Our sympathy goes to his wife, Gillian, and his family. Happily, he was able to hear the edited recording during his final days. Shortly before his death, Neville recorded The Periodic Table by Primo Levi, an idea for audiobook that he himself had suggested. It truly was a privilege to be involved in this momentous, unmatched achievement.’ However, there is no doubt that he will be remembered particularly for his recordings of Proust, where his urbane, measured, insightful performances, sustained over 120 hours in the unabridged version, have resulted in one of the greatest audiobook landmarks of all time. The sheer range of subjects among the 60 recordings he read for Naxos AudioBooks showed his versatility and his impeccable preparation. ‘Over two decades of close association I had nothing but complete admiration for Neville and his craft as a reader. Nicolas Soames, former Publisher of Naxos AudioBooks, has fond memories of his time working with Neville. His work for Naxos was recognised on several occasions: as a director, he won Talkie Awards for Great Expectations and Poets of the Great War and as a reader, he won AudioFile Earphone Awards for The Captive, Time Regained, The Once and Future King and War and Peace (Best Audiobooks of the Year 20). Perhaps most notable was his Remembrance of Things Past by his beloved Proust, but his readings extended to the literary classics of Russia ( War and Peace Evgenii Onegin) and England ( The Once and Future King and Far from the Madding Crowd). Neville began his association with Naxos AudioBooks in the very early days of the label and was a prolific contributor to its output. He was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company three times, and was often heard in radio plays, documentaries and arts programmes. Amongst his film work was the Bond movie From Russia With Love. Television appearances included Maigret, Dr Who, Hamlet, Crime and Punishment, Dixon of Dock Green, When the Boat Comes In, Minder, Dempsey and Makepeace, and Windmill Near a Frontier. ![]() In addition, Neville appeared in numerous musicals, including Kiss Me Kate and Irma La Douce. He was a member of the Old Vic Company, the English Stage Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Birmingham Repertory Company. His first appearance in the theatre was in Peter Brook’s production of Titus Andronicus starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Titles read by Jeremy Siepmann Titles read by Jeremy Siepmann Life & Works – Johann Sebastian Bach (unabridged) Life & Works – Ludwig van Beethoven (unabridged) Life & Works – Johannes Brahms (unabridged) Life & Works – Frédéric Chopin (unabridged) Discover Music of the Romantic Era (unabridged) Life & Works – Antonín Dvořák (unabridged) Life & Works – Joseph Haydn (unabridged) Joseph Haydn: His Life and Works (unabridged) The Instruments of the Orchestra (unabridged) The Life and Works of Beethoven (unabridged) The Life and Works of Chopin (unabridged) The Life and Works of Chopin (unabridged) The Life and Works of Liszt (unabridged) Life & Works – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (unabridged) Life & Works – Franz Schubert (unabridged) Life & Works – Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (unabridged) Life & Works – Giuseppe Verdi (unabridged)īorn in 1934, Neville Jason trained at RADA where he was awarded the diction prize by Sir John Gielgud. He has devised, written, and presented more than 1,000 programmes, including the international award-winning series The Elements of Music. His career as a broadcaster began with a radio series on the life and work of Mozart, described by Alistair Cooke as ‘the best music program on American radio’. His books include a widely acclaimed biography of Chopin, The Reluctant Romantic. ![]() Jeremy Siepmann has contributed articles, reviews and interviews to numerous journals and reference works, including New Statesman, The Musical Times, Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |