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Wagner's Ring Motifs
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Publisher's Summary
The authors are Sven Friedrich, curator of the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth, and Gerhard K. Englert, the editor of the previous audio guides that have been released in the same series and that explore the world of classical music. Together, the authors offer listeners a modern, convenient and quick introduction to Wagner's cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung.
The motifs are presented in the order of their first appearance in the cycle and accompanied by an expert commentary. In this way, the listener is also introduced to the story of the Ring, an introduction that follows the narrative very closely by examining the development and meaning of the music.The narrator is the distinguished British bass-baritone Sir John Tomlinson, who has appeared in countless performances at the Bayreuth Festival since making his début there as Wotan in 1988.
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- P. T. Morgeson
- 12-15-19
fun and entertaining
good for driving, obviously there are a ton of layers through the entire cycle, however this audiobook does a really great job a connecting themes to characters and defining the role the music.
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A down-to-earth global pop star. A deeply spiritual, cerebral powerhouse. A famously outspoken introvert. For her millions of fans, and the few unacquainted, defining rock luminary Alanis Morissette is an exercise in dichotomies and nuance. And though her most formidable traits are seemingly at odds with one another, they are, oddly enough, completely emblematic of all of us: complex, conflicting, and, most importantly, ever evolving. With her striking command of language and profound emotional fluency, the 46-year-old covers an enormous amount of personal ground with listeners.
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Music x Words
- By Patrick on 10-23-20
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Coal Country
- By: Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen, Steve Earle - music
- Narrated by: Mary Bacon, Amelia Campbell, Michael Gaston, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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In 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia killed 29 men and tore a hole in the lives of countless others. Now you can hear the first-person accounts from survivors and family members. In this riveting, emotionally stunning new work, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, award-winning writers of The Exonerated, and three-time Grammy Award-winning country/folk legend Steve Earle dig deep into the repercussions of the most deadly mining disaster in recent US history.
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True to life, emotional story
- By WVMindiS on 10-11-21
By: Jessica Blank, and others
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The Three Musketeers
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Alexandre Dumas, Marty Ross
- Narrated by: David Ahmad, Rachel Atkins, Catherine Bailey, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Swashbuckling classic adventure, with an updated twist placing Milady in the role of narrator. Young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join the King's elite guards but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to - Porthos, Athos and Aramis, inseparable friends: the Three Musketeers. Soon part of their close band, D'Artagnan's loyalty to his new allies puts him in the deadly path of Cardinal Richlieu's machinations.
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Brilliant!!!
- By Rochlle Finchum on 10-30-19
By: Alexandre Dumas, and others
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Alien: Sea of Sorrows
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: James A. Moore, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: John Chancer, Stockard Channing, Walles Hamonde, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
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Set 300 years after the events of Alien: Out of the Shadows and Alien: River of Pain, Alien: Sea of Sorrows deals with the rediscovery of dormant Xenomorphs (Aliens) in the abandoned mines of LV-178, the planetoid from Alien: Out of the Shadows, which has now been terraformed and renamed New Galveston. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation, reformed after the collapse of the United Systems Military, continue their unceasing efforts to weaponise the creatures.
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Way to leave me hangin’!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-26-18
By: James A. Moore, and others
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Fade
- By: Tanya Saracho
- Narrated by: Karla Souza, Carlos Miranda
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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When Mexican-born novelist Lucia lands her first TV writing job, she immediately feels out of place in the White, male-dominated writers' room. Before long, she’s drawn to the only other Latino around, a janitor named Abel, and the two begin an unlikely friendship—one that’s tested when Abel’s confidences start showing up in Lucia’s scripts.
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Encore!
- By Wendy on 09-11-22
By: Tanya Saracho
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How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition
- By: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Greenberg
- Length: 36 hrs and 34 mins
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Great music is a language unto its own, a means of communication of unmatched beauty and genius. And it has an undeniable power to move us in ways that enrich our lives-provided it is understood.If you have ever longed to appreciate great concert music, to learn its glorious language and share in its sublime pleasures, the way is now open to you, through this series of 48 wonderful lectures designed to make music accessible to everyone who yearns to know it, regardless of prior training or knowledge.
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Wonderful, I've wanted this for so long...but...
- By Lee the reader on 10-11-13
By: Robert Greenberg, and others
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Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song
- Words + Music | Vol. 5
- By: Tom Morello
- Narrated by: Tom Morello
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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Rock god. Justice fighter. Rabble-rouser. Ivy Leaguer. An American renegade and fearless truth teller. Rage Against the Machine’s guitar virtuoso, Tom Morello, is many things; but perhaps, he himself, sums it up best: a one-man revolution. For the first time ever, hear Morello fuse the deeply personal with the political in a rapturous, badass, one-man show that skillfully balances soul-bearing stories with spellbinding guitar fury: Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song by Tom Morello.
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From casual fan to wanting to consume more Tom M.
- By Raymond A. Lukasiewicz on 09-01-20
By: Tom Morello
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Heart
- By: Jade Anouka
- Narrated by: Jade Anouka
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Written and performed by London-based actor and poet Jade Anouka (His Dark Materials), Heart introduces us to a woman who finds herself married and divorced at age 28. As she begins the process of piecing her life together, she confronts the insecurities and self-imposed boundaries that have always held her back. In the process, she discovers love in the last place—and with the last person—she expected.
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Don't shy away if you are NOT a fan of Spoken Word
- By Been there on 06-08-22
By: Jade Anouka
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Bluebird Memories: A Journey Through Lyrics & Life
- Words + Music | Vol. 3
- By: Common, Awoye Timpo, NSangou Njikam
- Narrated by: Common
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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In a performance that combines the personal and poetic with the literary and the lyrical, Grammy, Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe-winning artist Common spins something entirely new and bold for both his old-school fans and those new to one of hip-hop’s most essential voices. This is Bluebird Memories, part of Audible's Words + Music that blends storytelling, music, and performance to create a one-of-a-kind listening experience.
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I'm an OWW
- By R. Sippel on 08-09-20
By: Common, and others
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Coreyography
- By: Corey Feldman
- Narrated by: Corey Feldman
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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In this brave and moving memoir, Corey Feldman is revealing the truth about what his life was like behind the scenes: His is a past that included physical, drug, and sexual abuse, a dysfunctional family from which he was emancipated at age fifteen, three high-profile arrests for drug possession, a nine-month stint in rehab, and a long, slow crawl back to the top of the box office.
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Didn't like the Two Coreys, but liked this.
- By ricketsj on 04-29-14
By: Corey Feldman