Author(s): Virgil
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Great Epics and Tales
Catalogue No: NA427812
Barcode: 9789626342787
Release Date: 10/2002

VIRGIL: Aeneid (Abridged)

Virgil’s Aeneid, one of the greatest Classical poems, tells the story of Aeneas, son of Anchises, after the fall of Troy. His quest is to find the site ‘in the west’ where he will find a new town prophesied to be the seat of a world empire—Rome. This great poem, in a modern translation by Cecil Day Lewis, is superbly read by the great classical actor Paul Scofield, with Jill Balcon.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Virgil - Author
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
1 Book I: I tell about war and the hero 03:38
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
2 Book I: JUNO: Shall I give up? Own myself beaten? 02:27
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
3 Book I: AEOLUS: O queen, it is for you to be fully aware what you ask 01:32
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
4 Book I: AENEAS: Oh, thrice and four times blessed 01:53
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
5 Book I: NEPTUNE: Does family pride tempt you to such impertinence? 03:01
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
6 Book I: Jupiter from high heaven looked down 06:16
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
7 Book I: NARRATOR: As they walked through the woods 00:42
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
8 Book I: Meanwhile the two pressed on apace, where the track pointed 01:47
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
9 Book I: There was a grove, most genial in its shade 06:17
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
10 Book I: ILLIONEUS: O queen, who under God, have founded a city 00:29
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
11 Book I: DIDO: Trojans, put fear away from your hearts, and forget your troubles! 02:38
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
12 Book I: AENEAS: I am here, before you, the one you look for 04:03
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
13 Book I: But Venus was meditating a new and artful scheme 06:16
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
14 Book II: All fell silent now, and their faces were all attention 05:07
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
15 Book II: AENEAS: We were tricked by cunning and crocodile tears 04:01
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
16 Book II: So now the sky rolled round, and night raced up from the ocean 03:48
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
17 Book II: Meantime, Troy was shaken through and through by her last pangs 04:03
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
18 Book II: AENEAS: Not the Trojans alone paid their account in blood 04:38
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
19 Book II: AENEAS: Inside the palace, all was confusion, groans, agony 07:38
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
20 Book II: VENUS: My son, what anguish suprs you to this ungoverned rage? 06:05
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
21 Book II: ANCHISES: O god omnipotent, if any prayers can sway you 01:58
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Book II: AENEAS: Let little Ascanius walk beside me 03:00
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
2 Book II: AENEAS: For a start, I returned to the shadowed gate in the city wall 04:17
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
3 Book III: AENEAS: After the gods had seen fit to destroy our Asian empire 03:11
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
4 Book IV: But now for some while the queen had been growing more grieviously love-sick 04:21
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
5 Book IV: These words blew to a blaze the spark of love in the queen's heart 05:48
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
6 Book IV: So now, as Aurora was rising out of her ocean bed 04:30
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
7 Book IV: Jove Omnipotent bent down his gaze upon Dido's city 06:33
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
8 Book IV: DIDO: Unfaithful man, did you think you could do such a dreadful thing? 07:13
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
9 Book IV: With these words, Dido suddenly ended, and sick at heart 04:49
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
10 Book IV: But hapless Dido, frightened out of her wits by her destiny 07:44
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
11 Book IV: AENAS: Jump to it men! To your watch! Get to the rowing benches! 02:00
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
12 Book IV: Trembling, distraught by the terrible thing she was doing 06:04
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
13 Book V: Meanwhile, Aeneas held his fleet on its course through the deep sea 02:24
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
14 Book VI: At long last they slid to the shores of Euboean Cumae 04:20
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
15 Book VI: But the Sibyl, not yet submissive to Pheobus, there in her cavern 07:14
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
16 Book VI: Now the doves, as they fed, flitted on from spot to spot 05:47
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
Disc 3
1 Book VI: A dreadful ferryman looks after the crossing 05:28
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
2 Book VI: Huge Cerberus, monstrously couched in a cave confronting them 03:26
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
3 Book VI: AENEAS: Poor unhappy Dido, so the message was true that came to me 03:33
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
4 Book VI: Side by side they went the twilight way 02:22
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
5 Book VI: Deep in a green valley stood father Anchises 03:02
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
6 Book VI: When Anchises had finished he drew his son and the Sibyl 06:56
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
7 Book VI: ANCHISES: But Romans, never forget that government is your medium! 04:24
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
8 Book VII: Caeta too, who was nurse to Aeneas 06:12
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
9 Book VII: Aeneas, his lieutenants and fair Ascanius 06:54
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
10 Book VII: LATINUS: Trojans - oh yes, your city and line are not unknown to us 04:12
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
11 Book VII: Latinus received this speech of Illioneus with a gaze 02:56
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
12 Book VII: But look! From Argos, city of Inachus, now returning 06:41
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
13 Book VII: QUEEN OF LATINUS: Husband, must our Lavinia be wed to a Trojan, an outcast? 06:08
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
14 Book VII: TURNUS: I am not, as you seem to think, unaware 08:28
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
15 Book VII: While they fought over the plain there, with neither side prevailing 05:36
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
16 Book VII: Latinus said no more 02:45
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
Disc 4
1 Book VII: Five great towns establish workshops for the production of armaments 01:00
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
2 Book VII: NARRATOR: Thus the seeds of war were sown 04:14
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
3 Book XII: When Turnus saw that the Latins were crushed by defeat 06:12
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
4 Book XII: The morrow's dawn was just beginning to shower its light 04:57
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
5 Book XII: AENEAS: Let the sun witness my invocation now 06:33
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
6 Book XII: So saying, he ran forward and launched a weapon right at the foe 06:45
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
7 Book XII: Now while the victorious Turnus littered the battlefield with dead 04:36
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
8 Book XII: When he had spoken, Aeneas sallied forth in his might 06:44
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
9 Book XII: Aeneas and Turnus tore through the battle 05:28
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
10 Book XII: A further calamity now befell the war-weary Latins 06:22
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
11 Book XII: The picture of their changed fortunes struck Turnus dumb, bewildered him 02:40
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
12 Book XII: So then they drew apart, leaving a space in the midst for combat 07:54
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
13 Book XII: Meantime the king of all-powerful Olympus addresses Juno 01:51
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
14 Book XII: JUNO: It is because your wishes, great consort, were known to me 07:25
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)
15 Book XII: Turnus, shaking his head replied 06:05
Scofield, Paul (Reader)
Balcon, Jill (Reader)
Stephens, Toby (Reader)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine (Reader)
McAndrew, John (Reader)
Thorne, Stephen (Reader)

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