Life and Works: Chopin - CD

CD - 1

Frédéric François Chopin

Frederic Chopin: Life and Works (2001)

 

1. Chopin and the soul of the piano

00:01:49

 

2. Music: Berceuse, Op. 57

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3. Chopin the Pole

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4. Music: Polonaise in G Minor

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5. Early education

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6. Music: Variations on a German Air

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7. Encounters with the Polish peasantry

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8. Music: Mazurka in G Major

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9. Chopin as industrious pupil

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10. Music: Sonata in C Minor (Opening)

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11. He finds his true voice as a composer

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12. Music: Rondo a la Mazur, Op. 5

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13. The fun-loving teenager

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14. Music: Ecossaise, Op. 72, No. 3

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15. Onset of illness and the death of a sister

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16. Music: Nocturne in E Minor

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17. ' Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius!'

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

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19. The influence of Paganini

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20. Music: Souvenir de Paganini

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21. The First Etudes

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22. Music: Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4

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23. Success in Vienna

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24. Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor

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25. Chopin in love

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26. Music: Polonaise for cello and piano

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27. Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto

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28. Music: Concerto in F Minor, Op. 21

00:01:42

 

29. Return of vitality and inspiration

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30. Music: Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11

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31. Farewells and the final departure from Poland

00:01:38

CD - 2

Frédéric François Chopin

Frederic Chopin: Life and Works (2001)

 

1. Europe and Chopin in crisis

00:07:43

 

2. Music: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor

00:04:28

 

3. Arrival in Paris

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4. Music: Waltz in E flat, Op. 18

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5. Paris, politics, Poles and performance

00:07:40

 

6. Music: Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29

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7. Chopin and the Opera

00:01:49

 

8. Music: Andante spianato, Op. 22

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9. Chopin and Kalkbrenner

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

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11. The cholera epidemic; the fashionable teacher

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

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13. Teaching in earnest

00:04:58

 

14. Music: Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4

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15. 'Souplesse avant tout!'

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16. Music: Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1

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CD - 3

Frédéric François Chopin

Frederic Chopin: Life and Works (2001)

 

1. The Wodzinska affair

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2. Music: Nocturne in B Major, Op. 32, No. 1

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3. ' An elegant, pale, sad young man '

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

00:06:10

 

5. George Sand and A Majorcan winter

00:22:08

 

6. Music: Preludes,Op. 28

00:06:17

 

7. Misanthropy, hypocrisy and prejudice

00:03:38

 

8. Music: Mazurkas

00:07:25

 

9. At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer

00:02:33

 

10. Music: Impromptu in F#

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11. The Idyll continues

00:04:57

 

12. Music: Sonata in B-Flat Minor - Funeral March and finale

00:10:41

CD - 4

Frédéric François Chopin

Frederic Chopin: Life and Works (2001)

 

1. The return to Paris

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2. Music: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor

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3. Chopin grows moody, petulant and volatile

00:05:57

 

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

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5. Failing health and mounting tensions

00:04:34

 

6. Music: Barcarolle, Op. 60

00:08:42

 

7. The break with Sand; illness; London

00:12:33

 

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

00:01:53

 

9. Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death

00:14:01

 

10. Music: Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53

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