Siepmann, Jeremy

Life and Works - Antonin Dvorak

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83; Cypresses (Ohlas písní [Echoes of Songs]), for string quartet (arr. from Cypresses, B. 11), B. 152; Symphony no 3 in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Battersby, Edmund; Brewer, Christine; Gao, Ding; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Klansky, Ivan; Kliegel, Maria; Kohn, Christian; Matthies, Silke-Thora; Simpson, Marietta; Valaskova, J...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Shafer, Robert; Entremont, Philippe; ; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Kuchar, Theodore; Wordsworth, Barry; Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni; Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Joachim Trio; Wind Soloists of the Oslo Philharmonic (Wind Soloi

Dvorak rose from rural origins to become one of the greatest and most influential composers of all time. This portrait-in-sound follows a lovable man from...continue...

Life and Works - Joseph Haydn

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-10-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Joseph Haydn, narration with musical excerpts; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Li...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Austin, Charles; Azesberger, Kurt; Barcellona, Daniela; Chaplin, François; Ciofi, Patrizia; Edwards, Simon [Tenor Vocal 1]; Groop, Monica; Holzer,...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Drahos, Béla; ; Ward, Nicholas; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Golub, David; Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: ; Eder Quartet; Kodály Quartet ; London Fortepiano Trio; Stuttgart Piano Trio

This series presents the life and works of major composers. One of the healthiest and least neurotic artists in musical history, Haydn did more than...continue...

Classics Explained - An Introduction to Stravinsky: Rite

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Narration with Musical Excerpts; Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra

This series explores, in words and music, the major classical works of the concert hall. In an accessible and lively manner, Jeremy Siepmann looks at...continue...

Life and Works - Johannes Brahms / Jeremy Siepmann

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Boulton, Nicolas; Britton, Jasper; Claxton, Elaine; Hegyi, Ildiko; Hodson, Steve; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kl...
Conductors: ; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Constantine, Andrew
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Piano Trio

Brahms is one of the best-loved yet most controversial of all the Romantics. Almost uniquely, his works have never suffered the slightest period of eclipse....continue...

Classics Explained - An Introduction to Schubert: "Trout"

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: An Introduction to Schubert's Piano Quintet "Trout", narration with musical examples; Franz Schubert: "Trout" Quintet; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Camille Saint-Saën...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Toth, Istvan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kodály Quartet

The 'Trout Quintet', named after the Schubert song that provides the theme for the fourth movement, gives us Schubert at his most irresistible: a veritable...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Life and Works - Mozart / Jeremy Siepmann, Nicholas Boulton

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, narration with musical examples; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet for piano in G major, K. 1 (K. 1e); Allegro for piano in G major (frag...
Performers: Bloch, Thomas; Borowska, Joanna; Carolis, Natale de; Chance, Michael; Coles, Priti; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gunzenhauser, Stephen [Conductor]; ...
Conductors: ; Nerat, Harald; Ward, Nicholas; Hegyi, Ildiko; Grimbert, Jacques; Morandi, Pier G.; Antal, Mátyás; Wordsworth, Barry; Ligeti, András; Edlinger, Richard; Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Concentus Hungaricus; German Wind Soloists; Kodály Quartet; Oxford Camerata

Dominated and shaped by a highly intelligent but frustrated and ambitious father, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's story sees the development of a unique genius, from precocious...continue...

Classics Explained-An Introduction to Dvorak: Symphony no 9

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: An Introduction to Dvorák's Symphony no 9, Narration with Musical Examples; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Few works for the concert hall have won such immediate and continuing popularity as Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, "From the New World." Dramatic, lyrical and spacious,...continue...

Classics Explained - Introduction to Bach: Brandenburg 4 & 5

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: Discussion/Introduction to Bach's "Brandenburg" Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Conductors: Müller-Brühl, Helmut

Ever since the advent of the LP in the 1950s with its expanded capacity, the six Brandenburg Concertos have been Bach's runaway hit. They were...continue...

Classics Explained - Introduction to Beethoven: Symphony 6

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: Discussion/Introduction to Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony"
Conductors: Drahos, Béla

Though pictorial in many of its images and in the titles given to each movement, Beethoven stressed that the symphony was "more an expression of...continue...

Life and Works - Johann Sebastian Bach

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Johann Sebastian Bach: Capriccio in B flat major on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother, BWV 992; ...
Performers: Banowetz, Joseph; Behringer, Michael; Benda, Christian; Benda, Sebastian; Blacher, Kolja; Chapelle, Corinne; Crookes, Anna; Duphil, Monique; Elbert, Hartmut; Gati, Istvan; Gedge, Nicholas; Hambitzer,...
Conductors: Brembeck, Christian; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Kovács, László; Ward, Nicholas; Antal, Mátyás; ; Müller-Brühl, Helmut
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; Capella Istropolitana; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For the last 27 years of his life, [Bach] was a schoolteacher and choir director whose duties extended to meal supervision and dormitory inspection. Yet...continue...

Life and Works - Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 59 "...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Grishko, Vladimir; Kliegel, Maria; Nishizaki, Takako; Siepmann, Jeremy; Yablonskaya, Oxana
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Sanderling, Stefan; Wit, Antoni; Leaper, Adrian; Mogrelia, Andrew; Markson, Gerhard; Jean, Kenneth; Lenárd, Ondrej; Entremont, Philippe; Halász, Michael

Tchaikovsky is one of the most popular composers of all time. His melodies are known to many people who may never have heard his name....continue...

Classics Explained - Ravel: Bolero, Ma Mere L'oye

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: Discussion/Introduction to Ravel's "Boléro," ballet for orchestra; Discussion/Introduction to Ravel's "Ma mère l'oye," ballet for orchestra; Maurice Ravel: Boléro; M...

The famous "Bolero" and the enchanting "Mother Goose Suite" give us Ravel, the orchestral sorceror, at the peak of his unsurpassed powers. From the fierce...continue...

Classics Explained - Vivaldi: Four Seasons

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: Discussion/Introduction to Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in E major "Spring" Op. 8/1, RV 269; Discussion/Introduction to Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in G minor "Summer" Op. 8/2, RV 315; Di...

Life and Works - Frédéric Chopin

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Chopin, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Polonaise for Piano in G minor, B 1; Intro...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Jason, Neville

Regarded as one of the most mesmerising performers of his day, Chopin lives on in his waltzes, mazurkas, etudes, preludes, nocturnes, three piano sonatas, two...continue...

Life and Works - Franz Liszt

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Franz Liszt, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Franz Liszt: Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanella", S 420; Au lac de Wallenstadt, for piano (Ann...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Cohen, Arnaldo; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Thomson, Philip

Famed throughout Europe as the greatest pianist of the nineteenth century, Liszt was one of the most original and prophetic composers who ever lived. His...continue...

Life and Works - Beethoven / Siepmann, Peck, et al

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Donose, Ruxandra; Fink, Manfred; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Nishizaki, Takako; Onczay, Csaba; Otelli, Claudio; Papian, Hasmik; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Dohnányi, Oliver von; ; Wordsworth, Barry; Jean, Kenneth; Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Budapest Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Piano Trio

In this portrait-in-sound, actors' readings combine with Beethoven's music to reveal a titanic personality, both vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all heroic,...continue...

Classics Explained - Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: Discussion / Introduction to Brahms' Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

With the spaciousness of a symphony, the drama of an opera, the intimacy of a lullaby and the intertwining raptures of the greatest love songs,...continue...