History of Classical Music, The

Written By : Richard Fawkes

Narrated By : Robert Powell

Published By : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 5 hours 15 minutes

Categories : Social & Economic
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From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - with the text illustrated by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years.

Music of the western classical tradition spans some fourteen centuries, from the emergence of Gregorian chant to the sounds of the present day. The range covered is extraordinary - the sacred and the secular, the massive spectaculars of the opera stage and the darkly intensive world of the string quartet.

But there was a gradual development, one that reflected the times in which the composers lived and worked. It is the purpose of this History to give an overview, to draw the multifaceted threads together and provide a background to our present musical experience. http://www.pianosequenza.org/

 

Life and Works of Chopin, The

Written By : Jeremy Siepmann

Narrated By : Jeremy Siepmann

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Runtime : 5 hours

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Frederic Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence. Regarded one of the most mesmeric performers of his day, he lives on in his music - his waltzes, mazurkas, etudes, preludes, nocturnes, three piano sonatas, two piano concertos and much more. Here, his life, from his birth in Poland, his famous affair with the French writer George Sand, and his death at the age of 49 in Paris, is told with his music featuring prominently.

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Story of Classical Music, The

Written By : Darren Henley

Narrated By : Aled Jones

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Runtime : 4 hours 30 minutes

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The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by singer and presenter Aled Jones.

In 1200 years, classical music grew from the chanting of medieval monks through the symphonies of Beethoven and the grand operas of Wagner to the huge orchestral sound-world of the 21st century, with its electronics and its film music. In his easy-going style, Aled Jones paints vivid portraits of over 80 composers, each one illustrated with some of his, or her, most famous music.