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Collection: A Lover's Gift - From Him To Her

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Label: Naxos AudioBooks

Genre: Classic Fiction; Opera; Orchestral; Poetry

Period: 20th Century; Classical; Renaissance; Romantic

Catalogue No: NA138912

Barcode: 9789626343890

Release Date: 11/2006

Collection: A Lover's Gift - From Him To Her

A collection of poetry and music expressing the romantic feelings of poets, writers and composers through the ages, including Shakespeare, Burns, Byron, Puccini, Grieg, Faure, and Elgar.

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Shakespeare, William - Author

Twelfth Night, Act I Scene 1: If music be the food of love, play on... (Shakespeare)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

1

Twelfth Night, Act I Scene 1: If music be the food of love, play on... (Shakespeare)

02:28

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene 2: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? (Shakespeare)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

2

Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene 2: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? (Shakespeare)

02:42

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?, "Sonnet XVIII" (Shakespeare)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

3

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?, "Sonnet XVIII" (Shakespeare)

02:04

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Marlowe, Christopher - Author

Doctor Faustus: The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships (Marlowe)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

4

Doctor Faustus: The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships (Marlowe)

01:59

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Marlowe)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

5

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Marlowe)

02:05

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Burns, Robert - Author

Red, Red Rose (Burns)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

6

Red, Red Rose (Burns)

02:00

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

The Rigs O' Barley (Burns)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

7

The Rigs O' Barley (Burns)

02:05

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Puccini, Giacomo
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist

La bohème, Act I: Che gelida manina

Humburg, Will (Conductor)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Welch, Jonathan (tenor)

8

La bohème, Act I: Che gelida manina

04:23

Humburg, Will (Conductor)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Welch, Jonathan (tenor)

Dickens, Charles - Author

David Copperfield: 'I don't think I had any definite idea of where Dora came from...' (Dickens)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

9

David Copperfield: 'I don't think I had any definite idea of where Dora came from...' (Dickens)

02:13

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Austen, Jane - Author

Persuasion: 'I have loved none but you...' (Austen)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

10

Persuasion: 'I have loved none but you...' (Austen)

03:34

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Brontë, Charlotte - Author

Jane Eyre: 'I have for the first time found what I can truly love...' (Charlotte Bronte)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

11

Jane Eyre: 'I have for the first time found what I can truly love...' (Charlotte Bronte)

02:30

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Hardy, Thomas - Author

Far from the Madding Crowd: 'Such women as you a hundred men always covet' (Hardy)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

12

Far from the Madding Crowd: 'Such women as you a hundred men always covet' (Hardy)

02:42

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Wordsworth, William - Author

Perfect Woman (Wordsworth)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

13

Perfect Woman (Wordsworth)

02:52

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - Author

Love (Coleridge)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

14

Love (Coleridge)

01:32

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Puccini, Giacomo
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist

Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lamberti, Giorgio (tenor)
Rahbari, Alexander (Conductor)

15

Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle

03:06

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lamberti, Giorgio (tenor)
Rahbari, Alexander (Conductor)

Yeats, William Butler - Author

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (Yeats)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

16

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (Yeats)

00:33

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Tennyson, Alfred - Author

Summer Night (Tennyson)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

17

Summer Night (Tennyson)

02:47

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques - Author

Confessions: 'Friendship, confidence, intimacy, sympathy of soul...' (Rousseau)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

18

Confessions: 'Friendship, confidence, intimacy, sympathy of soul...' (Rousseau)

02:30

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Bonaparte, Napoléon - Author

Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

19

Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine

02:36

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Marx, Karl - Author

Letters from Karl Marx to his wife Jenny

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

20

Letters from Karl Marx to his wife Jenny

02:17

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

My Heart's Friend (Shoshone Love Song)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

21

My Heart's Friend (Shoshone Love Song)

00:56

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Flaubert, Gustave - Author

Letter from Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

22

Letter from Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet

03:40

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Lawrence, D.H. - Author

Fidelity (D.H. Lawrence)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

23

Fidelity (D.H. Lawrence)

05:03

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Brooke, Rupert - Author

Letter From Rupert Brooke To Katherine Cox

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

24

Letter From Rupert Brooke To Katherine Cox

04:48

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Bizet, Georges
Carré, Michel - Lyricist
Cormon, Eugene - Lyricist

Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: Au fond du temple saint

Wildner, Johannes (Conductor)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lotrič, Janez (tenor)
Morozov, Igor (baritone)

25

Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: Au fond du temple saint

05:49

Wildner, Johannes (Conductor)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lotrič, Janez (tenor)
Morozov, Igor (baritone)

Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) - Author

She Walks in Beauty (Lord Byron)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

26

She Walks in Beauty (Lord Byron)

03:51

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Graves, Robert - Author

As You Are Woman (Graves)

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

27

As You Are Woman (Graves)

01:07

Sheen, Michael (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 01:14:12