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SUSAN COOLIDGE
What Katy Did (abridged) Laurel Lefkow (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Meet Katy Carr. She's Impulsive, gangly, adventurous, awkward and brave; she loves clambering over fences, sitting on roofs, making up games or going for picnics with her five brothers and sisters (much to the horror of her Aunt Izzie). But when she... |
J. S. BACH
Great Composers in Words and Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Johann Sebastian Bach today has a reputation as the Godfather of Western European music, as a fountainhead of classical music theory and the creator of some of the greatest works the world has ever produced. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Great Composers in Words and Music: Claude Debussy Lucy Scott (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Claude Debussy is regarded by many as the quintessential French composer, with music that invited both warm applause and frosty criticism in his day. |
LEWIS CARROLL
Alice Through The Looking Glass Gemma Arterton (narrator) [ BBC AudioGo / CD - released 15/Jul/2013 ] Gemma Arterton reads Lewis Carroll's magical sequel to 'Alice in Wonderland'. It's mid-winter, the snow is falling against the window, and Alice is learning how to play chess when, on a whim, she goes to the mirror and pretends her black kitten is... |
PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 / Suite from Cinderella, Op. 87 / Two Pushkin Waltzes, Op. 120 / etc Lina Prokofiev (narrator) / Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] No Prokofiev recorded anthology would be complete without a performance of Peter and the Wolf, and here the narrator comes in the person of Lina Prokofiev, the composer's widow. Recorded for Chandos when she was nearly ninety, Music magazine deemed... |
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Woman (unabridged) Lorelei King (narrator) [ Cover To Cover / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/Jan/2012 ] Little Women is recognized as one of the best-loved classic children's stories of all time. Originally written as a "girls' story," its appeal transcends the boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with young readers. |
FRYDERYK CHOPIN
Great Composers in Words and Music: Fryderyk Chopin Lucy Scott (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] Polish by birth, Fryderyk Chopin made his name in post-Revolutionary Paris and is often depicted as the archetypal Romantic artist - blessed with extraordinary talent but consumed by the flame of genius, tormented by intense and tempestuous... |
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Bronte: Villette (Abridged) Mandy Weston (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 6 CD Box Set - released 28/Jul/2008 ] Written by the author of the ever-popular Jane Eyre, Villette is widely admired as Charlotte Brontë's finest work. The story follows the fortunes of a young teacher at a girls' school in the French town of Villette and is superbly told by Mandy... |
ANONYMOUS
Carmina Burana - The Passion Play Marcel Pérès (narrator) / Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] Originating in the monastery of Benediktbeuren, the manuscript of the 'Carmina Burana' contained very little religious music. 'The Great Mystery of the Passion' is one of these rare pieces: a far cry from the ribaldry of most of the others to which... |
Maria Callas (soprano), Angelina Jolie (narrator), Pierfrancesco Favino (narrator), Vincent Macaigne (narrator)
Maria (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ Warner / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the movie Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín, written by Steven Knight, which delves into the tumultuous final days of the iconic opera singer in 1970s Paris, interpreted by Angelina Jolie. |
Maria Callas (soprano), Angelina Jolie (narrator), Pierfrancesco Favino (narrator), Vincent Macaigne (narrator)
Maria (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP) [ Warner / 2 LP - released 14/Feb/2025 ] The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the movie Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín, written by Steven Knight, which delves into the tumultuous final days of the iconic opera singer in 1970s Paris, interpreted by Angelina Jolie. |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
La Susanna Martin Oro (narrator), Gemma Bertagnolli, Sergio Foresti, Mirko Guadagnini & Isabel Alvarez / Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "Astronio's capable performance will reward anyone interested in the development of Italian oratorio between Carissimi and Handel." (Gramophone) |
HASKELL SMALL
Lullaby of War / Renoir’s Feast / Three Etudes in Sound Martin Rayner (narrator) / Soheil Nasseri (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] American composer Haskell Small "has a rich imagination as a composer and an assured mastery of forms. Highly original without being self-consciously modernistic, this music has a sense of traditional structures and values without losing sight of its... |
JOHN TAVENER / ROXANNA PANUFNIK
Tavener / Panufnik: 99 Words Matthew Barley (cello), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), James Sherlock (organ), Charlotte Langley (soprano), Voce Chamber Choir, Suzi Digby [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Voce Chamber Choir's new disc is a moving tribute to Sir John Tavener, featuring a selection of works by him (many of which are previously unrecorded) and by Roxanna Panufnik. At the heart of the disc is the premiere recording of Panufnik's 99 Words... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Egmont Matti Salminen (narrator), Kaisa Ranta (soprano) Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Beethoven was involved with the theatre in one way or another from boyhood, and the commission to compose incidental music for Goethe's play Egmont at the Royal Imperial Court Theatre in Vienna was the first of many such collaborations. Beethoven's... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar Rediscovered: An Anthology of Forgotten Recordings May Grafton (narrator & piano), Fred Taylor (baritone), Frederic Austin (baritone) Maartje Offers (contralto) Albert Sammons (violin) Gerald Moore (pi [ Somm / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "So many details in the First Symphony stand out as never before." Five Stars BBC Music |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar Rediscovered: An Anthology of Forgotten Recordings May Grafton (narrator & piano), Fred Taylor (baritone), Frederic Austin (baritone) Maartje Offers (contralto) Albert Sammons (violin) Gerald Moore (pi [ Somm / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Copiously detailed presentation and judicious transfers grace a fascinating issue that all experienced Elgarians are sure to appreciate." Gramophone |
SCHOENBERG
Gurre-Lieder Melanie Diener (soprano) Ernst Haefliger (narrator) Martyn Hill (tenor) Jennifer Lane (mezzo) Stephen O'Mara (tenor) / Simon Joly Chorale Philharmonia [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 1 / 2 CD - released 28/Dec/2004 ] "This is not only recommended but a bit of a bargain as well." -- Bruce Hodges, MusicWeb |
SHOSTAKOVICH / PROKOFIEV / SEIBER
Shostakovich / Prokofiev / Seiber: Chamber Music Melos Ensemble of London, with Peter Pears (narrator) & the Dorian Singers [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "(Shostakovich) We all know that the Melos Ensemble is a virtuoso group, but I have never heard them give a clearer demonstration of sheer musicality than this." (Gramophone) |
HUGH CUNNINGHAM & MICHAEL MORPURGO
The Invention of Childhood Michael Morpurgo (narrator) [ BBC Audio / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Presented by award-winning children's writer Michael Morpurgo, this genuinely ground-breaking history of British childhood from the year 1000 to the present explores, through a wide and colourful range of primary sources, how the idea of childhood... |
