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Chopin
Written by Jeremy Siepmann
Narrated by Jeremy Siepmann and Anton Lesser
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About this audiobook
Frédéric Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence. Regarded as one of the most mesmerising performers of his day, he lives on in his music – his waltzes, mazurkas, études, 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, to his death at the age of thirty-nine in Paris, is told with his music featuring prominently. We think of Chopin as a ‘frail, sheltered genius’ but this forthright portrait demonstrates he was far more boisterous than that. Cheerful as a youth, it was only later that the glare of publicity, the change from local to national celebrity, made Chopin guard his privacy more carefully. This is clearly presented in Jeremy Siepmann’s sympathetic account of the life of one of the key figures in Romantic music, and emphasised in the very personal portrayal by the English classical actor Anton Lesser. The accompanying booklet is packed with extra information about Chopin’s life and background.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a great format for composer biographies. It includes examples of the music mentioned in the biography.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great music! I love hearing about the composer's state of mind and then the music that was composed around that time.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A brief but informative biography with many wonderful musical examples.