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Author(s): Siepmann, Jeremy
Reader(s): Siepmann, Jeremy
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Music Biographies
Catalogue No: NA421912
Barcode: 9789626342190
Release Date: 03/2001
SIEPMANN, J. : Life and Works of Chopin (The) (Unabridged)
Tracklist
Disc 1
Siepmann, Jeremy - Author
|  | 1 | Chopin and the soul of the piano | 01:49 |
| | 2 | Music: Berceuse, Op. 57 | 02:17 |
| | 3 | Chopin the Pole | 01:48 |
| | 4 | Music: Polonaise in G Minor | 01:04 |
| | 5 | Early education | 03:05 |
| | 6 | Music: Variations on a German Air | 01:33 |
| | 7 | Encounters with the Polish peasantry | 01:02 |
| | 8 | Music: Mazurka in G | 01:13 |
| | 9 | Chopin as industrious pupil | 00:58 |
| | 10 | Music: Sonata in C Minor (opening) | 01:49 |
| | 11 | He finds his true voice as a composer | 01:50 |
| | 12 | Music: Fondo a la Mazur, Op. 5 | 01:05 |
| | 13 | The fun-loving teenager | 01:17 |
| | 14 | Music: Ecossaise, Op. 72, No. 3 | 00:45 |
| | 15 | Onset of illness and the death of a sister | 02:05 |
| | 16 | Music: Nocturne in E Minor | 04:32 |
| | 17 | 'Hats off, Gentlement! A genius!' | 01:36 |
| | 18 | Music: Variations on 'La ci darem la mano', Op. 2 | 03:41 |
| | 19 | The influence of Paganini | 01:19 |
| | 20 | Music: Souvenir de Paganini | 02:10 |
| | 21 | The first Etudes | 00:44 |
| | 22 | Music: Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4 | 02:15 |
| | 23 | Success in Vienna | 05:58 |
| | 24 | Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor | 01:23 |
| | 25 | Chopin in love | 05:19 |
| | 26 | Music: Polonaise for cello and piano | 01:33 |
| | 27 | Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto | 02:18 |
| | 28 | Music: Concerto in F Minor, Op. 21 | 01:42 |
| | 29 | Return of vitality and inspiration | 05:10 |
| | 30 | Music: Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11 | 10:49 |
| | 31 | Farewells and the final departure from Poland | 01:38 |
Disc 2
| | 1 | Europe and Chopin in crisis | 07:43 |
| | 2 | Music: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor | 04:28 |
| | 3 | Arrival in Paris | 02:24 |
| | 4 | Music: Waltz in E flat, Op. 18 | 05:31 |
| | 5 | Paris, politics, Poles and performance | 07:40 |
| | 6 | Music: Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29 | 04:27 |
| | 7 | Chopin and the Opera | 01:49 |
| | 8 | Music: Andante spianato, Op. 22 | 04:37 |
| | 9 | Chopin and Kalkbrenner | 02:15 |
| | 10 | Music: Etude in G flat, Op. 10, No. 5 | 01:47 |
| | 11 | The cholera epidemic; the fashionable teacher | 07:52 |
| | 12 | Music: Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, the 'Revolutionary' | 03:02 |
| | 13 | Teaching in earnest | 04:58 |
| | 14 | Music: Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4 | 01:47 |
| | 15 | 'Souplesse avant tout!' | 02:24 |
| | 16 | Music: Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1 | 05:34 |
Disc 3
| | 1 | The Wodzinska affair | 03:43 |
| | 2 | Music: Nocturne in B Major, Op. 32, No. 1 | 02:08 |
| | 3 | 'An elegant, pale, sad young man' | 02:14 |
| | 4 | Music: Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2 | 06:10 |
| | 5 | George Sand and A Majorcan winter | 22:08 |
| | 6 | Music: Preludes, Op. 28 | 06:17 |
| | 7 | Misanthropy, hypocrisy and prejudice | 03:38 |
| | 8 | Music: Mazurkas | 07:25 |
| | 9 | At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer | 02:33 |
| | 10 | Music: Impromptu in F# | 05:47 |
| | 11 | The Idyll continues | 04:57 |
| | 12 | Music: Sonata in B-Flat Minor - Funeral March and finale | 10:41 |
Disc 4
| | 1 | The return to Paris | 02:27 |
| | 2 | Music: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor | 12:11 |
| | 3 | Chopin grows moody, petulant and volatile | 05:57 |
| | 4 | Music: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - Finale | 05:33 |
| | 5 | Failing health and mounting tensions | 04:34 |
| | 6 | Music: Barcarolle, Op. 60 | 08:42 |
| | 7 | The break with Sand; illness; London | 12:33 |
| | 8 | Music: Prelude in F sharp, Op. 28, No. 8 | 01:53 |
| | 9 | Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death | 14:01 |
| | 10 | Music: Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 | 07:13 |
Total Playing Time: 04:56:50