SIEPMANN, J. : Life and Works of Chopin (The) (Unabridged)

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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 - 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: Fondo 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, Gentlement! 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

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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

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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

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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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