Classical Memoirs

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    • Seneca at the Court of Nero
    • By: James S. Romm
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 26-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • James Romm seamlessly weaves together the life and written words, the moral struggles, political intrigue, and bloody vengeance that enmeshed Seneca the Younger in the twisted imperial family and the perverse, paranoid regime of Emperor Nero, despot and madman....

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    • A Memoir of Bach and Mourning
    • By: Philip Kennicott
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 18-02-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A Pulitzer Prize-winning critic reflects on the meaning and emotional impact of a Bach masterwork....

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    • The Composer and His Work
    • By: Christoph Wolff
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A concentrated study of Johann Sebastian Bach's creative output and greatest pieces, capturing the essence of his art....

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    • By: Saint Augustine
    • Narrated by: Mel Foster
    • Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 25-05-10
    • Language: English
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    • The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace....

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    • A Personal Guide
    • By: Anthony Tommasini
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Tommasini offers his own personal guide to the canon - and what greatness really means in classical music. Tommasini draws on elements of biography, the anxiety of influence, the composer's relationships with colleagues, and shifting attitudes toward a composer's work over time....

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    • My Story
    • By: David Ritz, Lang Lang
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 25-08-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • The autobiography of the very talented classical pianist Lang Lang. A remarkable, dramatic story of a family who sacrificed almost everything for the belief in a young boy's talent....

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    • Coming of Age in the Land of Opera
    • By: Jane Glover
    • Narrated by: Jane Glover
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • An expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart’s formative trips to Italy, from the author of Mozart’s Women and Handel in London....

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    • A Musical Wayfarer
    • By: Lorraine Byrne Bodley
    • Narrated by: Christa Lewis
    • Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 26-12-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Lorraine Byrne Bodley takes a detailed look into Schubert's life, and provides an insightful biography of the great composer, revealing his complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical genius....

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    • The Music, the Man and How He Became an Icon
    • By: Donald Macleod
    • Narrated by: Donald Macleod
    • Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 24-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • He was a revolutionary, an innovator, a disruptor. A man who accomplished incredible success but endured serious personal hardships....

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    • By: Marcus Aurelius
    • Narrated by: Alan Munro
    • Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 03-07-12
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 97 ratings
    • Meditations is former U.S. President Bill Clinton's favorite book. This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161-180 AD, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....

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    • By: Pliny
    • Narrated by: Russell Bentley, Ben Onwukwe
    • Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 19-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The extant letters of Pliny, written between AD 97 and 112, give us a unique insight into Imperial Rome under the early Antonine emperors. Organised into 10 books, the letters reflect a wide range of topics, mirroring Pliny’s own public and private interests....

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    • The Art and Alchemy of Conducting
    • By: John Mauceri
    • Narrated by: John Mauceri
    • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 07-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • An exuberant, uniquely accessible look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century....

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    • A Musical Biography
    • By: Perry Keenlyside
    • Narrated by: Nigel Anthony, Paul Rhys
    • Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 23-08-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • This is the poignant and compelling story of perhaps the most naturally gifted musical genius of all time. Copiously illustrated with examples of his music....

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    • 피아니스트 손열음의 클래식 이야기 [The Classical Story of Pianist Son Yeol-Eum]
    • By: 손열음
    • Narrated by: 정유정
    • Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-24
    • Language: Korean
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    • 손열음의 이번 책은 타 클래식 입문서와는 다른 세 가지의 차별점이 있다. 첫째, 클래식 매니아뿐만 아니라 음악을 사랑하는 사람이라면 누구나 읽을 수 있는 쉬우면서도 밀도 높은 글이라는 점. 둘째, 청중의 눈을 포함해서 연주자의 눈으로 음악을 바라보는 방법에 대해 소개하고 있다는 점. 그리고 마지막으로 대중들이 평소 궁금해했던 비밀스러운 영역인 '연주자의 삶'을 진솔하고 담백하게 고백하고 있다는 점이다.

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    • By: Darren Henley
    • Narrated by: Marin Alsop
    • Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 26-12-04
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • 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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    • By: Fred Plotkin
    • Narrated by: Fred Plotkin
    • Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-04
    • Language: English
    • 2 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than 100 great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers....

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    • Why He Matters
    • By: Harvey Sachs
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 15-08-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • An astonishingly lyrical biography that rescues Arnold Schoenberg from notoriety, Schoenberg restores him to his rightful place in the pantheon of twentieth-century composers....

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    • By: Davina Caddy
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The ambiguous details of Robert Schumann’s psychological decline and death have tended to dominate his biography. Yet in his time Schumann was lauded as a protean Romantic literary genius whose writings, as a music critic, poet, novelist and dramatist, eclipsed his musical creativity.

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