Life and Works: BRAHMS (Siepmann)

$35.99 (CD)

Add to del.icio.us
digg this
StumbleUpon
Link to this CD

Life and Works of Brahms (more info)
Composed by: Johannes Brahms
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator


1.   Destiny, Birth, and Childhood - 08:42
2.   From Brothel to Beethoven - 05:00
3.   Hungarian Dance No. 1 - 03:06
4.   A Life-changing Tour - 01:11
5.   The Meeting with Joachim - 01:43
6.   Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5(Scherzo) - 04:32
7.   Joachim Weighs In - 04:42
8.   Enter the Schumanns - 02:32
9.   Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5(first movement) - 07:07
10.   Prophecy and Tragedy: a Double Yoke - 07:16
11.   Piano Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87(Scherzo) - 03:22
12.   Brahms and Clara - 10:14
13.   Piano Sonata No. 1 in C, Op. 1(Finale) - 07:18
14.   A Triangular Bond - 04:45
15.   The Death of Schumann - and a Fateful Decision - 04:19

Life and Works of Brahms (more info)
Composed by: Johannes Brahms
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator


1.   The Young Messiah - 08:30
2.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15(opening) - 03:54
3.   The Virtuoso Takes Flight - 03:49
4.   Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 - 02:12
5.   Detmold and Distraction - 03:52
6.   Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 - 02:40
7.   Birth of the D minor Concerto - 02:49
8.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15(Finale) - 02:30
9.   The Taste of Failure - and of New Love - 04:05
10.   String Sextet in B flat, Op. 18 (Andante) - 01:39
11.   Love, Folly, and a New Calling - 08:31
12.   Motet 'Ich aber bin elend', Op. 110 No. 1 - 02:48
13.   Brahms and Wagner - 02:26
14.   Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (Fugue) - 05:28
15.   Frustrated Hopes and a Mother's Death - 12:20
16.   Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 40 (Finale) - 06:10

Life and Works of Brahms (more info)
Composed by: Johannes Brahms
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator


1.   The Road to the Requiem - 03:29
2.   A German Requiem ('Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras') - 05:42
3.   The Wanderer - 04:34
4.   Waltz in E, Op. 39 No. 2 - 01:22
5.   The Consummate Performer - 09:49
6.   Five Studies for Piano (No. 3: Presto in G minor, after Bach) - 01:57
7.   Paradox Personified: the Tender Savage - 08:18
8.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83 (Andante) - 08:39
9.   A Demanding Friend - 06:33
10.   Variations on a Theme by Haydn (or Variations on the St Antony Chorale), Op. 56a - 03:41
11.   The Eternal Child - 04:19
12.   The Ghost Exorcised - 03:54
13.   Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (Finale) - 12:22

Life and Works of Brahms (more info)
Composed by: Johannes Brahms
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator


1.   A Watershed in Brahm's Career - 00:42
2.   Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 (third movement) - 05:17
3.   The External Brahms - 05:01
4.   A Free Man at Last - 03:05
5.   Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (slow movement) - 11:57
6.   The Composer at Work - 05:49
7.   Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 - 03:31
8.   Celebrity and Scholar - 05:06
9.   Motet 'Wenn ein starker Gewappneter', Op. 109, No. 2 - 02:41
10.   Love, Loss, and Reconciliation - 02:40
11.   Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 (slow movement) - 02:52
12.   The Greatest Living Composer - but a Difficult Friend - 03:02
13.   The Philanthropist - 02:45
14.   Decline and Death - 11:13
15.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83 (Finale) - 09:07

Reviews