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The Story of Classical Music
by Darren Henley
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
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....
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The History of Theatre
by David Timson
Credits: Audio Cassette | Audio Download
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...
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Euripides
by Sherwin T. Wine
Credits: Audio Download
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.
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Christopher Marlowe
by Sherwin T. Wine
Credits: Audio Download
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.
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Moliere
by Sherwin T. Wine
Credits: Audio Download
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...
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The Life and Works of Beethoven
by Jeremy Siepmann
Credits: Audio CD
For many people, Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived...
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Samuel Beckett
by Sherwin T. Wine
Credits: Audio Download
Poet, novelist and playwright Beckett embodied a radical response to the outrageous events of two world wars.
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Paul Robeson: The Actor
by Sheila Evans
Credits: Audio Download
Paul Robeson was a validictorian honor scholar, lawyer, writer, author, concert singer, humanitarian, linguist, and actor.
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Keyboard Conversations: Mozart and Friends
by Jeffrey Siegel
Credits: Audio CD
World renowned concert pianist and conductor Jeffrey Siegel takes listeners on an intimate journey with this introduction to classical music and its masters, which invites listeners to experience great works in a whole new way, hearing the music as never before.
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Aida: An Introduction to Verdi's Opera
by Thomson Smille
Credits: Audio CD
Aida is one of the most popular operas ever written, a sumptuous work which has moments of great drama, but which reminds us in the end that it's all about people--the greatest love affairs and the greatest affairs of state cliff themselves in simple humanity.
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Royal Courts of Europe
by Sherwin T. Wine
Credits: Audio Download
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.
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Keyboard Conversations: The Romance of the Piano
by Jeffrey Siegel
Credits: Audio CD
World renowned concert pianist and conductor Jeffrey Siegel takes listeners on an intimate journey with this introduction to classical music and its masters, which invites listeners to experience great works in a whole new way, hearing the music as never before.
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Famous Composers
by Darren Henley
Credits: Audio CD
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.
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Composers' Letters
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Credits: Audio Download
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...
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Opera 101
by Fred Plotkin
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
Fred Plotkin, an internationally respected writer and teacher and former performance manager of the Metropolitan Opera, introduces listeners, whatever their level of musical knowledge, to all the riches of opera, the fastest growing of all the performing arts.
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The Life and Works of Chopin
by Jeremy Siepmann
Credits: Audio CD
Frédéric Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence.
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Keyboard Conversations: The Romanticism of the Russian Soul
by Jeffrey Siegel
Credits: Audio CD
World renowned concert pianist and conductor Jeffrey Siegel takes listeners on an intimate journey with this introduction to classical music and its masters, which invites listeners to experience great works in a whole new way, hearing the music as never before.
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Lives of the Musicians
by Kathleen Krull
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive...
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The Life of Mozart
by Edward Holmes
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
Edward Holmes, a schoolfellow of Keats, provides the first complete account of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based upon Mozart's own letters and memoirs.
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More Famous Composers
by Darren Henley
Credits: Audio CD
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.
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Pavarotti: My World
by Luciano Pavarotti
Credits: Audio Download
In the world of opera today, there is no one more famous or better loved than Luciano Pavarotti...
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Ballet Stories
by David Angus
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
The magic of ballet is evoked in these enchanting stories presented with many musical excerpts from the works themselves...
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A Life of Shakespeare
by Hesketh Pearson
Credits: Audio CD
The plays of William Shakespeare, and his famous lines, are part of the national consciousness...
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La Boheme: An Introduction to Puccini's Opera
by Thomson Smille
Credits: Audio CD
La Boherne virtually defines the term romantic. The poignant story of Mini and Rudolf is told in music of such tender beauty, afraid, as always, to Pooch's intuition of what works in the theatre, resulting in an opera that realty to our emotions and senses.
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The History of Opera
by Richard Fawkes
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Download
Opera, said Moliére, is the most expensive noise known to man. From its beginnings in the 16th Century, through to today when there...
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