JEN GREEN
Kings And Queens Of England (Unabridged) Benjamin Soames (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] Which king liked to bathe while the band played Rule Britannia? Which queen was so fat she needed a hoist to get on the throne? Which prince shut his wife out of Westminster Abbey to prevent her from being crowned? Who was the blood-thirstiest... |
DAVID ANGUS
Great Scientists and their Discoveries (Unabridged) Benjamin Soames [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] How did the great scientists make their remarkable discoveries? And what kind of men were they? This companion volume to Inventors and their Inventions introduces the work of ten men to younger readers, and range from the world of Ancient Greece... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Soldier' s Tale / Dumbarton Oaks Jonathan Keeble (narrator) Benjamin Soames (narrator) David Timson (narrator) / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - The Soldier's Tale is scored for an instrumental ensemble of seven players, violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone and percussion, the last including two... |
VARIOUS POETS
Classic Poems For Boys Anton Lesser, Roy McMillan, Benjamin Soames [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] Classic Poems for Boys comprises a delightfully varied set of poems for 5-10-year olds. From rousing favourites like Felicia Dorothea Hemans's Casabianca and John Keats's A Song About Myself, to dreamy, thoughtful poems by Rudyard Kipling and Henry... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (unabridged) Sean Baker / Emma Fielding / Anton Lesser / Benjamin Soames / Edward de Souza and full cast [ Naxos Audio Books / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2007 ] Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies, the others being Othello (1603), King Lear (1605) and Macbeth (1606). In writing this extraordinary play, Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy... |
DAVID ANGUS
Great Inventors & Their Inventions (Unabridged) Read by Benjamin Soames [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David... |