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RENDINE
Rendine - Passio et Resurrectio Nando Citarella, narrator / Damiana Pinti, mezzo-soprano / Emanuela Loffredo, vocals / Elio Tacconelli, vocals / Lucilla Galeazzi, soprano / Pierpaolo [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "This music is made of flesh, as well as spirit; nerves, as well as spirit; anxiety, uncertainty, fear, pain and confusion, as well as spirit..." - Sergio Rendine |
HORACE WALPOLE
The Castle of Otranto (Abridged) Neville Jason (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/May/2006 ] The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel. The son of Manfred, Prince of Otranto, is mysteriously killed on his wedding day by a huge helmet. The event leads to a fast-paced story of jealous passion, intrigue, murder and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts Vol. 3 BLU-RAY New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor & narrator) [ C Major Unitel Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] There had never been a communicator about music with anywhere near Bernstein's brilliance, humor, energy, reach and importance' - New York Times. |
LAWRENCE DURRELL
Clea (Abridged) Nigel Anthony(narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Lawrence Durrell was born in 1912 in India. When he was ten, the family returned to England and he went to school in Canterbury and then took many jobs, ranging from racing driver to a post in the Jamaica police. |
MANOLIS KALOMIRIS
Symphony No. 3 / Triptychon / 3 Greek Dances Nikitas Tsakiroglou (narrator) / Athens State Orchestra / Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos Greek Classics / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] Manolis Kalomiris is today considered the father of modern Greek composition. |
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KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Canticum Canticorum Salomonis / Kosmogonia / etc Olga Pasichnyk (soprano) Rafal Bartminski (tenor) Tomasz Konieczny (bass) Jerzy Artysz (narrator) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] |
BERNSTEIN
Kaddish (Symphony No. 3); Chichester Psalms; etc Pablo Strong (treble) Ann Murray (mezzo) Simon Baker (counter-tenor) Jamie Bernstein (narrator) / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony / Slatkin [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - Missa Brevis and of Symphony No. 3 Kaddish with a new text written and narrated by Bernstein's daughter Jamie, as well as the popular Chichester... |
BERNSTEIN
Kaddish (Symphony No. 3); Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis Pablo Strong, treble; Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano; Simon Baker, counter-tenor; Jamie Bernstein narrator; The London Oratory School Schola; BBC Singers; [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] 'Jamie Bernstein has reworked the narration written by her father, adding to the work's frenetic complexity, which registers powerfully in this recording. Fans of heart-on-sleeve Berntsein will enjoy bold versions of his Chichester Psalms and Missa... |
T. S. ELIOT
The Waste Land / Four Quartets Paul Scofield (narrator) [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot. The Wasteland, first published in 1922, is one of Eliot's most influential works and has long been on the syllabus for A-Level English... |
D.H. LAWRENCE
Sons and Lovers (Unabridged) Paul Slack (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 13 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's third published novel, was written by the author at the height of his literary powers. The story of class differences (the relationship between a middle-class woman and a miner) in the tough world of coal mining brought a... |
WILFRED OWEN / SIEGFRIED SASSOON / THOMAS HARDY / WALT WHITMAN / BRUCE DAWE / etc
War Poetry Peter Cundall (narrator) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] An iconic Australian unleashes the raw emotion of the world's greatest war poetry. Australia's beloved gardener shows a very different side as he reads anti-war poetry. With orchestral music accompanying the readings, this is a rare insight into... |
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
The Great Poets: Oliver Wendell Holmes Peter Marinker (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] The American poet, doctor, teacher, hymn writer, lecturer and novelist Oliver Wendell Holmes was one of the illustrious East Coast Brahmins - the Fireside Poets who included Longfellow, Whittier and Bryant. He was immensely popular in his own time,... |
SIR THOMAS MALORY
The Death of Arthur (Abridged) Philip Madoc (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "..Philip Madoc plays up both in his exciting narration. Revealing his Shakespearean training, his commanding performance is even more effective with the addition of Gregorian chants and medieval carols at the most dramatic moments." --Audiofilemagazine |
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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Abridged) John Sessions (narrator) [ Naxos Audio Books / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Both a cracking tale of horror and a deeply audacious account of the human psyche, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has continued to thrill and fascinate since it was first published in 1886. Dr Jekyll wants to rid his soul of evil, and in... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Facade - An Entertainment Richard Baker (narrator), Susana Walton (narrator), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -The lighter side of William Walton |
WELCHER
Haleakala / Prairie Light / Clarinet Concerto Richard Chamberlain (narrator) / Bill Jackson (clarinet) / Honolulu Symphony Orchestra / Donald Johanos (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] Born in Rochester, New York, in 1948, composer-conductor Dan Welcher has been gradually creating a body of compositions in almost every imaginable genre including opera, concerto, symphony, vocal literature, solo piano, and various kinds of chamber... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Swanwhite - Complete incidental Music Riho Eklundh (narrator) / Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] So great was the effect of Sibelius's incidental music for Maeterlinck's play 'Pelléas et Mélisande' that August Strindberg agreed that he should write the music for his as-yet unperformed play Svanevit (Swanwhite). |
SCHOENBERG
A Survivor from Warsaw / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / etc Rolf Schulte (violin) David Wilson-Johnson (narrator) Jeremy Denk (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] This volume of Robert Craft's acclaimed Schoenberg series presents the composer's favourite of his own orchestral works, the Violin Concerto. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 'Sinfonia Antartica' & 9 in E minor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Andrew Manze (conductor), Rowan Pierce (soprano), Timothy West (narrator) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 9/May/2019 ] For any Vaughan Williams lover, this series of recordings is well worth the acquaintance for its probing, sympathetic interpretations and beauty of sound" Gramophone |
