Life and Works: DVORÁK (Siepmann)

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Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak Jeremy Siepmann
Sean Barrett, reader


1.   Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8 - 13:50
2.   Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 (mvt 3: Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace) - 01:39
3.   A secret life: early manhood, determination and first love - 07:34
4.   Cypresses, B. 152 (No. 3: When thy sweet glances) - 02:36
5.   A change of job, marriage and increasing success - 05:55
6.   Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 10 (mvt 1: Allegro moderato) - 03:34
7.   Hope, grief and sublimation - Stabat mater, Op. 58 (Quando corpus morietur) - 07:18
8.   International celebrity and a deceptive simplicity - 03:18
9.   Serenade in E for strings, Op. 22 (mvt 2: Walzer) - 02:21
10.   A new championing, a new friendship: Brahms weighs in - 07:06
11.   String Quartet in D minor, Op. 34 (mvt 1: Allegro) - 09:23

Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak Jeremy Siepmann
Sean Barrett, reader


1.   A populist commission - 00:42
2.   Slavonic Dance in C, Op. 46 No. 1 - 01:38
3.   An amateur pianist's dream - 00:27
4.   Slavonic Dance in A, Op. 46 No. 5 - 02:58
5.   A token of gratitude - 03:42
6.   Serenade for wind instruments, Op. 44 (mvt 1: Moderato, quasi marcia) - 03:50
7.   An explosion of popularity - on both sides of the Atlantic - 02:01
8.   Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 11 - 03:10
9.   Personal glimpses: the outer man - 03:52
10.   Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 1: Allegro non tanto) - 04:28
11.   The anti-Czech stance of Vienna - 04:39
12.   Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (mvt 3: Poco adagio) - 04:45
13.   Dvorak in London - 04:49
14.   Vysoka: a new home, a simple life - 07:11
15.   The second London visit - 01:28
16.   Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 (mvt 1: Allegro maestoso) - 05:08
17.   Dvorak the conductor - 03:37
18.   Czech Suite, Op. 39 (Preludium: Pastorale) - 01:15
19.   London, Brimingham - and Brighton Belles - 05:02
20.   Dvorak the Czech - 04:27
21.   Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 3: Scherzo: Furiant) - 03:31

Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak Jeremy Siepmann
Sean Barrett, reader


1.   Discord with Simrock - 05:36
2.   Slavonic Dance in A for piano duet, Op. 72 No. 15 - 03:13
3.   'Orchestrate!' - 00:41
4.   Slavonic Dance in B, Op. 72 No. 1 - 03:44
5.   Dvorak in Leeds - 04:06
6.   Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 (mvt 3: Finale: Allegro con brio) - 04:05
7.   Dvorak and Tchaikovsky - 03:17
8.   Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Act III: Polonaise) - 01:33
9.   Dvorak in Russia - 04:59
10.   Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 - 05:21
11.   Dvorak the teacher - 08:41
12.   Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201 (mvt 4: Allegro con spirito) - 04:43
13.   Dvorak in Cambridge - 02:27
14.   Dvorak in New York - 07:21
15.   String Quartet in F, Op. 96 ('American' - mvt 1: Allegro ma non troppo) - 07:43

Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak Jeremy Siepmann
Sean Barrett, reader


1.   Dvorak in Iowa - 03:20
2.   Sonatina in G for violin and piano, Op. 100 (mvt 2: Larghetto) - 01:04
3.   Niagara Falls - 00:37
4.   Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ('From the New World' - mvt 1: Adagio - Allegro molto) - 04:44
5.   The dark side - 08:25
6.   Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (mvt 3: Finale: Allegro moderato - Andante - Allegro vivo) - 05:32
7.   Home again - 03:32
8.   Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ('From the New World' - mvt 4: Allegro con fuoco) - 02:24
9.   The death of Brahms and a change of direction - 05:14
10.   A Hero's Song, Op. 111 - 02:23
11.   The return to opera - 11:07
12.   Rusalka (Act I: Song to the Moon) - 05:50
13.   Distraction, disappointment and death - 11:19
14.   Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 4: Finale: Allegro con spirito) - 04:20

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