Seven Ages: An Anthology of Poetry with Music
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0000546ZI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 245 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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A superbly produced audiobook anthology of timeless poetry. Based on Lord David Owen's book Seven Ages: Poetry for a Lifetime, this Naxos audiobook edition of Seven Ages: An Anthology Of Poetry With Music features outstanding and memorable dramatic readings by forty British actors ranging from Michael Caine and Judi Dench to John Cleese and Glenda Jackson. The poetry is drawn from the works of William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Ted Hughes, Dylan Thomas, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, W.B. Yeats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, A.E. Housman, Robert Burns, D.H. Lawrence, John Keats, Seamus Heaney, Wilfred Owen, Matthew Arno. Five Stars Amazon Customer arrived in good shape, "plays well, no scratches ". Mockingbird said Outstanding. I have been playing these "Outstanding" according to Mockingbird. I have been playing these 2 cd's over and over in my car. What's not to love about hearing the best of the best British voices reciting excellent poetry? "Flander's Field", very moving. "The Bleedin' Sparrow" read by Michael Caine, laugh-out-loud funny. If you're a fan of Wilfred Owen poetry, you will not be disappointed. Trained voices, such as theirs, open up the beauty of each poem ten-fold.I was hoping for a musical backdrop to the recitations, but the music only plays for a few moments at the beginning and end of each cd. A shame, because listening t. cd's over and over in my car. What's not to love about hearing the best of the best British voices reciting excellent poetry? "Flander's Field", very moving. "The Bleedin' Sparrow" read by Michael Caine, laugh-out-loud funny. If you're a fan of Wilfred Owen poetry, you will not be disappointed. Trained voices, such as theirs, open up the beauty of each poem ten-fold.I was hoping for a musical backdrop to the recitations, but the music only plays for a few moments at the beginning and end of each cd. A shame, because listening t
Within the framework of Shakespeare's speech, "The Seven Ages of Man," performed by Sir Ian McKellen, are 150 great poems from all ages, from Chaucer to Emily Dickinson to Walt Whitman and many others. The poem are presented by the finest cast ever assembled on one recording and includes Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench, John Cleese, Michael Caine, and more.. This highly entertaining anthology of verse is the comic, tragic, tender, and telling story of life's seven ages, from childhood to old age