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SEVEN AGES - An Anthology of Poetry with Music




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One of the best anthologies of the year... An arresting, deeply moving collection of the best of British poetry read by a star-studded cast.’ The Independent This exceptional anthology, based on Lord Owen’s published anthology Seven Ages – Poetry for a Lifetime, features many of Britain’s leading actors who have all given their services for charity. Shakespeare’s ‘seven ages’ speech (read by Sir Ian McKellen) punctuates the programme which contains over four hundred poems read by forty actors. Michael Caine reads Kipling’s ‘If’; Ralph Fiennes reads Hood’s ‘I Remember, I Remember’; John Cleese reads ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’; Pete Postlethwaite reads ‘Kubla Khan’.

Disc 1


    The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "Autumn": II. Adagio molto (more info)
    Takako Nishizaki, violin

  1. VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "Autumn": II. Adagio molto - 01:34


    2. As You Like It, Act II Scene VII: 'Seven Ages' (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Ian McKellen, reader

  2. As You Like It, Act II Scene VII: 'Seven Ages' - 02:08


    3. A Fancy (beginning) (more info)
    Jacob Heringman,

  3. DOWLAND: A Fancy (beginning) - 00:15


    4. INFANT (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  4. INFANT - 00:17


    5. Baby Song (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Gunn
    Catherine McCormack, reader

  5. Baby Song - 00:56


    6. The Victory (more info)
    Composed by: Anne Stevenson
    Glenda Jackson, reader

  6. The Victory - 01:05


    7. Surgeons (more info)
    Composed by: Harry Partch
    Gayle Hunnicutt, reader

  7. Surgeons - 00:20


    8. The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2: 'Fancy' (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Mark Rylance, reader

  8. The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2: 'Fancy' - 00:51


    9. The Guppy (more info)
    Composed by: Ogden Nash
    Prunella Scales, reader

  9. The Guppy - 00:20


    10. The Quangle Wangle's Hat (more info)
    Composed by: Edward Lear
    Connie Booth, reader

  10. The Quangle Wangle's Hat - 02:30


    11. I Remember, I Remember (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Hood
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  11. I Remember, I Remember - 01:21


    12. The Fairies (more info)
    Composed by: William Allingham
    Juliet Stevenson, reader

  12. The Fairies - 01:54


    13. A Parental Ode (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Hood
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  13. A Parental Ode - 02:39


    14. My Shadow (more info)
    Stella Gonet, reader

  14. My Shadow - 01:25


    15. The Owl and The Pussy Cat (more info)
    Composed by: Edward Lear
    John Cleese, reader

  15. The Owl and The Pussy Cat - 01:25


    16. Sneezles (more info)
    Composed by: A. A. Milne
    Andrew Sachs, reader

  16. Sneezles - 01:27


    17. The Walrus and The Carpenter (more info)
    Composed by: Laszlo Geiger
    Joss Ackland, reader

  17. The Walrus and The Carpenter - 04:11


    18. Jellyfish (more info)
    Composed by: Ted Hughes
    Leo Sayer, reader

  18. Jellyfish - 00:29


    19. The Donkey (more info)
    Composed by: G. K. Chesterton
    Emma Fielding,

  19. The Donkey - 00:56


    20. The Common Cormorant (more info)
    Composed by: Anon
    Andrew Sachs, reader

  20. The Common Cormorant - 00:27


    21. Where Go The Boats (more info)
    Stella Gonet, reader

  21. Where Go The Boats - 00:36


    22. Crab (more info)
    Composed by: Ted Hughes
    Leo Sayer, reader

  22. Crab - 00:33


    23. The End (more info)
    Composed by: A. A. Milne
    Catherine McCormack, reader

  23. The End - 00:38


    24. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Uphill Down Dale (extract) (more info)

  24. MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Uphill Down Dale (excerpt) - 00:33


    25. SCHOOL (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  25. SCHOOL - 00:13


    26. To Any Reader (more info)
    John Sessions, reader

  26. To Any Reader - 01:02


    27. Under Milk Wood (more info)
    Composed by: Dylan Thomas
    Ioan Gruffud, reader

  27. Under Milk Wood - 03:06


    28. The Collier (more info)
    Ioan Gruffud, reader

  28. The Collier - 02:17


    29. Sick (more info)
    Composed by: Shel Silverstein
    Catherine McCormack, reader

  29. Sick - 02:03


    30. Boring (more info)
    Composed by: Jean-Francois Laporte
    John Cleese, reader

  30. Boring - 01:32


    31. The Barefoot Boy (excerpt) (more info)
    Composed by: J. Whittier
    Jenny Agutter, reader

  31. The Barefoot Boy (excerpt) - 01:27


    32. The Tempest, Act I Scene 2: 'Full Fathom Five' (Ariel's Song) (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Glenda Jackson, reader

  32. The Tempest, Act I Scene 2: 'Full Fathom Five' (Ariel's Song) - 00:38


    33. Rosa Mystica (more info)
    Composed by: Wright-Denman
    Michael Williams, reader

  33. Rosa Mystica - 01:03


    34. A Smuggler's Song (more info)
    Michael Caine, reader

  34. A Smuggler's Song - 02:33


    35. Walking Away (more info)
    Composed by: Gyorgy Selmeczi
    Timothy West,

  35. Walking Away - 01:29


    36. Tarantella (more info)
    Terence Stamp, reader

  36. Tarantella - 01:23


    37. Macavity (more info)
    Composed by: T. S. Eliot
    David Suchet, reader

  37. Macavity - 03:09


    38. If (more info)
    Michael Caine, reader

  38. If - 01:57


    39. This Above All (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Michael Maloney, reader

  39. This Above All - 01:30


    40. M. George Whitehead his Almand (excerpt) (more info)
    Jacob Heringman,

  40. DOWLAND: M. George Whitehead his Almand (excerpt) - 00:31


    41. LOVER (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  41. LOVER - 00:11


    42. The Arrow (more info)
    Composed by: W.B. Yeats
    Art Malik, reader

  42. The Arrow - 00:44


    43. The Arrow and The Song (more info)
    HRH The Duchess of Kent, reader

  43. The Arrow and The Song - 00:53


    44. They Who Are Near To Me (more info)
    Composed by: Rabindranath Tagore
    Art Malik, reader

  44. They Who Are Near To Me - 00:31


    45. The First Day (more info)
    Composed by: Margaret Williams-Hamerik
    Felicity Kendal, reader

  45. The First Day - 01:11


    46. The Song of Torrismond (more info)
    Janet Suzman, reader

  46. The Song of Torrismond - 00:51


    47. My Delight and Thy Delight (more info)
    Composed by: Robert Seymour Bridges
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  47. My Delight and Thy Delight - 01:07


    48. Sonnet 43 (more info)
    Composed by: E. B. Browning
    Hannah Gordon, reader

  48. Sonnet 43 - 01:23


    49. The Virginity (more info)
    Terence Stamp, reader

  49. The Virginity - 01:36


    50. The Longest Journey (more info)
    Samuel West,

  50. The Longest Journey - 00:51


    51. We Have Known Treasure (more info)
    Composed by: Anon
    Charles Dance, reader

  51. We Have Known Treasure - 01:11


    52. Sonnet 138 (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Robert Lindsay, reader

  52. Sonnet 138 - 01:00


    53. Echo (more info)
    Composed by: Margaret Williams-Hamerik
    Glenda Jackson, reader

  53. Echo - 01:12


    54. Delusions I Did Cherish (more info)
    Composed by: Rabindranath Tagore
    Art Malik, reader

  54. Delusions I Did Cherish - 00:42


    55. Sonnet 18 (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Glenda Jackson, reader

  55. Sonnet 18 - 01:09


    56. When I Was One-And-Twenty (more info)
    Composed by: A.E. Housman
    Pete Postlethwaite, reader

  56. When I Was One-And-Twenty - 00:40


    57. The Mermaid (more info)
    Composed by: W.B. Yeats
    Juliet Stevenson, reader

  57. The Mermaid - 00:24


    58. Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast (more info)
    Composed by: Astrovsky
    Terence Stamp, reader

  58. Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast - 00:51


    59. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose (more info)
    Composed by: William Porter
    John Sessions, reader

  59. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose - 00:56


    60. Sonnet 116 (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Robert Lindsay, reader

  60. Sonnet 116 - 01:00


    61. New Year's Eve (more info)
    Composed by: D.H. Lawrence
    Michael Maloney, reader

  61. New Year's Eve - 01:21


    62. Green (more info)
    Composed by: D.H. Lawrence
    Michael Maloney, reader

  62. Green - 00:33


    63. A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever (more info)
    Composed by: Francisco de Medrano
    Mark Rylance, reader

  63. A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever - 01:03

Disc 2


    The Soldier's Tale (excerpt) (more info)

  1. STRAVINSKY: The Soldier's Tale (excerpt) - 00:51


    2. SOLDIER (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  2. SOLDIER - 00:18


    3. Henry V: Prologue (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Mark Rylance, reader

  3. Henry V: Prologue - 03:22


    4. Into Battle (more info)
    Composed by: Julian Grenfell
    Juliet Stevenson, reader

  4. Into Battle - 00:24


    5. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (more info)
    Composed by: W.B. Yeats
    William Houston, reader

  5. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death - 01:12


    6. Once to Every Man and Nation (more info)
    Composed by: P. Lesso-Valerio
    Judi Dench, reader

  6. Once to Every Man and Nation - 00:33


    7. Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (more info)
    Composed by: Seamus Heaney
    William Houston, reader

  7. Whatever You Say, Say Nothing - 05:48


    8. In Flanders Field (more info)
    Composed by: John McCrea
    Robert Powell, reader

  8. In Flanders Field - 00:54


    9. Perhaps (more info)
    Composed by: Gunnar Birgegard
    Judi Dench, reader

  9. Perhaps - 01:29


    10. Anthem for Doomed Youth (more info)
    Composed by: Wilfred Owen
    Robert Powell, reader

  10. Anthem for Doomed Youth - 01:02


    11. Dulce et Decorum Est (more info)
    Composed by: Wilfred Owen
    Lord Owen, reader

  11. Dulce et Decorum Est - 01:45


    12. Pluck (more info)
    Composed by: Alan Wendell Livingston
    Felicity Kendal, reader

  12. Pluck - 01:16


    13. In Memory of W. B. Yeats (excerpt) (more info)
    Composed by: W. H. Auden
    Art Malik, reader

  13. In Memory of W. B. Yeats (excerpt) - 01:00


    14. At a War Grave (more info)
    Composed by: John Jarmain
    Michael Maloney, reader

  14. At a War Grave - 00:47


    15. El Alamein (more info)
    Composed by: John Jarmain
    Michael Maloney, reader

  15. El Alamein - 02:08


    16. Handbag (more info)
    Composed by: Ruth Fainlight
    Prunella Scales, reader

  16. Handbag - 00:42


    17. Salvage Song (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Ravenscroft
    Michael Maloney, reader
    Prunella Scales, reader

  17. Salvage Song - 00:40


    18. England (more info)
    Michael Caine, reader

  18. England - 00:18


    19. Dover Beach (more info)
    Michael Williams, reader

  19. Dover Beach - 02:21


    20. Written with a Pencil in a Sealed Wagon (more info)
    Composed by: Leif Karlsson
    Janet Suzman, reader

  20. Written with a Pencil in a Sealed Wagon - 00:47


    21. No Man Is An Island (more info)
    Ed Bishop, reader

  21. No Man Is An Island - 00:42


    22. Fantasia (excerpt) (more info)
    Shirley Rumsey,

  22. LUIS DE NARVAEZ: Fantasia (excerpt) - 00:56


    23. WISDOM (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  23. WISDOM - 00:22


    24. The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 1: 'The Quality of Mercy' (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  24. The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 1: 'The Quality of Mercy' - 01:05


    25. What is Good (more info)
    Composed by: John Boyle O'Reilly
    Judi Dench, reader

  25. What is Good - 00:56


    26. Leaves of Grass (more info)
    Art Malik, reader

  26. Leaves of Grass - 00:56


    27. Addendum to the Ten Commandments (more info)
    Composed by: Anon
    Michael Caine, reader

  27. Addendum to the Ten Commandments - 00:15


    28. A Student (more info)
    Emma Fielding,

  28. A Student - 01:30


    29. Abou Ben Adhem (more info)
    Robert Powell, reader

  29. Abou Ben Adhem - 01:09


    30. The Song of Hiawatha (excerpt) (more info)
    Clark Peters, reader

  30. The Song of Hiawatha (excerpt) - 03:29


    31. My Heart Leaps Up (more info)
    Composed by: Endre Ady
    Robert Hardy, reader

  31. My Heart Leaps Up - 00:33


    32. Auguries of Innocence (more info)
    Composed by: William Blake
    Timothy West,

  32. Auguries of Innocence - 00:20


    33. The Tyger (more info)
    Composed by: William Blake
    Timothy West,

  33. The Tyger - 01:18


    34. Of All The Souls That Stand Create (more info)
    Composed by: Harry Partch
    Gayle Hunnicutt, reader

  34. Of All The Souls That Stand Create - 00:47


    35. Chorus of Spirits (more info)
    Prunella Scales, reader

  35. Chorus of Spirits - 01:39


    36. Kubla Khan (more info)
    Composed by: Robi Das Baul
    Pete Postlethwaite, reader

  36. Kubla Khan - 02:32


    37. A Man's a Man for A' That (more info)
    Composed by: William Porter
    John Sessions, reader

  37. A Man's a Man for A' That - 01:45


    38. The Road Not Taken (more info)
    Composed by: Jan Bach
    John Cleese, reader

  38. The Road Not Taken - 01:09


    39. The Bleed'n' Sparrer (more info)
    Composed by: Anon
    Michael Caine, reader

  39. The Bleed'n' Sparrer - 01:02


    40. The King of Denmark's Galiard (excerpt) (more info)

  40. DOWLAND: The King of Denmark's Galiard (excerpt) - 00:38


    41. SIXTH AGE (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  41. SIXTH AGE - 00:29


    42. Politics (more info)
    Composed by: W.B. Yeats
    Michael Caine, reader

  42. Politics - 00:47


    43. Peekaboo, I Almost See You (more info)
    Composed by: Ogden Nash
    David Suchet, reader

  43. Peekaboo, I Almost See You - 01:39


    44. Samson Agonistes (more info)
    Composed by: Ogden Nash
    David Suchet, reader

  44. Samson Agonistes - 00:20


    45. Sea Fever (more info)
    Composed by: John Edward Masefield
    Terence Stamp, reader

  45. Sea Fever - 01:11


    46. The Exultation (more info)
    Composed by: Harry Partch
    Gayle Hunnicutt, reader

  46. The Exultation - 00:31


    47. We Have Been Here Before (more info)
    Composed by: William Hickling Prescott
    Charles Dance, reader

  47. We Have Been Here Before - 01:14


    48. The Brook (excerpt) (more info)
    Composed by: Alfred Lord Tennyson
    Janet Suzman, reader

  48. The Brook (excerpt) - 02:10


    49. Upon Westminister Bridge (more info)
    Composed by: Endre Ady
    Robert Hardy, reader

  49. Upon Westminister Bridge - 01:02


    50. A Song of a Young Lady To Her Ancient Lover (more info)
    Composed by: Billy Moore Jr.
    Janet Suzman, reader

  50. A Song of a Young Lady To Her Ancient Lover - 01:41


    51. John Anderson, My Jo (more info)
    Composed by: William Porter
    Stella Gonet, reader

  51. John Anderson, My Jo - 01:59


    52. In Praise of Cocoa, Cupid's Nightcap (more info)
    Composed by: Henry Rosner
    Emma Fielding,

  52. In Praise of Cocoa, Cupid's Nightcap - 00:47


    53. The Way Through the Woods (more info)
    Art Malik, reader

  53. The Way Through the Woods - 01:07


    54. Uphill (excerpt) (more info)
    Composed by: Margaret Williams-Hamerik
    HRH The Duchess of Kent, reader

  54. Uphill (excerpt) - 00:58


    55. LAST SCENE (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  55. LAST SCENE - 00:24


    56. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (more info)
    Composed by: Dylan Thomas
    Ioan Gruffud, reader

  56. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - 01:32


    57. Song (more info)
    Composed by: Margaret Williams-Hamerik
    Jenny Agutter, reader

  57. Song - 01:00


    58. Code Poem for the French Resistance (more info)
    Composed by: Guillaume Bourgogne
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  58. Code Poem for the French Resistance - 00:40


    59. This World is not Conclusion (more info)
    Composed by: Harry Partch
    Gayle Hunnicutt, reader

  59. This World is not Conclusion - 01:16


    60. Requiem (more info)
    John Sessions, reader

  60. Requiem - 00:38


    61. Sleeping at Last (more info)
    Composed by: Margaret Williams-Hamerik
    Judi Dench, reader

  61. Sleeping at Last - 01:12


    62. Cymbeline, Act IV Scene 2: 'Fear No More' (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Ian McKellen, reader

  62. Cymbeline, Act IV Scene 2: 'Fear No More' - 01:39


    63. Evolution (more info)
    Composed by: Lanigi Mua
    Mark Rylance, reader

  63. Evolution - 01:36

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Composer(s)/ Author(s):
Ady, Endre; Allingham, William; Anon; Astrovsky; Auden, W. H.; Bach, Jan; Baul, Robi Das; Birgegard, Gunnar; Blake, William ; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Bridges, Robert Seymour; Browning, E. B.; Chesterton, G. K.; Eliot, T. S.; Fainlight, Ruth; Geiger, Laszlo; Grenfell, Julian; Gunn, Thomas; Heaney, Seamus; Hood, Thomas; Housman, A.E.; Hughes, Ted; Jarmain, John; Karlsson, Leif; Laporte, Jean-Francois; Lawrence, D.H.; Lear, Edward; Lesso-Valerio, P.; Livingston, Alan Wendell; Masefield, John Edward; McCrea, John; Medrano, Francisco de; Milne, A. A.; Moore Jr., Billy; Mua, Lanigi; Nash, Ogden; O'Reilly, John Boyle; Owen, Wilfred; Partch, Harry; Porter, William; Prescott, William Hickling; Ravenscroft, Thomas; Rosner, Henry; Selmeczi, Gyorgy; Silverstein, Shel; Smith, Alice Mary; Stevenson, Anne; Tagore, Rabindranath ; Tennyson, Alfred Lord; Thomas, Dylan; Whittier, J.; Williams-Hamerik, Margaret; Wright-Denman; Yeats, W.B.

Artist(s):
Ackland, Joss; Agutter, Jenny; Bishop, Ed; Booth, Connie; Caine, Michael; Cleese, John; Dance, Charles; Dench, Judi; Fielding, Emma; Fiennes, Ralph; Gonet, Stella; Gordon, Hannah; Gruffud, Ioan; Hardy, Robert; Heringman, Jacob; Houston, William; HRH The Duchess of Kent; Hunnicutt, Gayle; Jackson, Glenda; Kendal, Felicity; Lindsay, Robert; Malik, Art; Maloney, Michael; McCormack, Catherine; McKellen, Ian; Nishizaki, Takako; Owen, Lord; Peters, Clark; Postlethwaite, Pete; Powell, Robert; Rumsey, Shirley; Rylance, Mark; Sachs, Andrew; Sayer, Leo; Scales, Prunella; Sessions, John; Stamp, Terence; Stevenson, Juliet; Suchet, David; Suzman, Janet; West, Samuel; West, Timothy; Williams, Michael

Label: Naxos Audio Books
UPC: 730099018920
Item Number: NA218912
Release Date: Apr 11, 2000

 
 
 
 
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