HENLEY: Famous Composers (Alsop, USA)

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Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Phil Baggaley
Marin Alsop, reader


1. An introduction to Famous Composers - 3:38
2. The six composers - 2:56


Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) (more info)
Composed by: Phil Baggaley
Marin Alsop, reader


3. The Four Seasons: Autumn, Spring and Summer - 4:24
4. The Four Seasons: Autumn and Winter - 2:54
5. The Red Priest - 3:34
6. Vivaldi and the Concerto - 5:24
7. The Story of Count Giacomo Durazzo - 3:50


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) (more info)
Composed by: Phil Baggaley
Marin Alsop, reader


8. Early music lessons - 2:55
9. Bach and the organ - 3:51
10. Bach at Weimar - 4:18
11. Bach and Count von Keyserlingk - 2:50
12. Bach and his family - 3:55
13. Bach and maths - 3:14


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) (more info)
Composed by: Phil Baggaley
Marin Alsop, reader


14. A composer of famous works - 3:32
15. Mozart?s early life - 3:16
16. Leopold, Wolfgang and Nannerl ? the Mozarts on tour - 4:13
17. Mozart and his contemporaries - 3:51
18. More great works - 3:29
19. Eine kleine Nachtmusik and a sad end - 2:29

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) (more info)
Composed by: Phil Baggaley
Marin Alsop, reader


1. Early years - 3:47
2. Beethoven as a pianist - 3:36
3. Beethoven?s hearing loss and domestic life - 4:30
4. Incidental music and an opera - 4:12
5. Beethoven?s symphonies - 2:34
6. The Ninth and Fifth symphonies - 3:53


Antonin Dvorak (1841–1904) (more info)
Composed by: Phil Baggaley
Marin Alsop, reader


7. Early life and music - 4:37
8. His contemporaries and a hobby - 3:28
9. Nationalism - 4:25
10. Travels to America ? The New World - 4:52
11. The Cello Concerto and more hobbies - 4:20
12. Back to Bohemia - 4:58


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) (more info)
Composed by: Phil Baggaley
Marin Alsop, reader


13. Russia and his early life - 3:30
14. Life in Russia ? communism ? Shostakovich in trouble - 3:42
15. The Second World War - 2:39
16. Jazz and film music - 4:00
17. Family life - 3:56
18. Out of this world - 1:33

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