The Life and Works of Chopin (His Life and Works)
Siepmann presents the lives of Beethoven and Chopin through two  musical biographies. Combining each composer's music with  narrative, he demonstrates the development of each musician's  skills and growth as an artist. Each audiobook contains an  eight-page booklet, which discusses the artist's role in the  Romantic Movement, his music, and some information on his life.  Also included are musical credits and an outline of each  cassette, as well as the best-known works of each composer. The  diction is clear and precise with either minimal or no accent on  the part of narrators Bob Peck, Karen Archer, and Neville Jason,  among others. While neither of these tapes provides startling  new insights into the composers, they do present a thorough and  interesting sound portrait that will hold the attention of  nonmusicians. This series would be of special interest to  academic libraries and of use to large public libraries.  Recommended. Laurie Selwyn, San Antonio P.L.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.