Welcome to the World of the Classics (Stories Poetry Drama Non-Fiction)

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Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Introduction to Naxos Audiobooks
spoken vocals:
Anton Lesser
[unknown] read by Anton Lesser3:54
2Emma
spoken vocals:
Juliet Stevenson
partial recording of:
Emma (novel)
writer:
Jane Austen (English novelist)
Jane Austen read by Juliet Stevenson2:30
3Great Expectations
spoken vocals:
Anton Lesser
partial recording of:
Great Expectations (novel)
writer:
Charles Dickens (English novelist)
Charles Dickens read by Anton Lesser3:16
4Crime and Punishment
spoken vocals:
Michael Sheen
Fyodor Dostoyevsky read by Michael Sheen3:10
5The Portrait of a Lady
spoken vocals:
Elizabeth McGovern
Henry James read by Elizabeth McGovern2:14
6Fanny Hill
spoken vocals:
Emma Fielding
John Cleland read by Emma Fielding3:19
7Ulysses
spoken vocals:
Jim Norton (Irish actor) and Marcella Riordan
partial recording of:
Ulysses (1922 novel)
writer:
James Joyce (Irish writer)
James Joyce read by Jim Norton with Marcella Riordan2:55
8Finnegan's Wake
spoken vocals:
Marcella Riordan
partial recording of:
Finnegans Wake
writer:
James Joyce (Irish writer)
James Joyce read by Jim Norton with Marcella Riordan1:47
9Swann in Love
spoken vocals:
Neville Jason (actor)
Marcel Proust read by Neville Jason3:29
10Youth and Heart of Darkness
spoken vocals:
Brian Cox (British Actor)
Joseph Conrad read by Brian Cox1:42
11The Wagtail and the Baby
spoken vocals:
Simon Russell Beale (actor)
Thomas Hardy read by Simon Russell Beale1:11
12Whale Nation
spoken vocals:
Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams2:13
13Suicide in the Trenches
spoken vocals:
Michael Sheen
Siegfried Sassoon read by Michael Sheen1:01
14Ode
spoken vocals:
Paul Jesson
Horace read by Paul Jesson1:40
15If
spoken vocals:
Michael Caine (British actor)
recording of:
If
writer:
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling read by Michael Caine2:22
16The History of Classical Music
spoken vocals:
Robert Powell (actor)
Richard Fawkes read by Robert Powell3:02
17The Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
spoken vocals:
Nigel Anthony (theatre, television, and radio actor) and Paul Rhys
partial recording of:
The Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
writer:
Perry Keenlyside
Perry Keenlyside read by Nigel Anthony & Paul Rhys2:51
18Description of a 17th Century Christmas
spoken vocals:
John Moffat (American songwriter)
Thomas Love Peacock read by John Moffatt2:01
19Speech Dismissing the Rump Parliament
spoken vocals:
Norman Rodway (Irish actor)
partial recording of:
Speech Dismissing the Rump Parliament
writer:
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell performed by Norman Rodway2:44
20The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
spoken vocals:
Philip Madoc (actor)
Edward Gibbon read by Philip Madoc1:59
21Matthew 8, Verses 1-17
spoken vocals:
Hugh Dickinson
partial recording of:
The Bible (English catch-all version)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[unknown] read by Hugh Dickinson2:42
22Kisa Gotami From the Middle Way
spoken vocals:
Anton Lesser and David Timson (actor)
Jinananda read by David Timson & Anton Lesser2:54
23Romeo and Juliet
spoken vocals:
Kate Beckinsale (English actress) and Michael Sheen
partial recording of:
Romeo and Juliet
writer:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
William Shakespeare read by Michael Sheen & Kate Beckinsale2:35
24Lady Windermere's FanOscar Wilde performed by Emma Fielding, Michael Sheen & Juliet Stevenson2:04
25Pinocchio
spoken vocals:
John Sessions
Carlo Collodi read by John Sessions1:48
26Anne of Green Gables
spoken vocals:
Liza Ross (actor and voice artist)
Lucy Maud Montgomery read by Liza Ross2:46
27The Adventures of Odysseus
spoken vocals:
Benjamin Soames
Benedict Flynn read by Benjamin Soames2:12
28The Happy Prince
spoken vocals:
Anton Lesser
partial recording of:
The Happy Prince (fairy tale)
writer:
Oscar Wilde
part of:
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (book)
Oscar Wilde read by Anton Lesser5:11

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spoken vocals:Anton Lesser