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Author(s): Siepmann, Jeremy
Reader(s): Siepmann, Jeremy
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Music Biographies
Catalogue No: NA421512
Barcode: 9789626342152
Release Date: 02/2001
SIEPMANN, J. : Life and Works of Beethoven (The) (Unabridged)
The first of a series of musical biographies, written and presented by broadcaster Jeremy Siepmann, with Bob Peck as Beethoven. In this set, the life and music of the revolutionary composer/pianist is unveiled in considerable detail with many musical examples.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Siepmann, Jeremy - Author
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
|  | 1 | Childhood and Youth | 00:22 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 2 | Symphony No. 7 in A (finale) | 05:11 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 3 | Hammerklavier Sonata, Op. 106 (exc.) | 04:31 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 4 | Beethoven as a pianist | 04:24 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 5 | Sonata in C, Op. 2 No. 3 (finale) | 04:58 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 6 | Beethoven as Pianist | 04:25 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 7 | German Dance, WoO 8, No. 4 | 06:24 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 8 | Beethoven's Vienna | 07:50 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 9 | Sextet in E flat, Op. 81B (first movement) | 02:13 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 10 | Beethoven as Friend, Pupil and Artist | 07:41 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 11 | Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 1 (finale) | 07:14 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 12 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat (finale) | 05:59 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 13 | The Onset of Deafness | 03:29 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 14 | Appassionata Sonata (finale) | 08:10 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
Disc 2
| | 1 | The Crest of the Wave | 00:38 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 2 | Septet in B flat (Scherzo) | 06:53 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 3 | Sonata Pathétique, Op. 13 (exc.) | 03:18 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 4 | Beethoven in Love | 03:37 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 5 | Piano Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (exc.) | 01:24 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 6 | A Winning Streak | 01:11 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 7 | Symphony No. 2 in D, finale (exc.) | 03:04 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 8 | Beethoven in Crisis: the Heiligenstadt Testament | 05:24 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 9 | Eroica Symphony: Funeral March (exc.) | 03:55 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 10 | Beethoven and Heroism | 06:24 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 11 | Eroica Symphony, finale (exc.) | 01:52 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 12 | Beethoven the Revolutionary | 02:54 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 13 | Razumovsky Quartet No. 1, pp.59 No. 1, Adagio (exc.) | 03:58 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 14 | Beethoven and Women | 08:15 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 15 | Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61, First movement (exc.) | 06:24 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 16 | Beethoven the Performer | 06:56 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 17 | Emperor Concerto, finale (complete) | 10:00 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
Disc 3
| | 1 | Beethoven and Suffering | 00:56 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 2 | Coriolan Overture | 08:24 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 3 | Beethoven and Fate | 03:59 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 4 | Fifth Symphony, first movement (complete) | 07:30 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 5 | Fifth Symphony, finale (exc.) | 04:27 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 6 | Beethoven and the Transcendence of Suffering | 02:17 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 7 | Seventh Symphony, first movement (exc.) | 04:16 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 8 | Beethoven, Goethe and Self-pity | 02:59 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 9 | Beethoven on his Method of Composing | 01:57 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 10 | Beethoven and Unrequited Love | 03:11 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 11 | Serioso Quartet, Op. 95, first movement | 04:52 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 12 | The Immortal Beloved | 07:59 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 13 | Violin Sonata in G, Op. 96, first movement | 10:03 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 14 | To the Brink of Suicide - and beyond | 03:00 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 15 | Battle Symphony (exc.) | 02:54 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 16 | Prisoner's Chorus from Fidelio | 07:12 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
Disc 4
| | 1 | Archduke Trio | 04:07 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 2 | Beethoven 'kidnaps' Karl | 08:48 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 3 | Beethoven's Manner & Appearance | 03:16 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 4 | Pastoral Symphony (exc.) | 02:55 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 5 | Beethoven as a 'parent' | 17:22 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 6 | Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 | 04:50 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 7 | Beethoven and Friendship | 04:27 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 8 | His Attitudes to Publication | 01:10 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 9 | Beethoven as Conductor | 01:21 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 10 | Ninth Symphony (Scherzo) (exc.) | 03:53 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 11 | His Final Works | 01:53 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 12 | String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130 ('Cavatina') | 07:06 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 13 | Beethoven's Death | 05:29 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
| | 14 | Ninth Symphony (exc.) | 04:01 |
Siepmann, Jeremy (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 04:55:32