SIEPMANN : The Life and Works of Chopin

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Life and Works of Chopin (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Produced by: Siepmann, Jeremy


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

Life and Works of Chopin (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Produced by: Siepmann, Jeremy


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

Life and Works of Chopin (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Produced by: Siepmann, Jeremy


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

Life and Works of Chopin (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Produced by: Siepmann, Jeremy


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

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