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

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


1.   A populist commission - 0:42
2.   Slavonic Dance in C, Op. 46 No. 1 - 1:38
3.   An amateur pianist's dream - 0:27
4.   Slavonic Dance in A, Op. 46 No. 5 - 2:58
5.   A token of gratitude - 3:42
6.   Serenade for wind instruments, Op. 44 (mvt 1: Moderato, quasi marcia) - 3:50
7.   An explosion of popularity - on both sides of the Atlantic - 2:01
8.   Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 11 - 3:10
9.   Personal glimpses: the outer man - 3:52
10.   Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 1: Allegro non tanto) - 4:28
11.   The anti-Czech stance of Vienna - 4:39
12.   Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (mvt 3: Poco adagio) - 4:45
13.   Dvorak in London - 4:49
14.   Vysoka: a new home, a simple life - 7:11
15.   The second London visit - 1:28
16.   Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 (mvt 1: Allegro maestoso) - 5:08
17.   Dvorak the conductor - 3:37
18.   Czech Suite, Op. 39 (Preludium: Pastorale) - 1:15
19.   London, Brimingham - and Brighton Belles - 5:02
20.   Dvorak the Czech - 4:27
21.   Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 3: Scherzo: Furiant) - 3:31

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


1.   Discord with Simrock - 5:36
2.   Slavonic Dance in A for piano duet, Op. 72 No. 15 - 3:13
3.   'Orchestrate!' - 0:41
4.   Slavonic Dance in B, Op. 72 No. 1 - 3:44
5.   Dvorak in Leeds - 4:06
6.   Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 (mvt 3: Finale: Allegro con brio) - 4:05
7.   Dvorak and Tchaikovsky - 3:17
8.   Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Act III: Polonaise) - 1:33
9.   Dvorak in Russia - 4:59
10.   Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 - 5:21
11.   Dvorak the teacher - 8:41
12.   Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201 (mvt 4: Allegro con spirito) - 4:43
13.   Dvorak in Cambridge - 2:27
14.   Dvorak in New York - 7:21
15.   String Quartet in F, Op. 96 ('American' - mvt 1: Allegro ma non troppo) - 7:43

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


1.   Dvorak in Iowa - 3:20
2.   Sonatina in G for violin and piano, Op. 100 (mvt 2: Larghetto) - 1:04
3.   Niagara Falls - 0:37
4.   Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ('From the New World' - mvt 1: Adagio - Allegro molto) - 4:44
5.   The dark side - 8:25
6.   Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (mvt 3: Finale: Allegro moderato - Andante - Allegro vivo) - 5:32
7.   Home again - 3:32
8.   Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ('From the New World' - mvt 4: Allegro con fuoco) - 2:24
9.   The death of Brahms and a change of direction - 5:14
10.   A Hero's Song, Op. 111 - 2:23
11.   The return to opera - 11:07
12.   Rusalka (Act I: Song to the Moon) - 5:50
13.   Distraction, disappointment and death - 11:19
14.   Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 4: Finale: Allegro con spirito) - 4:20

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