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    Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms
    Audiobook4 hours

    Johannes Brahms

    Written by Jeremy Siepmann

    Narrated by Jeremy Siepmann, Jasper Britton, David Timson and

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    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. Profoundly emotional yet governed by an iron discipline, the music, like the man, is a fascinating, entertaining, often deeply moving blend of opposites. He had a gift for friendship and a capacity for love far beyond the ordinary, yet no man could be ruder or more hurtful. Though humble, he was consumed by a sense of destiny, and his inner life, coloured by his adoration and fear of women, found expression in some of the greatest music ever written. Listening to this audio-biography is leaping inside the life and times of a great German Romantic, understanding the man who was haunted by the ghost of Beethoven for years and was forty-three before he wrote his first symphony. Accompanied by a richly detailed booklet, this 4-CD set is a sympathetic, absorbing account of a fascinating composer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateSep 1, 2002
    ISBN9781843793748
    Johannes Brahms

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