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1.		Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Available on: Audio Download Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history.
2.		The Story of Classical Music by Darren Henley Available on: Audio Download ($15.98) | Audio CD ($15.98) | Audio Cassette The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by the conductor and musical personality Marin Alsop....
3.		The History of Theatre by David Timson Available on: Audio Download ($23.18) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette Here is a diverse and fascinating story of the Theatre, from the first tragedies and comedies of Ancient Greece to the high-tech mega-musicals of the late 20th century...
4.		Christopher Marlowe by Sherwin T. Wine Available on: Audio Download ($4.95) In the world of Shakespeare was friend and competitor Christopher Marlow. Eldest son of a Canterbury shoemaker, Marlowe became famous as a translator and playwright.
5.		More Famous Composers by Darren Henley Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($14.38) The first volume of Famous Composers written by Darren Henley and read by Marin Alsop, the American conductor, won a prestigious Audie in the US.
6.		Euripides by Sherwin T. Wine Available on: Audio Download ($4.95) The greatest century of Greek culture was the fifth century B.C. It is the century of the Persian Wars and the amazing victory of the Greeks over a formidable empire.
7.		Masterpieces of Western Music by Jeffrey Lependorf Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) From the "Spring" of Vivaldi's Four Seasons to Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, our appreciation of musical masterpieces can be deeply enhanced by an understanding of what makes them great.
8.		Music: Heart, Soul and Dollar - Robert Greenberg by Robert Greenberg Available on: Audio Download | Online Video Music: Heart, Soul and Dollar with Robert Greenberg speaking at the 2007 Chautauqua Institution Summer Program.
9.		Moliere by Sherwin T. Wine Available on: Audio Download ($4.95) France under Louis XIV reached the peak of its power. Its culture bridged the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Moliére was the son of a successful upholsterer who became...
10.		The Life and Works of Beethoven by Jeremy Siepmann Available on: Audio Download ($21.58) | Audio CD ($24.28) | Audio Cassette For many people, Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived...
11.		WNYC's Fishko Files Podcast by Sarah Fishko Available on: Podcast From WNYC, New York Public Radio, join WNYC's cultural attaché Sara Fishko for her personal radio essays on music, art, culture and media.
12.		L.A. Theatre Works "The Play's the Thing" Podcast Available on: Podcast The Play's the Thing, produced by L.A. Theatre Works, www.latw.org, is an award-winning and critically acclaimed weekly radio show, heard nationwide and overseas.
13.		Pavarotti: My World by Luciano Pavarotti Available on: Audio Download ($12.57) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette In the world of opera today, there is no one more famous or better loved than Luciano Pavarotti...
14.		Understanding the Fundamentals of Classical Music by Richard Freedman Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) Music is a performative art. It stresses movement through time and engages our suggestive sense of its passing. Music has tendency, it normally invokes goals of various sorts, both near and far.
15.		The Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Perry Keenlyside Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($18.38) Hear the story behind today's most often performed classical composer's accomplishments, during his short life of just 35 years.
16.		The History of Opera by Richard Fawkes Available on: Audio Download ($23.18) | Audio CD ($23.18) | Audio Cassette Opera, said Moliére, is the most expensive noise known to man. From its beginnings in the 16th Century, through to today when there...
17.		Royal Courts of Europe by Sherwin T. Wine Available on: Audio Download ($4.95) When Mozart was born, Europe was dominated by wealthy and powerful monarchies, with their kings and aristocrats. What we call 'Classical Music' emerged in the royal courts of these kingdoms.
18.		The Best of Mark Twain In Person, Volume 1 by Mark Twain Available on: Audio Download ($1.00) Studio recorded selections from Richard Henzel's celebrated stage play.
19.		Lives of the Musicians by Kathleen Krull Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($24.95) | Audio Cassette This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive...
20.		Benjamin Zander on Music and Passion by Benjamin Zander Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
21.		Composers' Letters by Ludwig van Beethoven Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette In Composers' Letters, the voices of the great figures of classical music come alive through their correspondence. Set against the music we know and love...
22.		Famous Composers by Darren Henley Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($14.38) Following on the success of The Story of Classical Music, Darren Henley and Marin Alsop combine forces again to tell, in more detail, the lives of six key composers: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, and Shostakovich.
23.		CBC Radio: Beethoven's Nine Symphonies in 9 Days Podcast by Bramwell Tovey Available on: Podcast Nine conversations about Beethoven's nine symphonies. Bramwell Tovey - Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - and CBC Radio 2's Bill Richardson consider these mighty works and talk about what makes them so powerful.
24.		Paul Robeson: The Actor by Sheila Evans Available on: Audio Download ($13.99) Paul Robeson was a validictorian honor scholar, lawyer, writer, author, concert singer, humanitarian, linguist, and actor.
25.		Samuel Beckett by Sherwin T. Wine Available on: Audio Download ($4.95) Poet, novelist and playwright Beckett embodied a radical response to the outrageous events of two world wars.