Since you are interested in The Hobbit [The Original BBC Radio Drama] {nearly four hours on one MP3 CD), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
THE HAPPY PRINCE
The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and other stories Anton Lesser, narrator [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Story Of Classical Music Marin Alsop (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The Story of Classical Music is the sort of project that hardly ever gets reviewed and at which people are likely to turn up their noses." (Julian Lloyd Webber) |
PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Way Through the Woods, and other favourite poems Anton Lesser, Anne Harvey, Katinka Wolf, narrators [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] There are complete stories here - The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Lady of Shalott - and humor aplenty, whether it is the music hall mischief of Dahn the Plughole or the more sinister touches of Binyon's Hunger. |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
1001 Nights: Sinbad the Sailor and other stories Bernard Cribbins (narrator) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Enrique Batiz [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "...It's an exciting performance, and Batiz elicits a good bit of fire from the Philharmonia. For this re-issue... Naxos has grafted on Mr Cribbins's reading of four episodes from the Tales of the Arabian Nights. While very well read and entertaining... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Prokofiev: Cinderella / Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Children's Classics) Brian Cant (narrator) / National Symphony Orch of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar (conductor) / Slovak State Philharmonic Orch. / Andrew Mogrelia (conductor [ Naxos Children's Classics / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "Brian Cant has a nice, light and understated touch in his story-telling, with a bit of the Edith Evans for the Fairy Godmother and a touching wonderment to match Prokofiev's scintillating score." Daily Telegraph |
CHARLES DICKENS
Dickens: Our Mutual Friend (abridged) David Timson (narrator) [ Naxos AudioBooks / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2008 ] A mysterious boatman on the Thames, a drowned heir, a dustman and his wife, and a host of other Dickens characters populate this novel of relationships between the classes, money, greed and love. |
FAWLTY TOWERS
Fawlty Towers: Second Sitting - The Rat / The Builders Fawlty Towers with John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth & Andrew Sachs [ BBC Audio / CD - released 9/Apr/2009 ] John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs star in two BBC TV episodes, "The Rat" and "The Builders". |
Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [ BBC Audio Book / 3 CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] |
Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Secondary Phase [ BBC Audio Books / 3 CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] |