Life and Works: BRAHMS (Siepmann)

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


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

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


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

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


1.   The Road to the Requiem - 3:29
2.   A German Requiem ('Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras') - 5:42
3.   The Wanderer - 4:34
4.   Waltz in E, Op. 39 No. 2 - 1:22
5.   The Consummate Performer - 9:49
6.   Five Studies for Piano (No. 3: Presto in G minor, after Bach) - 1:57
7.   Paradox Personified: the Tender Savage - 8:18
8.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83 (Andante) - 8:39
9.   A Demanding Friend - 6:33
10.   Variations on a Theme by Haydn (or Variations on the St Antony Chorale), Op. 56a - 3:41
11.   The Eternal Child - 4:19
12.   The Ghost Exorcised - 3:54
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 - 0:42
2.   Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 (third movement) - 5:17
3.   The External Brahms - 5:01
4.   A Free Man at Last - 3:05
5.   Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (slow movement) - 11:57
6.   The Composer at Work - 5:49
7.   Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 - 3:31
8.   Celebrity and Scholar - 5:06
9.   Motet 'Wenn ein starker Gewappneter', Op. 109, No. 2 - 2:41
10.   Love, Loss, and Reconciliation - 2:40
11.   Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 (slow movement) - 2:52
12.   The Greatest Living Composer - but a Difficult Friend - 3:02
13.   The Philanthropist - 2:45
14.   Decline and Death - 11:13
15.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83 (Finale) - 9:07

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