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Life and Works - Frédéric Chopin

This selection contains narration by Jeremy Siepmann, Anton Lesser, Neville Jason, Elaine Claxton and Karen Archer about Chopin's life and works

Idil Biret, Maria Kliegel & Bernd Glemser

Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic & Orchestra Kosice

  • Catalogue No: 8558001-04
  • Label: Naxos
  • Series: Educational, Life and Works
  • Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

4 CDs

$27.50

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Contents

Chopin: Frederic Chopin: Life and Works

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  • Jeremy Siepmann (reader)

Chopin and the soul of the piano

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Music: Berceuse, Op. 57

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Chopin the Pole

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Music: Polonaise in G minor

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Early education

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Music: Variations on a German Air

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Encounters with the Polish peasantry

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Music: Mazurka in G major

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Chopin as industrious pupil

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Music: Sonata in C minor (Opening)

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He finds his true voice as a composer

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Music: Rondo a la Mazur, Op. 5

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The fun-loving teenager

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Music: Ecossaise, Op. 72, No. 3

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Onset of illness and the death of a sister

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Music: Nocturne in E minor

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' Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius!'

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Music: Variations on ' La ci darem la mano', Op. 2

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The influence of Paganini

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Music: Souvenir de Paganini

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The First Etudes

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Music: Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4

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Success in Vienna

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Music: Nocturne in C sharp minor

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Chopin in love

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Music: Polonaise for cello and piano

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Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto

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Music: Concerto in F minor, Op. 21

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Return of vitality and inspiration

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Music: Concerto in E minor, Op. 11

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Farewells and the final departure from Poland

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Europe and Chopin in crisis

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Music: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor

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Arrival in Paris

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Music: Waltz in E flat, Op. 18

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Paris, politics, Poles and performance

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Music: Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29

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Chopin and the Opera

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Music: Andante spianato, Op. 22

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Chopin and Kalkbrenner

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Music: Etude in G flat, Op. 10, No. 5

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The cholera epidemic; the fashionable teacher

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Music: Etude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12, the 'Revolutionary'

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Teaching in earnest

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Music: Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 4

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'Souplesse avant tout!'

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Music: Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1

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The Wodzinska affair

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Music: Nocturne in B major, Op. 32, No. 1

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' An elegant, pale, sad young man '

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Music: Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2

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George Sand and a Majorcan winter

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Music: Preludes,Op. 28

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Misanthropy, hypocrisy and prejudice

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Music: Mazurkas

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At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer

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Music: Impromptu in F#

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The Idyll continues

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Music: Sonata in B flat minor - Funeral March and finale

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The return to Paris

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Music: Ballade No. 4 in F minor

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Chopin grows moody, petulant and volatile

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Music: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58-Finale

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Failing health and mounting tensions

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Music: Barcarolle, Op. 60

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The break with Sand; illness; London

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Music: Prelude in F sharp, Op. 28, No. 8

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Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death

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Music: Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53

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