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ARABIAN NIGHTS
Tales from the Arabian Nights: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and other stories Toby Stephens (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] Toby Stephens takes us back to the world of cunning, adventure, mishap and fun. Sheherezade, night after night, weaves her tales and Aladdin and his Magic Lamp, Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and other tales come alive. The... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Angela Rippon (narrator) / Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ondrej Lenard [ Naxos Children's Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] "Angela Rippon's concise narration is dynamically conveyed with interest as one might expect from this lover of ballet. (Presumably she wrote the notes as no credit is given in this respect.)" --Review by Raymond Walker, Musicweb International,... |
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DANIEL BORTZ
His name was Orestes (complete oratorio) / Concerto for recorder and orchestra Anita Bjark (narrator) Annalena Persson, Ingrid Tobiasson, Marianne Eklaf (vocals) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "… a fine eye for detail and imaginatively spare use of full orchestral resources which now distinguishes Bortz as a composer of music drama." Gramophone |
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EDITH NESBIT
The Story Of The Amulet (abridged) Anna Bentinck (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] The trilogy of Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet, all involve the same family and their encounters with the magical being The Psammead. The adventures of the five children proved one of the most popular of... |
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EDITH NESBIT
The Phoenix And The Carpet (Abridged) Anna Bentinck (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 2/May/2005 ] This sequel to Five Children and It sees the four children finding a carpet-and then being told by a phoenix that it is a magic carpet. It means a series of adventures. Anna Bentinck reads the tale with great charm. With delightful music of the period |
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THOMAS HARDY
HARDY: Desperate Remedies (unabridged) Anna Bentinck (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 14 CD Box Set - released 30/Jan/2018 ] Thomas Hardy's first published novel, Desperate Remedies is a thrilling blend of Gothic mystery and love-triangle romance. After the untimely death of their parents, Cytheria and Owen Graye must go out into the world and fend for themselves.... |
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EDGAR ALLAN POE / OSCAR WILDE / AMBROSE BIERCE / CHARLES DICKENS / RHODES MONTAGUE
Chilling Ghost Stories Anthony Donovan (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] A chilling collection of ghost stories containing Rats by M.R. James, The Raven and Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe, The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wilde, A Tough Tussle by Ambrose Bierce and The Signalman by Charles Dickens. In Rats, Mr Thompson... |
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HOMER
The Odyssey (unabridged) Anton Lesser (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 10 CD Box Set - released 28/May/2007 ] The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It proves a long, 10-year journey, fraught with dangers, from Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, and the seductive Sirens, to... |
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JOHN MILTON
Paradise Lost (unabridged) Anton Lesser (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 9 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2005 ] Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe.' So begins the greatest epic poem in the English language. In words remarkable for their richness of rhythm and... |
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JOHN MILTON
Paradise Lost (abridged) Anton Lesser (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/May/2005 ] Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit of the Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe…' Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in the English language. In words remarkable for their richness of rhythm and... |
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THE HAPPY PRINCE
The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and other stories Anton Lesser, narrator [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter... |
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 2 (Unabridged) David Timson (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Jun/2005 ] In this collection are four of the finest cases of Mr Sherlock Holmes, narrated by his faithful friend and admirer Dr Watson. What was the mystery of the engineer's thumb? What was behind the disappearance of the race horse? Why did masked royalty... |
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Return Of Sherlock Holmes Vols I-III (Unabridged) David Timson (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 10 CD Box Set - released 3/Apr/2006 ] The thirteen stories in this entertaining set, chart the activities of the world's greatest private detective from his sudden re-appearance after his supposed death at the Reichenberg Falls. Faithful Dr Watson recounts 'The Adventure of The Empty... |
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MANOLIS KALOMIRIS
Symphony No. 3 in D minor / Triptych / etc Nikitas Tsakiroglou (narrator) / Athens State Orchestra, Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos Greek Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2007 ] |
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER
The Pardoner's Tale / The Nun's Priest Tale / Franklin's Tale [Middle English] (Unabridged) Richard Bebb (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] These three tales from The Canterbury Tales are read in the original Middle English by Richard Bebb under the direction of Britain's foremost Chaucer scholar, Derek Brewer. This was Bebb's last recording-he died shortly after finishing it-but though... |
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JEN GREEN
Kings And Queens Of England (Unabridged) Benjamin Soames (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] Which king liked to bathe while the band played Rule Britannia? Which queen was so fat she needed a hoist to get on the throne? Which prince shut his wife out of Westminster Abbey to prevent her from being crowned? Who was the blood-thirstiest... |
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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
The Great Poets: Percy Bysshe Shelley Bertie Carvel (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Idealist, atheist, outcast, political radical and, of course, poet-Percy Bysshe Shelley was, in many ways, the epitome of the Romantic artist. His poetry was an outlet for his passionately-held and highly unpopular beliefs; beliefs which resulted... |
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
The Count Of Monte Cristo (Unabridged) Bill Homewood (narrator) [ Naxos AudioBooks / 41 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2010 ] On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made Captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason, trumped up by jealous rivals. Incarcerated for many lonely years in the... |
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
The Man in the Iron Mask Bill Homewood (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] This gripping tale of valour and honour in seventeenth-century France continues the adventures of the proud heroes of The Three Musketeers by the same author. We now know them as venerable leaders; their swashbuckling has become diplomacy-though the... |
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HENRY RIDER HAGGARD
Allan Quatermain (Unabridged) Bill Homewood (narrator) [ Naxos AudioBooks / 10 CD Box Set - released 3/Sep/2012 ] We have met the intrepid hunter-tracker Allan Quatermain before, in H. Rider Haggard's marvellous King Solomon's Mines. This time, grieving from the tragic loss of his son, Quatermain longs to return to his beloved Africa. He sets out in search of a... |