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Maui Sherpa

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  • The Life and Works of Chopin | [Jeremy Siepmann]
    The Life and Works of Chopin
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    The Life and Works of Chopin

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 57 mins)
    • By Jeremy Siepmann
    • Narrated By Jeremy Siepmann
    Overall
    (98)
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    (12)
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    Frédéric Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence. Here, his life - from his birth in Poland, his famous affair with the French writer George Sand, and his death at the age of 49 in Paris - is told with his music featuring prominently.

    Stephen says: "Excellent Through and Through"
    "4+ Hours of Enjoyment"
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    Entertaining, informative, excellent narration...a great introduction to Chopin. Listened to it twice in 1 week.

    5 of 6 people found this review helpful
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    Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade
    ORIGINAL

    Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 30 mins)
    • By William Froug
    Overall
    (10)
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    (1)
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    Maui Sherpa says: "Terrible Recording"
    "Terrible Recording"
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    A recording of a lecture on screenwriting, not comprehensive but not bad either. Covers all the basics. There is a MAJOR PROBLEM, however, the lecture is about 15% Q and A and while the lecturer's voice is clear, the questioners' voices aren't. At all. Not an enjoyable listening experience.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
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    Living Biographies of Great Composers
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    Living Biographies of Great Composers

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By Henry Thomas, Dana Lee Thomas
    • Narrated By Nadia May
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    (12)
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    To appreciate the beauty of great works of music, we must be familiar with the lives of the geniuses who composed them. For in the personalities and life-stories of great composers is the key to their masterpieces.

    Maui Sherpa says: "Nice mini-biographies, but..."
    "Nice mini-biographies, but..."
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    No music. I was hoping the narration (which is okay, not great) would be broken up now and again with samples from the composers' works.

    14 of 15 people found this review helpful
  • The Life and Works of Beethoven | [Jeremy Siepmann]
    The Life and Works of Beethoven
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    The Life and Works of Beethoven

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 58 mins)
    • By Jeremy Siepmann
    • Narrated By Jeremy Siepmann
    Overall
    (79)
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    (13)
    Story
    (14)

    For many people, Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived. In this portrait-in-sound, actors' readings combine with his music to reveal a titanic personality, vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all, heroic.

    Rand says: "beethoven's life and works"
    "Enjoyed every minute"
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    True, this doesn't give an indepth account of Beethoven's life, but the production's lively and entertaining--it reminds me of great radio. The Life and Works of Chopin is another great title.

    8 of 8 people found this review helpful
  • Picasso: Creator and Destroyer | [Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington]
    Picasso: Creator and Destroyer
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    Picasso: Creator and Destroyer

    • ABRIDGED (2 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington
    • Narrated By Natascha McElhone
    Overall
    (6)
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    (2)
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    Discover the many sides of Pablo Picasso - a brilliant painter and sculptor, a sexual sadist, a loyal Communist, a seducer, a father, and, ultimately, a tragic figure. Audio portraits of him and other creative geniuses are collected in Lives of the Artists.

    Maui Sherpa says: "Disappointing..."
    "Disappointing..."
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    Doesn't tell us anything about Picasso...aside from the fact he was a complete heel...terrible writing, dubious interpretations...it's amazing this was published.

    6 of 9 people found this review helpful
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    PCs for Dummies
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    PCs for Dummies

    • ABRIDGED (1 hr and 30 mins)
    • By Dan Gookin
    • Narrated By Dan Gookin
    Overall
    (2)
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    Maui Sherpa says: "Very Basic"
    "Very Basic"
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    If you know absolutely nothing about computers, than this might be for you. Otherwise...

    The author/narrator explains basic hardware and software and suggests--if you want to learn more and get more out of your PC--that you find a computer guru friend (and have him/her do all the heavy lifting).

    One more thing...the author/narrator's humor is decidedly unhumorous.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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