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Book of the Week: Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Book of the Week: Chopin: Prince of the Romantics: Episode 4

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Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Chopin: Prince of the Romantics, Episode 4

Chopin is plagued by ill health and his relationship with George Sand breaks down.

Poorly Chopin's musical inspiration fades when his relationship with George Sand breaks down. Read by Stephen Campbell Moore.

Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris.

Though Chopin is at the height of his musical powers, he is constantly plagued by ill health. And when his relationship with the notorious George Sand breaks down, he begins to lose his inspiration.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

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Adam Zamoyski's portrait of the life of the composer Frederic Chopin

Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin

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