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Naxos AudioBooks, the finest audiobook labelfor classic literature, presents Robinson Crusoe, complete with thetext, in a newly designed, self-contained app.THE STORYWhen his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himselfstranded on a desert island with no-one to help him and no chanceof rescue. Scared and alone, he tries to make a life for himself:building shelters, hunting food, taming animals, crafting boats andmaking clothes. But just as his life appears to be settled, he seessomeone else’s footprint on the beach and a different struggle forsurvival begins, this time against cannibals and pirates.Roy McMillan combines an abridged version of Defoe’s novel with hisown helpful explanations to retell the story for youngerlisteners.THE READERJonathan Keeble combines his audio work with a busy theatre and TVcareer. He has featured in over 500 radio plays for the BBC, fromShakespeare to Sherlock Holmes. An award-winning reader, Jonathanhas recorded over 100 audiobooks.“An exciting high adventure enhanced with classical music, RobinsonCrusoe is a highly recommended pick...”Children's Bookwatch, on the original audiobook production“Jonathan Keeble's reading sharpens the adventure even more forchildren of eight and upwards.”Kati Nicholl, Daily Express, on the original audiobookproduction“Robinson Crusoe: Retold for Younger Listeners makes the originalRobinson Crusoe, which was written in the 1700s, accessible tolisteners of all ages, because it is short, easy to understand, butstill compelling. Jonathan Keeble, an English television and stageactor, reads Robinson Crusoe: Retold for Younger Listeners, and hebrings all of the intensity, high drama and suspense to the readingas an actor might on stage.”Joanna Theiss, Sound Commentary, on the original audiobookproductionAPP FEATURES- Quality: top audio and artistic quality from NaxosAudioBooks.- Offline listening: the audiobook is fully downloaded once youhave downloaded the app.- Ebook text: read the book while you listen to therecording.- Informative notes about the story.- Bookmarking: the app will automatically start from where you leftoff.- Sleep timer: no need to lose your place because you fellasleep!

A fun and friendly introduction to Beethoven,full of music, for young children.The ‘Little’ apps from Naxos, beautifully compact and withendearing animated illustrations, are ideal introductions for youngchildren to classical music. Each selection of tracks is carefullytailored for younger listeners, including famous pieces as well asunexpected gems. The narrated text is a friendly outline of whatthe music means - sometimes concentrating on the stories behind it,sometimes on the sounds themselves, and sometimes on the composers.With a simple interface to stop and start the tracks and animation,or hear the narrated text, these apps open the door to a wonderfulworld that children and parents can discover together.Beethoven was a musical giant. He wasn’t taller or fatter thaneveryone else, but his music is big and his name is important.Beethoven is like the Olympic champion of classical music. Some ofthe music he wrote is strong and serious, and some of it is verygentle. Listen here to orchestras, pianos, violins and otherinstruments playing some of the most famous pieces of all!FEATURESMUSIC: 18 tracks (see below).TEXT: A clear and lively outline of what the music means.NARRATION: Fully narrated.ANIMATION: Animated illustrations on each screen, suited to eachpiece of music.FAVOURITES: Bookmark your favourite tracks and return to themeasily.PROGRESS MARKER: See which tracks have been listened to and whichhaven’t.MUSIC INCLUDESSymphony No. 5Für EliseFidelio‘Moonlight’ Sonata‘Spring’ Sonata‘Pastoral’ SymphonyViolin Concerto …and many more!

A fun and friendly introduction to Mozart,full of music, for young children.The 'Little' apps from Naxos, beautifully compact and withendearing animated illustrations, are ideal introductions for youngchildren to classical music. Each selection of tracks is carefullytailored for younger listeners, including famous pieces as well asunexpected gems. The narrated text is a friendly outline of whatthe music means - sometimes concentrating on the stories behind it,sometimes on the sounds themselves, and sometimes on the composers.With a simple interface to stop and start the tracks and animation,or hear the narrated text, these apps open the door to a wonderfulworld that children and parents can discover together.If you listen carefully to the music in this app, you will getto know one of the best composers in the world. Wolfgang AmadeusMozart lived 250 years ago but he carries on being famous – so hemust have been special. He giggled a lot. He was also good atplaying the piano and the violin. And he wrote this amazing music,which people still love hearing today. See if you love hearing ittoo!FEATURESMUSIC: 17 tracks (see below).TEXT: A clear and lively outline of what the music means.NARRATION: Fully narrated.ANIMATION: Animated illustrations on each screen, suited to eachpiece of music.FAVOURITES: Bookmark your favourite tracks and return to themeasily.PROGRESS MARKER: See which tracks have been listened to and whichhaven’t.MUSIC INCLUDESThe Marriage of FigaroSymphony No. 40Eine kleine NachtmusikTurkish RondoClarinet QuintetThe Magic FluteA Musical Joke …and many more!

It’s the perfect introduction to classicalmusic for children aged 4 and above.Find out where you hear music, who writes it and what all theinstruments sound like. Meet the great composers and be wowed bythe orchestra.Tap any words or pictures and hear the text narrated, extractsof music, and dozens of animations and sound effects. The animalscan dance, sing and play!Ideal for children to enjoy alone or together with a parent,this app is bursting with different pieces of music. It will firethe imagination of children and delight parents.A full album of music includes Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Mozart’s MagicFlute, Williams’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, Holst’s Planets,Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and many,many more.“…a venture that gives the project of introducing children toproper music its biggest boost since Peter and the Wolf.”The Sunday Times on My First Classical Music Book- First released on iOS and now available for Android too.- Based on the hugely successful My First Classical Music Book,published by the world’s largest independent classical recordcompany, Naxos.- Three main sections: When? Where? / People / Instruments.- Friendly, engaging narration – tap on any piece of text to hearit.- Questions and ‘Listen For’ tips from the Music Bird: get morefrom the music.- Over 40 different pieces of music featured, in excellentrecordings.- Every instrument in the orchestra is demonstrated.- Lively, characterful illustrations throughout.

A fun and friendly introduction to classicalmusic for young children, with many famous and well-loved pieces.The ‘Little’ apps from Naxos, beautifully compact and withendearing animated illustrations, are ideal introductions for youngchildren to classical music. Each selection of tracks is carefullytailored for younger listeners, including famous pieces as well asunexpected gems. The narrated text is a friendly outline of whatthe music means - sometimes concentrating on the stories behind it,sometimes on the sounds themselves, and sometimes on the composers.With a simple interface to stop and start the tracks and animation,or hear the narrated text, these apps open the door to a wonderfulworld that children and parents can discover together.‘Da-da-da-DAAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAAH’: the start of Beethoven’sFifth Symphony is really famous. See if you recognise it! It’s justone of many popular pieces here. There are some animals, too – anelephant and a swan. And right at the end, guess which boy wizardjoins the party… Come and join it too!FEATURESMUSIC: 25 tracks (see below).TEXT: A clear and lively outline of what the music means.NARRATION: Fully narrated.ANIMATION: Animated illustrations on each screen, suited to eachpiece of music.FAVOURITES: Bookmark your favourite tracks and return to themeasily.PROGRESS MARKER: See which tracks have been listened to and whichhaven’t.MUSIC INCLUDESVivaldi: The Four SeasonsBeethoven: Symphony No. 5Grieg: Peer GyntSaint-Saëns: The Carnival of the AnimalsDukas: The Sorcerer’s ApprenticeProkofiev: Peter and the WolfMozart: The Magic FluteRossini: William Tell …and many more!

Naxos AudioBooks, the finest audiobook labelfor classic literature, presents Favourite Poems for Children,complete with the text, in a newly designed, self-containedapp.THE COLLECTIONDance with a lobster, telephone an elephant or knock on a moonlitdoor – this collection includes magical, macabre, dramatic, funny,bizarre, absurd, delightful, moving and charming poems by LewisCarroll, A.A. Milne, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, Kenneth Grahameand many others.Readers such as Anton Lesser, Simon Russell-Beale and Timothy Westbring the lines beautifully to life and make this an idealintroduction to some of the best-loved children’s poetry.THE READERSAnton Lesser, Roy McMillan, Rachel Bavidge, Katinka Wolf, RichardWilson, David Timson, Anne Harvey, Simon Russell Beale, TimothyWest“This is a wonderful introduction to familiar British verse whichwill delight children on both sides of the pond.”Janet Julian, Sound Commentary, on the original audiobookproduction“Another bedtime must!”Kati Nicholl, Daily Express, on the original audiobookproduction“This is a recording for your permanent collection.”Katherine A. Powers, The Washington Post, on the original audiobookproductionAPP FEATURES- Quality: top audio and artistic quality from NaxosAudioBooks.- Offline listening: the audiobook is fully downloaded once youhave downloaded the app.- Ebook text: read the poems while you listen to therecording.- Informative notes about these poems.- Bookmarking: the app will automatically start from where you leftoff.- Sleep timer: no need to lose your place because you fellasleep!

Naxos AudioBooks, the finest audiobook labelfor classic literature, presents From Shakespeare – with Love: TheBest of the Sonnets, read by leading actors and complete with thetexts, in a newly designed, self-contained app.William Shakespeare’s ‘sugared sonnets’ circulated privatelyamongst his friends and colleagues for many years, but the publichad to wait until their publication in 1609 to enjoy thesemasterpieces on every aspect of love. Whether it’s fidelity,obsession, jealousy or the love of friends, Shakespeare seems toknow about it all. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of theirpublication, a rich variety of actors were brought together byNaxos AudioBooks to show the many different ways in which thesesonnets can be interpreted. This award-winning recording now formsthe present app, complete with all the texts.“A must for any collection.” AudioFile [Winner of AudioFileEarphones Award]THE READERSDavid Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Maxine Peake,Stella Gonet, Anton Lesser, Tom Mison, David Timson,Alex Jennings, Hugh Ross, Trevor White, Jonathan Keeble, BertieCarvel, Anne-Marie Piazza, Gunnar Cauthery, Roy McMillan, BenjaminSoamesAPP FEATURES- Quality: top audio and artistic quality from NaxosAudioBooks.- Offline listening: the audiobook is fully downloaded once youhave downloaded the app.- Ebook text: read the book while you listen to therecording.- Informative notes about the sonnets.- Bookmarking: the app will automatically start from where you leftoff.- Sleep timer: no need to lose your place because you fellasleep!

Naxos AudioBooks, the finest audiobook labelfor classic literature, presents The Story of the Bible, completewith the text, in a newly designed, self-contained app.THE STORYHistory or myth? The word of God or the words of men? What is theBible? This history, especially written for this recording,describes clearly and concisely how the Bible came into being, whatit contains and its appearance in the ancient languages of Aramaic,Hebrew, Greek and Latin. After 400 years, the King James Versionremains a religious text and a literary epic, though many othertranslations before and since – William Tyndale, the Good NewsBible – have influenced generations. This fascinating, accessibleintroduction places the Bible in its religious and culturalcontext, showing why men lived and died in its shadow.THE READEROxford Doctor of Philosophy and former Edinburgh Universitylecturer Oliver Ford Davies has, over the last forty years, becomeone of our most esteemed theatrical and television actors. He spenttwelve years with the RSC performing in over twenty-fiveproductions and won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for RacingDemon whilst at the National Theatre. His television work includesfive series of Kavanagh QC, Inspector Morse, David Copperfield andSparkling Cyanide; his films include The Mother, Johnny English,Mrs Brown and Atonement. He has also read the part of DiogenesLaertius from Ancient Greek Philosophy, An Introduction andTolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich for Naxos AudioBooks.“[The author] develops this theory in an intelligent and compellingway, making it palatable to lay audiences. British actor/narratorOliver Ford Davies (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) does amagnificent job of using inflection to convey feeling asappropriate. Recommended for all listeners.”Scott R. DiMarco, Library Journal, on the original audiobookproductionAPP FEATURES- Quality: top audio and artistic quality from NaxosAudioBooks.- Offline listening: the audiobook is fully downloaded once youhave downloaded the app.- Ebook text: read while you listen to the recording.- Informative notes about the history.- Bookmarking: the app will automatically start from where you leftoff.- Sleep timer: no need to lose your place because you fellasleep!

A fun and friendly introduction toTchaikovskyfull of music, for young children.The ‘Little’ apps from Naxos, beautifully compact andwithendearing animated illustrations, are ideal introductions foryoungchildren to classical music. Each selection of tracks iscarefullytailored for younger listeners, including famous pieces aswell asunexpected gems. The narrated text is a friendly outline ofwhatthe music means - sometimes concentrating on the stories behindit,sometimes on the sounds themselves, and sometimes on thecomposers.With a simple interface to stop and start the tracks andanimation,or hear the narrated text, these apps open the door to awonderfulworld that children and parents can discover together.Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: a great Russian name for agreatRussian composer! Tchaikovsky was not always a happy man. Hedidn’tlaugh a lot. But he wrote music that is full of goodmelodies. Heoften felt sad, but sometimes this made him write musicthat waseven more special. This app is all about Tchaikovsky.Imagine theballet dancers twirling around to his tunes: you cantwirl aroundtoo, if you like!FEATURESMUSIC: 23 tracks (see below).TEXT: A clear and lively outline of what the music means.NARRATION: Fully narrated.ANIMATION: Animated illustrations on each screen, suited toeachpiece of music.FAVOURITES: Bookmark your favourite tracks and return tothemeasily.PROGRESS MARKER: See which tracks have been listened to andwhichhaven’t.MUSIC INCLUDESThe NutcrackerPiano Concerto No. 1Swan LakeSymphony No. 5The SeasonsThe Sleeping Beauty …and many more!

Naxos presents a thoroughlyentertainingmusical app for children based on CamilleSaint-Saëns’sever-popular ‘Carnival of the Animals’.Enhanced with animation and brand new rhyming verses,thecarnival has never been so alive! Tap the pictures – they’refullof surprises…Is the Elephant happy with his trunk? Do Kangaroos likeschool?What about the poor old tortoise – does he ever get out andhavefun?With Naxos’s excellent recording of the music anddelightful,animated illustrations of all Saint-Saëns’s ‘animals’,this appwill charm those of all ages!“Prowling and proud,Right at the front,Is a fine felineWith a nose for the hunt…”FEATURESNaxos’s complete orchestral recording of ‘The Carnival oftheAnimals’.Colourful, original illustrations, animated throughout.Brand new verses written for each track – a new dimension tothepieces.Text displayed and narrated with the music.Audio options: music and speech, music only, speech only, orjustthe sound-effects.Find out about the composer, Saint-Saëns.

It’s the perfect introduction toclassicalmusic for children aged 4 and above.Find out where you hear music, who writes it and what alltheinstruments sound like. Meet the great composers and be wowedbythe orchestra.Tap any words or pictures and hear the text narrated, extractsofmusic, and dozens of animations and sound effects. The animalscandance, sing and play!Ideal for children to enjoy alone or together with a parent,thisapp is bursting with different pieces of music. It will firetheimagination of children and delight parents.A full album of music includes Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Mozart’sMagicFlute, Williams’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’sStone,Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, Holst’sPlanets,Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf andmany,many more.“…a venture that gives the project of introducing childrentoproper music its biggest boost since Peter and the Wolf.”The Sunday Times on My First Classical Music Book- First released on iOS and now available for Android too.- Based on the hugely successful My First Classical MusicBook,published by the world’s largest independent classicalrecordcompany, Naxos.- Three main sections: When? Where? / People / Instruments.- Friendly, engaging narration – tap on any piece of text tohearit.- Questions and ‘Listen For’ tips from the Music Bird: get morefromthe music.- Over 40 different pieces of music featured, inexcellentrecordings.- Every instrument in the orchestra is demonstrated.- Lively, characterful illustrations throughout.

A new day, a new piece of classical music

**** A new day, a new piece of classical music – FREE! **** Naxos’ssecond musical app for Advent features 25 complete tracks behindnumbered doors. Each day, a new door is ‘unlocked’ to reveal a newpiece of seasonal music from Naxos’s classical music catalogue. Tapon a door a day… is it a Christmas carol or an instrumental piece?Is it an old favourite or a new discovery? Celebrate the Adventseason with a delightful selection of music tracks from Naxos!MUSIC INCLUDES ‘Gabriel’s Message’, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’,Bach’s ‘Christmas Oratorio’ and Adams’s ‘O Holy Night’ amongmuch-loved classics and lesser-known gems! “Naxos is simply anamazing company.” – Fanfare FEATURES · 25 complete tracks – over 1hour – of classical music. · Excellent performances. · Replay anytrack as many times as you like. · All music available offline. ·Simple and quick to use.

Naxos AudioBooks, the finest audiobooklabelfor classic literature, presents Classic Ghost Stories,completewith the text, in a newly designed, self-containedapp.THE COLLECTIONOh, Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad remains one of the mostreadand truly unnerving ghost stories ever written and it, alongwithmany others, was recited by James himself (as was thetraditionevery Christmas) to the pupils of The King‘s CollegeChoir School.Hopefully by a crackling fire, a few flickeringcandles, and not toomuch wind! These tales, above all, are spinetingling and thoroughlyripping yarns. So sit back by the light ofyour flickering candleand enjoy. Your disposition may never be thesame again.THE READERStephen Critchlow is a popular and versatile actor who has enjoyedawide variety of work, including Hamlet and Pygmalion in The WestEndand Cyrano De Bergerac at The Royal National Theatre.Television andfilm work includes Cider with Rosie, Little LordFauntleroy, ThePrince and The Pauper, Heartbeat, Monarch of theGlen, KennethWilliams: Fantabulosa!, Trial and Retribution, TheCalcium Kid,Skins and Miranda. He has been in over two hundredproductions as amember of the BBC Radio Drama Company.“With its suitably unsettling music - the viola is idealforcreating a spooky atmosphere - [the stories] succeed in James’saimof ‘causing readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable’.”Karen Robinson, The Sunday Times, on the originalaudiobookproductionAPP FEATURES- Quality: top audio and artistic quality fromNaxosAudioBooks.- Offline listening: the audiobook is fully downloaded once youhavedownloaded the app.- Ebook text: read the book while you listen to therecording.- Informative notes about these tales.- Bookmarking: the app will automatically start from where youleftoff.- Sleep timer: no need to lose your place because youfellasleep!

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Naxos AudioBooks, the finest audiobook label for classicliterature,presents Great Poets of the Romantic Age, complete withthe texts ofthe poems, in a newly designed, self-contained app.THE COLLECTIONThe Tyger… I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud… Ode to theWest Wind… TheRime of the Ancient Mariner… Ode to a Nightingale…We’ll go no morea-roving… The Peasant Poet... ‘All good poetry’,wrote Wordsworth,‘is the spontaneous overflow of powerfulfeelings’, and this was tobe one of the hallmarks of the Romanticpoets. With a dynamicspirit, these great English poets made aconscious return tonostalgia and spiritual depth. Each chose adifferent path, but theyare united in a love of moods,impressions, scenes, stories, sightsand sounds. In this collectionof more than forty poems are some ofthe finest and most memorableworks in the English language. THEREADER Michael Sheen has beenseen widely on stage and screen. Hismajor theatrical roles includeHenry V (RSC), Peer Gynt (directed byNinagawa) and Jimmy Porter inLook Back In Anger. Among his filmwork is Wilde, The Queen,Frost/Nixon, The Damned United and WoodyAllen's Midnight in Paris.Since he left RADA, Sheen has recordedextensively for NaxosAudioBooks, reading Dostoevsky’s Crime andPunishment and TheIdiot, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Oedipus theKing. “As agroup, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley,Keats and JohnClare bestrode the 17th and 18th centuries… Heretheir best-knownpoems are movingly read by Michael Sheen, theirbeauty compoundedby the music of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubertand Brahms.” TheGood Book Guide, on the original audiobookproduction “Whether he'santheming a lonely grief or giving vent toWilliam Blake's anger inthe poem Auguries of Innocence, [MichaelSheen] is ideally cast fordelivering this admirable selection fromthe works of Romanticpoets…” Arnold Evans, Times EducationalSupplement, on the originalaudiobook production APP FEATURES -Quality: top audio and artisticquality from Naxos AudioBooks. -Offline listening: the audiobookis fully downloaded once you havedownloaded the app. - Ebook text:read the poems while you listen tothe recording. - Informativenotes about these poems. - Bookmarking:the app will automaticallystart from where you left off. - Sleeptimer: no need to lose yourplace because you fell asleep!

Audiobook and ebook of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, featuring AntonLesser

Naxos AudioBooks, the finest audiobook label for classicliterature,presents Lady Windermere’s Fan, complete with the textof the play,in a newly designed, self-contained app. THE PLAYOscar Wilde’sfirst play confronts the hypocrisy of public‘morality’ comparedwith genuine, private kindness. When it openedin 1892, LadyWindermere’s Fan was an instant success and now, acentury later, itcontinues to be revived frequently. The reasonsfor its popularityare not difficult to identify: the play’s wittydialogue containsmany of Wilde’s most quoted aphorisms, itsstylish setting providesopportunities for elegant presentation,and its cast of memorablecharacters play out a story which isgenuinely moving. This newaudiobook app boasts a cast worthy ofWilde’s creative genius. THEPERFORMERS Samuel West, Michael Sheen,Derek Waring, Peter Yapp,Nicholas Boulton, Benjamin Soames, RodBeacham, Emma Fielding, SarahBadel, Elaine Claxton, Delia Paton,Juliet Stevenson “...a virtuallyflawless cast...” Arminta Wallace,The Irish Times, on the originalaudiobook production “Wilde’selegant, pyrotechnic prose is verysuccessful on audio.”Gramophone, on the original audiobookproduction “...the finalscene between the mysterious Mrs Erlynne(Juliet Stevenson) andLady Windermere (Sarah Fielding) is powerfultheatre.” ChristinaHardyment, The Independent, on the originalaudiobook productionAPP FEATURES - Quality: top audio and artisticquality from NaxosAudioBooks. - Offline listening: the audiobook isfully downloadedonce you have downloaded the app. - Ebook text:read the play whileyou listen to the recording. - Informative notesabout the play. -Bookmarking: the app will automatically start fromwhere you leftoff. - Sleep timer: no need to lose your placebecause you fellasleep!