Life and Works: CHOPIN (Siepmann)

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Frédéric Chopin: Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   Chopin and the soul of the piano - 1:49
2.   Music: Berceuse, Op. 57 - 2:17
3.   Chopin the Pole - 1:48
4.   Music: Polonaise in G minor - 1:04
5.   Early education - 3:05
6.   Music: Variations on a German Air - 1:33
7.   Encounters with the Polish peasantry - 1:02
8.   Music: Mazurka in G major - 1:13
9.   Chopin as industrious pupil - 0:58
10.   Music: Sonata in C minor (Opening) - 1:49
11.   He finds his true voice as a composer - 1:50
12.   Music: Rondo a la Mazur, Op. 5 - 1:05
13.   The fun-loving teenager - 1:17
14.   Music: Ecossaise, Op. 72, No. 3 - 0:45
15.   Onset of illness and the death of a sister - 2:05
16.   Music: Nocturne in E minor - 4:32
17.   ' Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius!' - 1:36
18.   Music: Variations on ' La ci darem la mano', Op. 2 - 3:41
19.   The influence of Paganini - 1:19
20.   Music: Souvenir de Paganini - 2:10
21.   The First Etudes - 0:44
22.   Music: Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4 - 2:15
23.   Success in Vienna - 5:58
24.   Music: Nocturne in C sharp minor - 1:23
25.   Chopin in love - 5:19
26.   Music: Polonaise for cello and piano - 1:33
27.   Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto - 2:18
28.   Music: Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 - 1:42
29.   Return of vitality and inspiration - 5:10
30.   Music: Concerto in E minor, Op. 11 - 10:49
31.   Farewells and the final departure from Poland - 1:38

Frédéric Chopin: Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   Europe and Chopin in crisis - 7:43
2.   Music: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 4:28
3.   Arrival in Paris - 2:24
4.   Music: Waltz in E flat, Op. 18 - 5:31
5.   Paris, politics, Poles and performance - 7:40
6.   Music: Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29 - 4:27
7.   Chopin and the Opera - 1:49
8.   Music: Andante spianato, Op. 22 - 4:37
9.   Chopin and Kalkbrenner - 2:15
10.   Music: Etude in G flat, Op. 10, No. 5 - 1:47
11.   The cholera epidemic; the fashionable teacher - 7:52
12.   Music: Etude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12, the 'Revolutionary' - 3:02
13.   Teaching in earnest - 4:58
14.   Music: Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 4 - 1:47
15.   'Souplesse avant tout!' - 2:24
16.   Music: Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1 - 5:34

Frédéric Chopin: Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   The Wodzinska affair - 3:43
2.   Music: Nocturne in B major, Op. 32, No. 1 - 2:08
3.   ' An elegant, pale, sad young man ' - 2:14
4.   Music: Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2 - 6:10
5.   George Sand and a Majorcan winter - 22:08
6.   Music: Preludes,Op. 28 - 6:17
7.   Misanthropy, hypocrisy and prejudice - 3:38
8.   Music: Mazurkas - 7:25
9.   At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer - 2:33
10.   Music: Impromptu in F# - 5:47
11.   The Idyll continues - 4:57
12.   Music: Sonata in B flat minor - Funeral March and finale - 10:41

Frédéric Chopin: Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   The return to Paris - 2:27
2.   Music: Ballade No. 4 in F minor - 12:11
3.   Chopin grows moody, petulant and volatile - 5:57
4.   Music: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58-Finale - 5:33
5.   Failing health and mounting tensions - 4:34
6.   Music: Barcarolle, Op. 60 - 8:42
7.   The break with Sand; illness; London - 12:33
8.   Music: Prelude in F sharp, Op. 28, No. 8 - 1:53
9.   Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death - 14:01
10.   Music: Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 - 7:13

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