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Richard Burton Reads the Poetry of John Donne
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- Happy_Reader
- 01-13-23
Delightful but too short
Such a pleasure to listen to JD poems. Excellent performance by Richard Burton. It should have been longer selection.
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- Kevin Barclay
- 12-18-19
Powerful voice but...
...but like many others here I wish each poem had a title. You literally don't know what he is reading unless you are familiar with the work. A major oversight but Burton is so strong he compensates.
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- Jim
- 10-20-23
Mellifluous tones of Burton
Loved the reading and the words, would have loved to see the titles
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- James Fields
- 04-13-15
It's Burton!
Burton could read the phone book and get 5 stars, but this is not the phone book...
....and I am limited to only 5 stars.
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