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The Story of Classical Music
by Darren Henley
Formats: Audio CD ($15.98) | Digital Download ($15.98)
Average Rating:  (5.0 Stars)
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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Lives of the Musicians
by Kathleen Krull
Formats: Audio Cassette ($14.36)
Average Rating:  (4.0 Stars)
This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive...
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La Boheme: An Introduction to Puccini's Opera
by Thomson Smille
Formats: Audio CD ($8.09)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
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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Madama Butterfly: An Introduction to Puccini's Opera
by Thomson Smille
Formats: Audio CD ($8.09)
Average Rating: (3.0 Stars)
Madama Butterfly truly does run the game of operate emotion day that of Madama Butterfly issued to an American senior and then afterward engages out enclose as it obviously did Puccini's to a degree equaled by new other opera hoarsens.
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Ballet Stories
by David Angus
Formats: Audio CD ($17.98) | Digital Download ($14.38)
The magic of ballet is evoked in these enchanting stories presented with many musical excerpts from the works themselves...
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Christopher Marlowe
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital 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.
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Composers' Letters
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Formats: Digital Download ($14.38)
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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Euripides
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital 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.
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Fresh Air: Best of Stage and Screen
by Terry Gross
Formats: Audio CD ($18.36)
Drawn from 13 years of engaging, intelligent talks with actors, directors, playwrights, producers, icons, and legends, this collection features many interviews never before available on CD.
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Keyboard Conversations: Mozart and Friends
by Jeffrey Siegel
Formats: Audio CD ($13.46)
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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Keyboard Conversations: The Power and Passion of Beethoven
by Jeffrey Siegel
Formats: Audio CD ($11.96)
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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Keyboard Conversations: The Romance of the Piano
by Jeffrey Siegel
Formats: Audio CD ($13.46)
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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Keyboard Conversations: The Romanticism of the Russian Soul
by Jeffrey Siegel
Formats: Audio CD ($13.46)
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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Moliere
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital 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...
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More Famous Composers
by Darren Henley
Formats: 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.
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Paul Robeson: The Actor
by Sheila Evans
Formats: Digital Download ($13.99)
Paul Robeson was a validictorian honor scholar, lawyer, writer, author, concert singer, humanitarian, linguist, and actor.
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Pavarotti: My World
by Luciano Pavarotti
Formats: Digital Download ($12.57)
In the world of opera today, there is no one more famous or better loved than Luciano Pavarotti...
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Rigoletto: An Introduction to Verdi's Opera
by Thomson Smille
Formats: Audio CD ($8.09)
Rigoletto is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed in Venice on March 11, 1851.
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Royal Courts of Europe
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital 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.
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Samuel Beckett
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
Poet, novelist and playwright Beckett embodied a radical response to the outrageous events of two world wars.
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Tosca: An Introduction to Puccini's Opera
by Thomson Smille
Formats: Audio CD ($8.99)
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca. First performance: Rome, 1900.
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