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NAXOS OF AMERICA
Great Inventors and Their Inventions by David Angus
Gender: Boys And Girls
Age: 8 to 13
Archimedes • Gutenberg • Franklin • Nobel
Bell • Marconi • The Wright Brothers • Edison
Read by Benjamin Soames
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 As David Angus shows, they were very different – quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn – but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked.
It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.
An original text from Naxos AudioBooks. Part of the series which includes Famous People in History volume 1 and volume 2. The Story of Classical Music and Great Explorers of the World.
Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson
Gender: Boys And Girls
Age: 8 to 13
Treasure Island must be the most enthralling adventure book ever written for children. As we listen to the voice of Jim Hawkins telling his extraordinary tale, and later that of his companion Dr Livesey, we are plunged into a world of pirates, buried treasure, mutiny and deceit. We meet Billy Bones, Blind Pew, Black Dog and, of course, the charming buccaneer Long John Silver. The action and adventure never falter, and the spell of this enduring story is sustained until the very last word.
“Britton’s highly versatile reading evokes the widely varying characters of this popular tale of treasure, treachery and cut-throat adventure.” THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE MAGAZINE
Famous Composers by Darren Henley
Gender: Boys And Girls
Age: 8 to 13
Read by Marin Alsop
Following on the success of The Story of Classical Music, Darren Henley and Marin Alsop combine forces again to tell, in more detail, the lives of six key composers Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák and Shostakovich. Their colourful lives and their love of music is told against the backdrop of some of their finest works – an ideal combination.
In addition, there is an imaginative CD-ROM section on the second CD which looks at particular works in greater detail – with extra music.
The Story of Classical Music by Darren Henley
Gender: Boys And Girls
Age: 8 to 13
Read by Marin Alsop
This lively recording is a perfect way to introduce classical music to the entire family. It looks at the music through the lives of the great composers and their environment, from the churches and cathedrals that produced the familiar sound of Gregorian chant, to Johann Sebastian Bach, the family man composing for the glory of God, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child prodigy, genius and prankster who wrote some of the finest music ever, yet was buried in a pauper’s grave. The story will be taken to the composers of the twenty-first century.
This unusual and special production by the two most important brand names in classical music includes more than 100 musical examples taken from the extensive Naxos catalog.
It includes a CD-ROM element which contains text, pictures of composers, glossary of terms, and more.
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