Reader)
| | 1 | Early years | 03:40 |
Jones, Aled (Reader)
| | 2 | Beethoven as a pianist | 03:40 |
Jones, Aled (Reader)
| | 3 | Beethoven’s hearing loss and domestic life | 04:23 |
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| | 4 | Incidental music and an opera | 04:10 |
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| | 5 | Beethoven’s symphonies | 02:36 |
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| | 6 | The Ninth and Fifth symphonies | 03:47 |
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| | 7 | Early life and music | 04:33 |
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| | 8 | His contemporaries and a hobby | 03:20 |
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| | 9 | Nationalism | 04:22 |
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| | 10 | Travels to America – The New World | 05:56 |
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| | 11 | The Cello Concerto and more hobbies | 04:14 |
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| | 12 | Back to Bohemia | 04:59 |
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| | 13 | Russia and his early life | 03:32 |
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| | 14 | Life in Russia – communism – Shostakovich in trouble | 03:33 |
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| | 15 | The Second World War | 02:35 |
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| | 16 | Jazz and film music | 04:00 |
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| | 17 | Family life | 03:53 |
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| | 18 | Out of this world | 01:24 |
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Total Playing Time: 02:16:01