Author(s): Henley, Darren
Reader(s): Alsop, Marin
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior Non-Fiction
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA236812
Barcode: 9789626343685
Release Date: 10/2005

HENLEY, D: Famous Composers (Alsop, USA) (Unabridged)

Following on the success of The Story of Classical Music, Darren Henley and Marin Alsop 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 love of music is told against the backdrop of some of their finest works—an ideal combination.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Henley, Darren - Author
1An introduction to Famous Composers03:38
2The six composers02:56
3The Four Seasons: Autumn, Spring and Summer04:24
4The Four Seasons: Autumn and Winter02:54
5The Red Priest03:34
6Vivaldi and the Concerto05:24
7The Story of Count Giacomo Durazzo03:50
8Early music lessons02:55
9Bach and the organ03:51
10Bach at Weimar04:18
11Bach and Count von Keyserlingk02:50
12Bach and his family03:55
13Bach and maths03:14
14A composer of famous works03:32
15Mozart’s early life03:16
16Leopold, Wolfgang and Nannerl – the Mozarts on tour04:13
17Mozart and his contemporaries03:51
18More great works03:29
19Eine kleine Nachtmusik and a sad end02:29
Disc 2
1Early years03:47
2Beethoven as a pianist03:36
3Beethoven’s hearing loss and domestic life04:30
4Incidental music and an opera04:12
5Beethoven’s symphonies02:34
6The Ninth and Fifth symphonies03:53
7Early life and music04:37
8His contemporaries and a hobby03:28
9Nationalism04:25
10Travels to America – The New World04:52
11The Cello Concerto and more hobbies04:20
12Back to Bohemia04:58
13Russia and his early life03:30
14Life in Russia – communism – Shostakovich in trouble03:42
15The Second World War02:39
16Jazz and film music04:00
17Family life03:56
18Out of this world01:33

Total Playing Time: 02:17:05