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Classical Audiobooks

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    Junge, Beethoven!

    Hörspiel von Arnd Pohlmann nach dem Buch "Auch ich bin ein König" von Margret Steenfatt mit Rainer Strecker und dem Musikwerk Kinderchor. Version Samstag.

    by Musikwerk Kinderchor, Ludwig van Beethoven ...
    Narrated by Rainer Strecker ...

    Unabridged

    54 min

    Margret Steenfatts Buch "Auch ich bin ein König" basiert auf Tagebucheintragungen eines Bäckers, in dessen Haus die Familie Beethoven eine Zeit lang lebte. Durch dessen Schilderungen bekommen wir einen lebendigen Einblick in den Alltag eines kleinen Jungen, der musikalisch hochbegabt, aber andererseits eben auch ein einfacher Lausbub war. Mit dem Einverständnis der Autorin verfasste Arnd Pohlmann ... Read more

    R99,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Sindets ekko

    Pjotr Tjajkovskij i lys og skygge

    by Karl Aage Rasmussen ...
    Narrated by Henrik Hartvig Jørgensen ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 21 min

    Informativ og underholdende bog om den store russiske komponist, om hans komplicerede, omtumlede liv, om musikken. ... Read more

    R189,43

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    Beethoven's 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Music Album and History

    by Hank Wilson ...
    Narrated by Hank Wilson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 32 min

    This recording brings together several remarkable symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven. These works show not only his genius, but also his extraordinary range as a composer and as a human being.A common theme we hear across these symphonies is Beethoven in moments of clarity, struggle, humor, and deep reflection. You will instantly recognize some of these pieces and in fact some are considered ... Read more

    R91,14

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    Another Year of Wonder

    Classical Music for Every Day

    by Clemency Burton-Hill ...
    Narrated by Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Day ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 42 min

    'Clemency Burton-Hill makes classical music absolutely accessible, magical and medicinal. Another Year of Wonder is, indeed, another wonder.' Dolly Alderton, broadcaster, writer and bestselling author'Clemmie's recommendations have broadened my mind, sharpened my imagination, tugged on my heartstrings and given me a song for every mood. Read this book and let yourself float away for a moment or ... Read more

    R456,45

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    Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor - Music Album & Biography

    by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Herbert Francis Peyser ...
    Narrated by David Wales ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 26 min

    Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 Music Album & BiogrpahyTrack ListSymphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 - I. Molto AllegroSymphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 - II. AndanteSymphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 - III. Menuetto; AllegrettoSymphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 - IV. Allegro assaiPreface; Beginning; Early Life In Salzburg; First Visit To Vienna; Success In Paris... ... Read more

    R18,08

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    Ten Masterpieces of Music

    by Harvey Sachs ...
    Narrated by Paul Bellantoni ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 40 min

    In this magisterial volume, Harvey Sachs, author of the highly acclaimed biography Toscanini, takes listeners into the heart of ten great works of classical music?works that have endured because they were created by composers who had a genius for drawing music out of their deepest wellsprings. These masters?Mozart and Beethoven; Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi, and Brahms; Sibelius, Prokofiev, ... Read more

    R456,45

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    Bach Oud - Vol. 1

    6 Stücke für solo Violine (BWV 1001-1006) und 6 Cellosuiten (BWV 1007-1012) arrangiert für Oud

    Narrated by Andrea Mozzato ...
    Series series Bach on Oud

    Unabridged

    1 hour 14 min

    Bach komponierte für Orgel, Cembalo, Cello, Violine, Gambe, Flöte und Laute. Aber wie wären seine Kompositionen wohl ausgefallen, wenn er einen Oud in der Hand gehabt hätte? Man kann der Fantasie freien Lauf lassen und nach einer Verbindung zwischen Barock-Komponisten Bach und dem Instrument der Oud suchen. Vielleicht hat ja auch Antonio Vivaldi, der auch die Musik von Bach studiert hat, in ... Read more

    R139,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Meditation - Sounds of Thunderstorms – Schubert’s The Magic Harp, D. 644

    Plus classical music biography of various composers

    by Various ...
    Narrated by Various ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 46 min

    Meditation: Sounds of Thunderstorms – Schubert’s The Magic Harp, D. 644Classical Elegance Meets the Power of NatureStep into a world where music, history, and nature converge in peaceful harmony. Meditation: Sounds of Thunderstorms – Schubert’s The Magic Harp, D. 644 offers a truly immersive audio experience that soothes the soul and enriches the mind.Begin your journey with the enchanting ... Read more

    R91,14

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    The Real Toscanini

    Musicians Reveal the Maestro

    by Cesare Civetta ...
    Narrated by Cesare Civetta ...
    Series series Amadeus

    Unabridged

    10 hours 40 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Real Toscanini, written and read by Cesare Civetta.Lauded by Verdi, Debussy, and other music legends, the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium. But as he did so, he acquired a reputation as something of a tyrant, who unleashed an explosive temper at musicians if ... Read more

    R547,96

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    Quartet for the End of Time

    On Music, Grief and Birdsong

    by Michael Symmons Roberts ...
    Narrated by Michael Symmons Roberts ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 49 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.A personal reckoning with grief, doubt, faith and poetry set to one of the most celebrated musical works of the twentieth century, from the award-winning poet and librettist.The story goes like this: on a freezing winter night in 1941, a new piece of chamber music was performed to a crowd of prisoners of war on a three-stringed cello, clarinet, violin and pub piano with ... Read more

    R303,51

  • Audiobook

    The Closest Thing to Crazy

    My Life of Musical Adventures

    by Mike Batt ...
    Narrated by Mike Batt ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 27 min

    'Fabulously readable' STEPHEN FRY'Wildly entertaining' DAILY EXPRESS'Rollicking ... ebullient ... Christmas present problems are instantly solved' MAIL ON SUNDAYNominated for the 2025 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound ResearchDescribed variously as a 'polymath', a 'renaissance man' and 'one of the most colourful characters in the mu... ... Read more

    R801,92

  • Audiobook

    Music for the People

    The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music

    by Gareth Malone ...
    Narrated by Gareth Malone ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 35 min

    Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? The sad song of a single violin might make us cry, but the idea of finding out more about classical music can often be intimidating. In this funny, evocative, personal book, Gareth takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and entertains in equal measure.Over the course of three series of the Bafta award-winning The ... Read more

    R353,03

  • Audiobook

    Everything We Do is Music

    How 20th-Century Classical Music Shaped Pop

    by Elizabeth Alker ...
    Narrated by Elizabeth Alker ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    The worlds of pop and rock owe a much greater debt to the classical canon than we realise. A direct and fascinating lineage draws from the experimentalism of Pierre Henry to The Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows', from Stockhausen to Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love' and from Bruckner to Sonic Youth via Glenn Branca. In Everything We Do is Music, Elizabeth Alker highlights the innovators of classical ... Read more

    R619,00

  • Audiobook

    The Life of Mozart, with eBook

    by Edward Holmes ...
    Narrated by David Case ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 43 min

    In his timeless biography—written long before the significance of Mozart's work was fully realized—author Edward Holmes reveals the musician's character and genius, his struggles, his influence on art, and the brilliant reputation that surrounded him. Published in 1845 as the first authentic narrative of the life of Mozart to appear in English, it was also the first biography after the composer's ... Read more

    R374,26

  • Audiobook

    Climbing Up on the Rough Side

    by Hopeful Gospel ...
    Narrated by Kate MacKenzie ...

    Unabridged

    42 min

    The long-awaited second audio recording by the Hopeful Gospel Quartet-Robin and Linda Williams, Kate MacKenzie, and Garrison Keillor-is old-time gospel singing at its best. Recorded live during broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, it features instrumentals by Butch Thompson, Chet Atkins, and others.Tracks:Climbing Up On the Rough SideHe Knows How Much We Can BearLife Is a ... Read more

    R216,81

  • Audiobook

    Counterpoint

    A Memoir of Bach and Mourning

    by Philip Kennicott ...
    Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 57 min

    A Pulitzer Prize–winning critic reflects on the meaning and emotional impact of a Bach masterwork.As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began to listen to the music of Bach obsessively. It was the only music that didn't seem trivial or irrelevant, and it enabled him to both experience her death and remove himself from it. For him, Bach's music held the elements of both joy and despair, life ... Read more

    R365,12

  • Audiobook

    Wagnerism

    Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music

    by Alex Ross ...
    Narrated by Alex Ross ...

    Unabridged

    28 hours 25 min

    This program is read by the author, and includes excerpts from Richard Wagner's musical compositions throughout.A New York Times Notable Books of 2020Alex Ross, renowned New Yorker music critic and author of the international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics—an aesthetic war zone where the ... Read more

    R821,76

  • Audiobook

    Абсолютный слух: 100 классических композиций, которые должен знать каждый

    by Тим Бувери ...
    Narrated by Александр Карлов ...
    Series series Понятная классика. Разберись в классической музыке!

    Unabridged

    5 hours 28 min

    Иногда может показаться, что все вокруг — настоящие ценители классики, способные распознать каждую культовую мелодию буквально с первых нот. Одни знакомы с музыкой со времен специализированной школы, другие — благодаря родительскому воспитанию, а третьи и вовсе начали познавать ее во взрослой жизни. Но что делать, если вас классическая музыка всегда обходила стороной, а разобраться в ней — ... Read more

    R119,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Strings

    A Love Story

    by Megan Edwards ...
    Narrated by Carlyle Coash ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 47 min

    The Merino Rose. Ted Spencer has a hard enough time believing the celebrated violin really exists. To find it sitting on his coffee table is nothing short of incredible. The stuff of legend, the exquisite Guarnerius has been missing for centuries.But even though the renowned instrument is a violin lover's dream come true, it holds only heartache for Ted. The value of the Merino Rose may be beyond ... Read more

    R474,90 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas

    by Noye's Fludde, Guy de Maupassant, William Blake, Shakespeare, Henry James, Thomas Mann ...
    Narrated by Liam Johnson, Miles Turner ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 8 min

    "Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas" is a collection that delves into the origins of Benjamin Britten's operas. These captivating works are firmly entrenched in the international repertoire, with performances spanning the globe. According to Operabase, Britten's operas are more frequently staged than those of any other composer born in the 20th century, surpassed only by Puccini and ... Read more

    R159,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Beethoven Unleashed

    The music, the man and how he became an icon

    by Donald Macleod ...
    Narrated by Donald Macleod ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 43 min

    He was a revolutionary, an innovator, a disruptor. A man who accomplished incredible success, but endured serious personal hardships. A legend who changed the way audiences listen to music and whose melodies still resonate today, 250 years after his birth.Go on a journey to explore the life and works of arguably the greatest composer in history: Ludwig van Beethoven.Join Donald Macleod, presenter ... Read more

    R346,87

  • Audiobook

    Inventive Classical Music

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

    Unabridged

    7 min

    For the past several years, classical music composers have gathered to share their more eclectic scores at the "Bang on a Can" festival in North Adams, Mass. Jeffrey Brown explores the origins of the event. ... Read more

    R18,08 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    For the Love of Music

    A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening

    by John Mauceri ...
    Narrated by John Mauceri ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 8 min

    Why do so many of us listen to classical music, and how can you get the most from listening to it?In this unpretentious and instructive book, internationally celebrated conductor and teacher John Mauceri brings to bear his lifetime of experience and profound knowledge. A protégé of Leonard Bernstein and an artist who has performed and recorded all over the world, Mauceri is the guide par ... Read more

    R456,45

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    Classical Music For Dummies

    2nd Edition

    by David Pogue, Scott Speck ...
    Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 40 min

    Haydn, Tchaikovsky, and Brahms, oh, my! The beginner's guide to classical music.Classical Music For Dummies is a friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide to composers, instruments, orchestras, concerts, recordings, and more. Classical music is widely considered one of the pinnacles of human achievement, and this informative guide will shows you just how beautiful and rewarding it can be. You'll ... Read more

    R456,45