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Title: Handel's 'Messiah'

Subtitle: Comfort for God's People

Author: Calvin R. Stapert

Narrator: James Adams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-17-11

Publisher: christianaudio.com

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Handels oratorio Messiah is a phenomenon with no parallel in music history. No other work of music has been so popular for so long. Yet familiarity can sometimes breed contempt and also misunderstanding.

This book, by music expert Calvin Stapert, will greatly increase understanding and appreciation of Handels majestic Messiah, whether listeners are old friends of this remarkable work or have only just discovered its magnificence.

Stapert provides fascinating historical background, tracing not only Messiahs unlikely inception but also its amazing reception throughout history. The bulk of the book offers scene-by-scene musical and theological commentary on the whole work, focusing on the way Handels music beautifully interprets and illuminates the biblical text.

For anyone seeking to appreciate Handels Messiah more, this informed yet accessible guide is the audiobook to have.

Members Reviews:

A Biography?

We were arguing if a book about a piece if music could be called a biography. I think so, as 'Messiah' has almost taken on a life of it's own. The book gives a potted bio of Handel and Jennings as well as the work, and some of the political and theological context that lead to it's writing.

However, you will need a copy of the full work to hand to get the best out of the last part of this recording.Yes, there are some extracts but nowhere near enough. I loved the analysis of the score (engaging and not the least dry) but needed to flick back and forward between the 'book' and the music itself to get the most out of it. And, boy, did we! It now makes sense in a way it never did, despite being very familiar with the work.

This will be back on my MP3 in the future.

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Titolo: U2. Bio Rock

Autore: Lucio Mazzi

Narratore: N.N.

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 1 hr and 38 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 01-13-11

Editore: GoodMood

Categoria: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Riepilogo Editore:

Gli U2 sono uno dei gruppi più importanti del mondo: su di loro sono, ovviamente usciti, decine di libri. Tuttavia, tra tanti che ne raccolgono i testi, che ne esplorano l'aspetto live, che si addentrano in particolari e curiosità, paradossalmente non è così facile trovarne uno che semplicemente voglia raccontare a qualcuno che della band conosca solo le canzoni più celebri, chi siano veramente gli U2 e perché siano così importanti. Questo libro, quindi, risponde semplicemente a due domande: "Chi?" e "Perchè?" e lo fa in modo immediato ma non superficiale, raccontando la vicenda di Bono e compagni dall'inizio, nelle strade di Dublino, agli ultimi concerti di quest'anno.

©2010 Good Mood ; (P)2010 Good Mood

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Title: The Story of Chopin

Author: John Sidgwick

Narrator: Robert Hardy

Format: Abridged

Length: 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-10

Publisher: Saland Publishing

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Frédéric François Chopin, in Polish Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher, of French-Polish parentage. Here is the story of Chopin, one of the world's greatest composers, in words and music.

Members Reviews:

Few words, lots of music

A very disappointing experience. There are extensive pieces of Chopin's music which are delightful but not what I expect from an audio tape. The narration is minimal and tells me very little about Chopin's life. There is no note of which pieces are being played at the time they are played, nor who the artists are. I have many CDs of Chopin's music. I bought this tape to learn about his life but learnt very little.

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Title: The Hacienda

Subtitle: How Not to Run a Club

Author: Peter Hook

Narrator: Peter Hook

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-15-10

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for 30 years. He provided the propulsive bass guitar melodies of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and the bestselling 12-inch single ever, 'Blue Monday' among many other songs. As co-owner of Manchester's Hacienda club, Hook propelled the rise of acid house in the late 1980s, then suffered through its violent fall in the 1990s as gangs, drugs, greed and a hostile police force destroyed everything he and his friends had created.

This is his memory of that era and 'it's far sadder, funnier, scarier and stranger' than anyone has imagined. As young and naive musicians, the members of New Order were thrilled when their record label Factory opened a club. Yet as their career escalated, they toured the world and had top ten hits, their royalties were being ploughed into the Hacienda and they were only being paid 20 per week. Peter Hook looked back at that exciting and hilarious time to write Hacienda. All the main characters appear - Tony Wilson, Barney, Shaun Ryder - and Hook tells it like it was - a rollercoaster of success, money, confusion and true faith.

Members Reviews:

Deadpan Funny

I'm now in my early 40's so this was my era of clubbing and although I never went I was familiar with the goings on at the Hacienda. Read brilliantly and deadpan funny by the author. Worth a listen to by any northerner of my age who used to go to the early raves and clubs

The capital of cool

It's short but pure class this and well worth it. Works as a brilliant companion to 24 hour party people.

Another great story

An eye opener for anyone thinking about opening a club . Very entertaining stright from the Horse's Mouth. Well worth a listen.

GREAT... if you like short stories.

What would have made The Hacienda better?

A longer more in-depth account to what happened.

What did you like best about this story?

The era it happened in and the impact it made

What didnt you like about Peter Hooks performance?

Way too short.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Hacienda?

The problem was lack of content rather then what should be cut!

Cracking

Loved this gave a real insight listened to it twice the music was a great addition made you feel the times

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Titolo: Led Zeppelin

Autore: Lucio Mazzi

Narratore: Nino Carollo

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 1 hr and 26 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 11-16-10

Editore: GoodMood

Categoria: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Riepilogo Editore:

I Led Zeppelin sono stati i grandi protagonisti della nascita dell'hard rock tra la fine degli anni '60 e per tutti i '70, diventando in breve un fenomeno di costume mondiale. Idolatrati dai loro fan e osteggiati dalla critica i Led Zeppelin sono stati sempre al centro dell'attenzione e delle polemiche per i loro atteggiamenti da rock star: sesso, droga, satanismo e rock & roll... Questa audiobiografia ripercorre le tappe di una carriera irripetibile, una vera e propria "Starway To Heaven".

©2010 Lucio Mazzi; (P)2010 Good Mood

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Title: Amazing Classical Musicians - Volume 1

Subtitle: Inspirational Stories

Author: Charles Margerison, Frances Corcoran (general editor), Emma Braithwaite (editorial coordination)

Narrator: Charles Margerison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-10

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Mozart, Strauss, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky - all icons that are amongst the most celebrated of all classical musicians. Their music is played all over the world, but the lives of these incredible individuals are often shrouded in mystery. Discover the stories behind masterpieces including Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Understand what their real life challenges were. Discover how Mozart came to play his first public concert at only six years of age.

These unique BioView stories will bring new perspective to your understanding of these amazing classical musicians and the amazing music they created. BioViews are short biographical stories, similar to interviews. These unique audio stories provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world."

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Title: The Music Lesson

Subtitle: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music

Author: Victor L. Wooten

Narrator: Victor L. Wooten

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-10

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 687 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

"Boy, do I have a lot to learn!" Anyone who's ever picked up a musical instrument of any kind - from the first caveman banging rocks to that little kid at the guitar shop - has thought that. I know I did. I'd been trying for years to break in to the music scene, to show everyone my chops, to make my mark. And I was good. But I wasn't great. I knew that there was something wrong.

"Then the teacher showed up. I didn't ask for him. I didn't think I needed him. And all he said he could teach me was 'nothing'.

The Music Lesson is the inspiring story of a young bass player and the lessons he learns about Life, Music, and the Life of Music. Throughout this audiobook is new, original music written by Victor Wooten and a bonus performance by the original supergroup Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

Members Reviews:

Surprise like no other!

This buy was a shot in the dark. Never heard of Victor or this book. My expectations were very low. But I needed to motivate myself as I could not bring myself to practising my guitar. So I gave this one a try and Lord ... whata a find. I love how the words are backed by music in the background (although I find Mike's performance irritatingly overacted) and I can't get enough of the content. Music as mystery and invisible mighty force. No phony stuff and cheap superficial spiritualism (at least to my mind). That's what you will find there.

Zen Bass

Any additional comments?

This is similar to the books 'Zen Guitar' and 'Effortless Mastery', except it focuses on a bass player instead of a guitar player. Another differentiator is that this audio book is punctuated with great music. (Except for the musical subvocalizations when 'Music' is speaking, which are really distracting). The stories are fantastical on purpose - he is trying to illustrate and emphasize his points about music (and life). The strictly literal minded will probably not like this book. Ditto for people who think "notes" are the end-all and be-all of music. Ditto for the people who only like one style of music and hold all other forms of musical expression in disdain. I think this book should be nearly required listening for all musicians. I've listened to it 3 times now. It is great.

20 years too late

Truthfully, it's right on time. I think the book should have been called 'The Lesson'. Although Wooten presents this is a dialogue primarily about music between teacher and student, the concepts are equally transferable to any subject. Reminiscent of 'Zen and the Art of Archery'.

Deeply Profound

There is an old saying, "When the student is ready, the master will appear." That's how this book is setup, with the author's teacher showing up to teach a professional bass player how to play music, and that's how this book found its way to me. It was the right message at the right time, and there is simply not enough I can say about it that will sing its praises properly.

There are a great many self-help books out there, just as there are a great many musical instruction books and books on fundamental spirituality. This book is all three at once - a masterpiece in its own right - and so much more.

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Title: Zen Buddhism Stories

Author: Trout Lake Media

Narrator: Alec Sand

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-10

Publisher: Trout Lake Media

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 135 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

A collection of Zen stories to amuse and illuminate. Includes all the stories from classic Zen literature: 101 Zen Stories, The Gateless Gate, The Ten Bulls and Centering. Includes the soundtrack The Mysterious Sound of Wind In the Bamboo - a 43 minute collection of Zen inspired Japanese music by The Matsu Take Ensemble.

Members Reviews:

Zen Stories To Go With Your Flute Music

What is advertised is what is got: Zen Stories and Zen Music. There really isn't much to say about the stories, they're Zen stories: some inspire, some feel like posturing, and some leave you scratching your head. Alec Sand reads the stories as well as they can be read, for which I give him five stars.

Beware, there is A LOT of flute music here. The forty-three minute music collection takes up the final twelve chapters of sixteen. I assume that the first four chapters correspond to the four story collections, but they aren't pure narration. Between each story is a ten-ish second burst of flute music, either to give you a moment to reflect or to pad out the time, and sometimes the bursts go on for quite a bit. I think these longer bursts indicate the end/beginning of a new book, but I'm not sure. They are the reason why I rated the Overall as less than the Performance and Story, which is a first for me.

The discounted price for Audible Members is just what I think this collection is worth. The current nine-dollar price is a bit much, and I certainly wouldn't use a credit.

some chapters are just music

the stories are great but some chapters are just music. like 10 in a row...why?

Beautiful teachings

What made the experience of listening to Zen Buddhism Stories the most enjoyable?

the performance was esquisite and sensible

Which scene was your favorite?

some of the teachings are more easy to translate than others

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

inspirational, deep thoughts...

Should be Free

Should be free really, audio quality wasnt there. The reason i like audible is most of the stuff is of good quality, reviews help you sift through the junk, unlike free sites where you not sure what to believe, you can find almost anything and downloading is not a hack. But they should offer more free stuff like these zen stories, I have downloaded loads of free talks that I enjoyed more than this AB.

Enjoyable stories

Enjoyed the stories. Separating stories with music nice. Narration is very good. Like to see more translated.

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Title: AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll

Author: Murray Englehart

Narrator: Stig Wemyss

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-10

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Over three decades and more than 150 million albums, AC/DC has established itself as much more than just a great rock band. For millions of fans spanning several generations across the world, they are an ear-bleedingly loud, sweat-soaked religion, courtesy of such classic albums as Highway to Hell and Back in Black. Now, in a book of astonishing breadth and scope, comes, for the very first time, the complete story of AC/DC. Everything you ever wanted to know and plenty more you never dreamt of is all here, the ultimate balls-out adventure, laced with sex, drunken escapades, and brawls.

It's a journey that started in the suburban Sydney, Australia, bedrooms of brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, boys who could wreak havoc with their guitars. Over their power chords were the lyrics and voice of Bon Scott, who would lead them higher and higher-until his tragic death in 1980. The bittersweet irony after his death was that not only did the Youngs manage to hold together without him, but the band's fortunes and status skyrocketed with his replacement, Brian Johnson, and the album Back in Black.

Five long years in the making, AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll is sourced from more than 1,300 interviews the band has given over the past thirty years combined with in excess of 75 of the authors' own interviews with those who worked with AC/DC - both in the studio and on the road - many of whom have never spoken about the band publicly.

Members Reviews:

Long but worth it.

A true testament of how four boys, Malcolm, Angus, Phil and Bon took on the world in their own way and left it screaming for more. This is a great book that is well overdue. A little too long due to the many, many, many show stories that could have been cut down, this made it a bit much at times but the shear story does keep you engaged. A great listen even if you aren't a fan of the band.

What a fan-bloody-tastic listen...

I have just finished this title and am very glad I purchased it. Having to date been an 'on the fence' ACDC fan, not an obsessive one, I wasn't sure if I should listen to this or not. So glad I did! I didn't realise how much the boys were 'before their time'. How driven and focused (Malcolm and Angus) had been from their youth towards their goal of creating 'real rock'. The behind the scenes info and background on their ups and downs, only makes you realise how incredibly hard they worked for their sucess, with many losses on the way. RIP Bon Scott! What a talent you were (and remain). I have been busy buying up a few more of the back cataloge albums that I didn't have, and enjoying the tracks with a new appreciation, knowing the the stories behind the songs now.

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Title: Passion Unplugged

Author: Juanita Bynum

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-10

Publisher: Intellect Inspire

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Dr. Juanita Bynum's Unplugged was recorded live at Solomons Porch in Decatur, Georgia. This is classic Juanita Bynum, ministering in a fashion that will speak deliverance to you and your situation. This is not just a performance, but an anointing experience captured in an intimate and eclectic environment that immediately ushers in the presence of God. Millions have experienced this anointing with the audio A Piece of My Passion now hear the performance of songs from A Piece of My Passion, live and UNPLUGGED!