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SEVEN AGES - An Anthology of Poetry with Music




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One of the best anthologies of the year... An arresting, deeply moving collection of the best of British poetry read by a star-studded cast.’ The Independent...

Disc 1


    The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "Autumn": II. Adagio molto (more info)
  1. VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "Autumn": II. Adagio molto - 1:35


  2. As You Like It, Act II Scene VII: 'Seven Ages' (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Ian McKellen, reader

  3. As You Like It, Act II Scene VII: 'Seven Ages' - 2:08


  4. A Fancy (beginning) (more info)
  5. DOWLAND: A Fancy (beginning) - 0:16


  6. INFANT (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  7. INFANT - 0:17


  8. Baby Song (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Gunn
    Catherine McCormack, reader

  9. Baby Song - 0:57


  10. The Victory (more info)
    Composed by: Anne Stevenson
    Glenda Jackson, reader

  11. The Victory - 1:05


  12. Surgeons (more info)
    Composed by: Harry Partch
    Gayle Hunnicutt, reader

  13. Surgeons - 0:20


  14. The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2: 'Fancy' (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Mark Rylance, reader

  15. The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2: 'Fancy' - 0:51


  16. The Guppy (more info)
    Composed by: Ogden Nash
    Prunella Scales, reader

  17. The Guppy - 0:21


  18. The Quangle Wangle's Hat (more info)
    Composed by: Edward Lear
    Connie Booth, reader

  19. The Quangle Wangle's Hat - 2:30


  20. I Remember, I Remember (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Hood
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  21. I Remember, I Remember - 1:22


  22. The Fairies (more info)
    Composed by: William Allingham
    Juliet Stevenson, reader

  23. The Fairies - 1:55


  24. A Parental Ode (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Hood
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  25. A Parental Ode - 2:39


  26. My Shadow (more info)
    Composed by: Robert Louis Stevenson
    Stella Gonet, reader

  27. My Shadow - 1:26


  28. The Owl and The Pussy Cat (more info)
    Composed by: Edward Lear
    John Cleese, reader

  29. The Owl and The Pussy Cat - 1:26


  30. Sneezles (more info)
    Composed by: A. A. Milne
    Andrew Sachs, reader

  31. Sneezles - 1:28


  32. The Walrus and The Carpenter (more info)
    Composed by: Laszlo Geiger
    Joss Ackland, reader

  33. The Walrus and The Carpenter - 4:12


  34. Jellyfish (more info)
    Composed by: Ted Hughes
    Leo Sayer, reader

  35. Jellyfish - 0:29


  36. The Donkey (more info)
    Composed by: G. K. Chesterton
    Emma Fielding, reader

  37. The Donkey - 0:57


  38. The Common Cormorant (more info)
    Composed by: Anon
    Andrew Sachs, reader

  39. The Common Cormorant - 0:28


  40. Where Go The Boats (more info)
    Composed by: Robert Louis Stevenson
    Stella Gonet, reader

  41. Where Go The Boats - 0:37


  42. Crab (more info)
    Composed by: Ted Hughes
    Leo Sayer, reader

  43. Crab - 0:33


  44. The End (more info)
    Composed by: A. A. Milne
    Catherine McCormack, reader

  45. The End - 0:38


  46. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Uphill Down Dale (extract) (more info)

  47. MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Uphill Down Dale (excerpt) - 0:34


  48. SCHOOL (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  49. SCHOOL - 0:14


  50. To Any Reader (more info)
    Composed by: Robert Louis Stevenson
    John Sessions, reader

  51. To Any Reader - 1:03


  52. Under Milk Wood (more info)
    Composed by: Dylan Thomas
    Ioan Gruffud, reader

  53. Under Milk Wood - 3:07


  54. The Collier (more info)
    Composed by: Vernon Watkins
    Ioan Gruffud, reader

  55. The Collier - 2:18


  56. Sick (more info)
    Composed by: Shel Silverstein
    Catherine McCormack, reader

  57. Sick - 2:04


  58. Boring (more info)
    Composed by: Jean-Francois Laporte
    John Cleese, reader

  59. Boring - 1:32


  60. The Barefoot Boy (excerpt) (more info)
    Composed by: J. Whittier
    Jenny Agutter, reader

  61. The Barefoot Boy (excerpt) - 1:27


  62. The Tempest, Act I Scene 2: 'Full Fathom Five' (Ariel's Song) (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Glenda Jackson, reader

  63. The Tempest, Act I Scene 2: 'Full Fathom Five' (Ariel's Song) - 0:38


  64. Rosa Mystica (more info)
    Composed by: Wright-Denman
    Michael Williams, reader

  65. Rosa Mystica - 1:04


  66. A Smuggler's Song (more info)
    Composed by: Rudyard Kipling
    Michael Caine, reader

  67. A Smuggler's Song - 2:33


  68. Walking Away (more info)
    Composed by: Gyorgy Selmeczi
    Timothy West, reader

  69. Walking Away - 1:29


  70. Tarantella (more info)
    Composed by: Hilaire Belloc
    Terence Stamp, reader

  71. Tarantella - 1:23


  72. Macavity (more info)
    Composed by: T. S. Eliot
    David Suchet, reader

  73. Macavity - 3:09


  74. If (more info)
    Composed by: Rudyard Kipling
    Michael Caine, reader

  75. If - 1:57


  76. This Above All (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Michael Maloney, reader

  77. This Above All - 1:31


  78. M. George Whitehead his Almand (excerpt) (more info)
  79. DOWLAND: M. George Whitehead his Almand (excerpt) - 0:31


  80. LOVER (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  81. LOVER - 0:12


  82. The Arrow (more info)
    Composed by: W.B. Yeats
    Art Malik, reader

  83. The Arrow - 0:44


  84. The Arrow and The Song (more info)
  85. The Arrow and The Song - 0:53


  86. They Who Are Near To Me (more info)
    Composed by: Rabindranath Tagore
    Art Malik, reader

  87. They Who Are Near To Me - 0:31


  88. The First Day (more info)
  89. The First Day - 1:11


  90. The Song of Torrismond (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Lovell Beddoes
    Janet Suzman, reader

  91. The Song of Torrismond - 0:52


  92. My Delight and Thy Delight (more info)
    Composed by: Robert Seymour Bridges
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  93. My Delight and Thy Delight - 1:07


  94. Sonnet 43 (more info)
    Composed by: E. B. Browning
    Hannah Gordon, reader

  95. Sonnet 43 - 1:24


  96. The Virginity (more info)
    Composed by: Rudyard Kipling
    Terence Stamp, reader

  97. The Virginity - 1:36


  98. The Longest Journey (more info)
    Composed by: Percy Bysshe Shelley
    Samuel West, reader

  99. The Longest Journey - 0:51


  100. We Have Known Treasure (more info)
    Composed by: Anon
    Charles Dance, reader

  101. We Have Known Treasure - 1:11


  102. Sonnet 138 (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Robert Lindsay, reader

  103. Sonnet 138 - 1:01


  104. Echo (more info)
  105. Echo - 1:13


  106. Delusions I Did Cherish (more info)
    Composed by: Rabindranath Tagore
    Art Malik, reader

  107. Delusions I Did Cherish - 0:42


  108. Sonnet 18 (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Glenda Jackson, reader

  109. Sonnet 18 - 1:10


  110. When I Was One-And-Twenty (more info)
    Composed by: A.E. Housman
    Pete Postlethwaite, reader

  111. When I Was One-And-Twenty - 0:41


  112. The Mermaid (more info)
    Composed by: W.B. Yeats
    Juliet Stevenson, reader

  113. The Mermaid - 0:24


  114. Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast (more info)
    Composed by: Astrovsky
    Terence Stamp, reader

  115. Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast - 0:52


  116. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose (more info)
    Composed by: William Porter
    John Sessions, reader

  117. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose - 0:57


  118. Sonnet 116 (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Robert Lindsay, reader

  119. Sonnet 116 - 1:00


  120. New Year's Eve (more info)
    Composed by: D.H. Lawrence
    Michael Maloney, reader

  121. New Year's Eve - 1:22


  122. Green (more info)
    Composed by: D.H. Lawrence
    Michael Maloney, reader

  123. Green - 0:34


  124. A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever (more info)
    Composed by: Francisco de Medrano
    Mark Rylance, reader

  125. A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever - 1:04

Disc 2


    The Soldier's Tale (excerpt) (more info)

  1. STRAVINSKY: The Soldier's Tale (excerpt) - 0:52


  2. SOLDIER (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  3. SOLDIER - 0:18


  4. Henry V: Prologue (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Mark Rylance, reader

  5. Henry V: Prologue - 3:22


  6. Into Battle (more info)
    Composed by: Julian Grenfell
    Juliet Stevenson, reader

  7. Into Battle - 0:25


  8. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (more info)
    Composed by: W.B. Yeats
    William Houston, reader

  9. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death - 1:13


  10. Once to Every Man and Nation (more info)
    Composed by: P. Lesso-Valerio
    Judi Dench, reader

  11. Once to Every Man and Nation - 0:33


  12. Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (more info)
    Composed by: Seamus Heaney
    William Houston, reader

  13. Whatever You Say, Say Nothing - 5:49


  14. In Flanders Field (more info)
    Composed by: John McCrea
    Robert Powell, reader

  15. In Flanders Field - 0:55


  16. Perhaps (more info)
    Composed by: Gunnar Birgegard
    Judi Dench, reader

  17. Perhaps - 1:29


  18. Anthem for Doomed Youth (more info)
    Composed by: Wilfred Owen
    Robert Powell, reader

  19. Anthem for Doomed Youth - 1:02


  20. Dulce et Decorum Est (more info)
    Composed by: Wilfred Owen
    Lord Owen, reader

  21. Dulce et Decorum Est - 1:46


  22. Pluck (more info)
  23. Pluck - 1:16


  24. In Memory of W. B. Yeats (excerpt) (more info)
    Composed by: W. H. Auden
    Art Malik, reader

  25. In Memory of W. B. Yeats (excerpt) - 1:01


  26. At a War Grave (more info)
    Composed by: John Jarmain
    Michael Maloney, reader

  27. At a War Grave - 0:48


  28. El Alamein (more info)
    Composed by: John Jarmain
    Michael Maloney, reader

  29. El Alamein - 2:08


  30. Handbag (more info)
    Composed by: Ruth Fainlight
    Prunella Scales, reader

  31. Handbag - 0:43


  32. Salvage Song (more info)
    Composed by: Thomas Ravenscroft
    Michael Maloney, reader
    Prunella Scales, reader

  33. Salvage Song - 0:40


  34. England (more info)
    Composed by: Rudyard Kipling
    Michael Caine, reader

  35. England - 0:18


  36. Dover Beach (more info)
    Composed by: Matthew Arnold
    Michael Williams, reader

  37. Dover Beach - 2:21


  38. Written with a Pencil in a Sealed Wagon (more info)
    Composed by: Leif Karlsson
    Janet Suzman, reader

  39. Written with a Pencil in a Sealed Wagon - 0:48


  40. No Man Is An Island (more info)
    Composed by: John Donne
    Ed Bishop, reader

  41. No Man Is An Island - 0:42


  42. Fantasia (excerpt) (more info)
  43. LUIS DE NARVAEZ: Fantasia (excerpt) - 0:57


  44. WISDOM (more info)
    Ian McKellen, reader

  45. WISDOM - 0:22


  46. The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 1: 'The Quality of Mercy' (more info)
    Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
    Ralph Fiennes, reader

  47. The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 1: 'The Quality of Mercy' - 1:05


  48. What is Good (more info)
    Composed by: John Boyle O'Reilly
    Judi Dench, reader

  49. What is Good - 0:56


  50. Leaves of Grass (more info)
    Composed by: Walt Whitman
    Art Malik, reader

  51. Leaves of Grass - 0:56


  52. Addendum to the Ten Commandments (more info)
    Composed by: Anon
    Michael Caine, reader

  53. Addendum to the Ten Commandments - 0:16


  54. A Student (more info)
    Composed by: Geoffrey Chaucer
    Emma Fielding, reader

  55. A Student - 1:31


  56. Abou Ben Adhem (more info)
    Composed by: James Henry Leigh Hunt
    Robert Powell, reader

  57. Abou Ben Adhem - 1:09


  58. The Song of Hiawatha (excerpt) (more info)
  59. The Song of Hiawatha (excerpt) - 3:29


  60. My Heart Leaps Up (more info)
    Composed by: Endre Ady
    Robert Hardy, reader

  61. My Heart Leaps Up - 0:34


  62. Auguries of Innocence (more info)
    Composed by: William Blake
    Timothy West, reader

  63. Auguries of Innocence - 0:21


  64. The Tyger (more info)
    Composed by: William Blake
    Timothy West, reader

  65. The Tyger - 1:18


  66. Of All The Souls That Stand Create (more info)
    Composed by: Harry Partch
    Gayle Hunnicutt, reader

  67. Of All The Souls That Stand Create - 0:48


  68. Chorus of Spirits (more info)
    Composed by: Percy Bysshe Shelley
    Prunella Scales, reader

  69. Chorus of Spirits - 1:40


  70. Kubla Khan (more info)