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Life and Works: BRAHMS (Siepmann)
Brahms is one of the best-loved yet most controversial of all the Romantics. Almost uniquely, his works have never suffered the slightest period of eclipse. Profoundly emotional yet governed by an iron discipline, the music, like the man, is a fascinating, entertaining, often deeply moving blend of opposites. He had a gift for friendship and a capacity for love far beyond the ordinary, yet no man could be ruder or more hurtful. Though humble, he was consumed by a sense of destiny, and his inner life, coloured by his adoration and fear of women, found expression in some of the greatest music ever written.
This series presents the life and work of major composers. The recording is illustrated with quotations from the composer and his contemporaries, enhanced by extended extracts from representative works. In the companion booklet are essays and notes on the composer and his times.
Tracklist
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1 | Destiny, Birth, and Childhood | 08:42 |
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2 | From Brothel to Beethoven | 05:00 |
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3 | Hungarian Dance No. 1 | 03:06 |
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4 | A Life-changing Tour | 01:11 |
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5 | The Meeting with Joachim | 01:43 |
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6 | Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5(Scherzo) | 04:32 |
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7 | Joachim Weighs In | 04:42 |
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8 | Enter the Schumanns | 02:32 |
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9 | Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5(first movement) | 07:07 |
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10 | Prophecy and Tragedy: a Double Yoke | 07:16 |
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11 | Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87(Scherzo) | 03:22 |
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12 | Brahms and Clara | 10:14 |
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13 | Piano Sonata No. 1 in C, Op. 1(Finale) | 07:18 |
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14 | A Triangular Bond | 04:45 |
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15 | The Death of Schumann - and a Fateful Decision | 04:19 |
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1 | The Young Messiah | 08:30 |
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2 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15(opening) | 03:54 |
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3 | The Virtuoso Takes Flight | 03:49 |
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4 | Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 | 02:12 |
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5 | Detmold and Distraction | 03:52 |
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6 | Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 | 02:40 |
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7 | Birth of the D Minor Concerto | 02:49 |
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8 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15(Finale) | 02:30 |
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9 | The Taste of Failure - and of New Love | 04:05 |
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10 | String Sextet in B flat, Op. 18 (Andante) | 01:39 |
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11 | Love, Folly, and a New Calling | 08:31 |
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12 | Motet 'Ich aber bin elend', Op. 110 No. 1 | 02:48 |
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13 | Brahms and Wagner | 02:26 |
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14 | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (Fugue) | 05:28 |
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15 | Frustrated Hopes and a Mother's Death | 12:20 |
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16 | Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 40 (Finale) | 06:10 |
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1 | The Road to the Requiem | 03:29 |
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2 | A German Requiem ('Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras') | 05:42 |
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3 | The Wanderer | 04:34 |
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4 | Waltz in E, Op. 39 No. 2 | 01:22 |
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5 | The Consummate Performer | 09:49 |
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6 | Five Studies for Piano (No. 3: Presto in G Minor, after Bach) | 01:57 |
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7 | Paradox Personified: the Tender Savage | 08:18 |
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8 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83 (Andante) | 08:39 |
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9 | A Demanding Friend | 06:33 |
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10 | Variations on a Theme by Haydn (or Variations on the St Antony Chorale), Op. 56a | 03:41 |
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11 | The Eternal Child | 04:19 |
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12 | The Ghost Exorcised | 03:54 |
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13 | Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (Finale) | 12:22 |
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1 | A Watershed in Brahm's Career | 00:42 |
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2 | Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 (third movement) | 05:17 |
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3 | The External Brahms | 05:01 |
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4 | A Free Man at Last | 03:05 |
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5 | Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (slow movement) | 11:57 |
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6 | The Composer at Work | 05:49 |
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7 | Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 | 03:31 |
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8 | Celebrity and Scholar | 05:06 |
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9 | Motet 'Wenn ein starker Gewappneter', Op. 109, No. 2 | 02:41 |
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10 | Love, Loss, and Reconciliation | 02:40 |
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11 | Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102 (slow movement) | 02:52 |
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12 | The Greatest Living Composer - but a Difficult Friend | 03:02 |
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13 | The Philanthropist | 02:45 |
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14 | Decline and Death | 11:13 |
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15 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83 (Finale) | 09:07 |