Music audiobooks

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By: Mick Fleetwood & Anthony Bozza

Narrated by: Martin Dew

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that has meant everything to me came to define me. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you."

Mick Fleetwood has been a member of the ever-evolving... Read more

Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story

By: Rick Bragg

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 15 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times BestsellerThe greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis—and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time.A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising... Read more

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

By: Herbie Hancock & Lisa Dickey

Narrated by: Herbie Hancock

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The warmly welcomed memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time
 
In Herbie Hancock: Possibilities, the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on an extraordinary life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator who has spent a lifetime exploring a range of musical genres, and... Read more

A Cause for Caroling

By: Jeremy Summerly

Narrated by: Jeremy Summerly

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeremy Summerly tells the story of the Christmas Carol in England in these illuminating and delightful programmes.

The Christmas carol is as popular now as it was when singers celebrated the birth of Edward III in 1312. But the journey it has taken is unique in music history. Here Jeremy Summerly follows that journey from medieval times to the... Read more

Fathomless Riches

By: Richard Coles

Narrated by: Richard Coles

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A parish priest in Northamptonshire; a former rock-star whose number-one hit with The Communards was the biggest-selling single of 1986; the regular host of BBC Radio 4's SATURDAY LIVE - these three people are not usually embodied in one person. The Reverend Richard Coles' memoir offers his rich and personal insights into one of the most... Read more

Special Deluxe

By: Neil Young

Narrated by: Neil Young

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The perfect gift for music and car lovers, Special Deluxe is Neil Young's New York Times bestselling follow-up to Waging Heavy Peace that “reads like a great Neil Young song plays.” (The Buffalo News) 

In this acclaimed new memoir, New York Times bestselling author Neil Young has fashioned another extraordinary work of reminiscences told through... Read more

Walk to Beautiful

By: Mr. Jimmy Wayne

Narrated by: Gabe Wicks

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller! Imagine yourself a thirteen-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station parking lot and drives off into the night with her lover.That’s the real-life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It’s a miracle that Jimmy survived being hungry and homeless,... Read more

The Leonard Bernstein Letters

By: Nigel Simeone

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 23 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician -- a brilliant conductor who attained international super-star status, and a gifted composer of Broadway musicals (West Side Story), symphonies (Age of Anxiety), choral works (Chichester Psalms), film scores (On the Waterfront), and much more. Bernstein was also an enthusiastic letter... Read more

Vivienne Westwood

By: Vivienne Westwood & Ian Kelly

Narrated by: Paula Wilcox

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true legend. Her career successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions of people across the world.

For the first and only time, Vivienne Westwood has written a personal memoir, collaborating... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Große Oper für kleine Hörer", Aida

By: Giuseppe Verdi

Narrated by: Isabel Vollmer, Luca Zamperoni, Aischa-Lina Löb...

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Aida besucht ihre Cousine Amneris in Kairo bei den Pyramiden. Als Tochter des Pharao hat Amneris viele Freunde, die ständig Gäste für tolle Spiele sind. Der Nachbarsjunge Radamès und Aida freunden sich an. Amneris ist eifersüchtig und beginnt ein äußerst merkwürdiges Spiel mit den beiden. Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Große Oper für kleine Hörer", Tristan und Isolde

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Anja Lehmann, Heiner Kock, Natalja Joselewitsch...

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Prinzessin Isolde ist ziemlich sauer auf ihren Vater, den König von Irland. Er hat bestimmt, dass sie den alten König Marke heiratet. Ein Schiff bringt Isolde über das Meer zu ihm. Tristan soll Isolde während der stürmischen Überfahrt beschützen, doch versehentlich trinken beide einen Zaubertrank und verlieben sich ineinander. Richard Wagner... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Große Oper für kleine Hörer", Hänsel und Gretel

By: Engelbert Humperdinck

Narrated by: Alexander Weikmann, Marina Mehlinger, Isabel Vo...

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Hänsel und Gretel haben großen Hunger und suchen im tiefen Wald nach Beeren. Von dunkler Nacht überrascht, schlafen sie auf weichem Moos. Am nächsten Tag entdecken sie das Pfefferkuchenhaus der alten Knusperhexe und geraten in große Gefahr. Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) komponierte zahlreiche Lieder und Orchesterwerke - am liebsten aber... Read more

Rocks

By: Joe Perry

Narrated by: Joe Perry

Length: 14 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Joe Perry’s New York Times bestselling memoir of life in the rock-and-roll band Aerosmith: “An insightful and harrowing roller coaster ride through the career of one of rock and roll’s greatest guitarists. Strap yourself in” (Slash).

Before the platinum records or the Super Bowl half-time show or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Joe Perry was a... Read more

Sparkers

By: Eleanor Glewwe

Narrated by: Phoebe Strole

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In the city of Ashara, magicians rule all.

Marah Levi is a promising violinist who excels at school and can read more languages than most librarians. Even so, she has little hope of a bright future: She is a sparker, a member of the oppressed lower class in a society run by magicians.

Then a mysterious disease hits the city of Ashara, turning its... Read more

Listen to the Moon

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Mike Grady & Laurence Bouvard

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The stunning novel set during World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller. May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies – injured, thirsty, lost… and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she... Read more

One Direction: Who We Are - Abridged

By: One Direction

Narrated by: One Direction

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For the first time EVER, global superstars One Direction are releasing their 100% official autobiography, offering a new, intimate insight into their lives as never before seen or heard! In their first in-depth autobiography, pop sensations Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis tell the story of their lives. From nervously... Read more

Bowie

By: Wendy Leigh

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the man behind the myth in this new biography of one of the most pioneering and influential performers of our time—David Bowie.David Bowie—the iconic superstar of rock, fashion, art, design, and the quintessential sexual liberator—is a living legend. However, for the past five decades, he has managed to retain his Hollywood star... Read more

Mister Max: The Book of Secrets

By: Cynthia Voigt

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt, Book II in the exciting adventures of Mister Max—12-year-old detective in disguise.
 
In Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things, Max Starling proved that he is more than a detective, he’s a Solutioneer. His reputation for problem-solving has been spreading—and now even the mayor wants his help.
 
Someone is... Read more

Fröhliche Weihnacht überall. Beliebte Lieder und Gedichte zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit

By: Bettina Göschl

Narrated by: Bettina Göschl, Julia Nachtmann, Rolf Nagel & D...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Bettina Göschl präsentiert die schönsten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder zur besinnlichsten Zeit des Jahres. Sie erzählen von den Heiligen Drei Königen, den Hirten auf dem Feld, Maria und der Geburt Jesu, aber auch vom Weihnachtsfest bei uns zu Hause. Fröhliche Kinderstimmen und beliebte Klassiker wie "O du fröhliche" und "Alle Jahre wieder"... Read more

Klassik-Hits für Kinder. Auf den Spuren großer Komponisten. Ein musikalisches HausHörbuch

By: author

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Marko Simsa lädt Klein und Groß zu einem Ausflug in die bunte Welt der klassischen Musik ein. Dabei reisen die Hörer durch fremde Länder und vergangene Zeiten und begegnen vielen großen Komponisten und ihren Werken. In Italien singen sie mit den Katzen von Gioachino Rossini ein "Katzenduett". In Österreich spielt der junge Wolfgang Amadeus... Read more

Wagner

By: Leo Samama

Narrated by: Leo Samama

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Twee eeuwen geleden werd Richard Wagner geboren (1813-1883). Hij was wellicht de componist die meer dan wie dan ook de muziek van de late 19e en het begin van de 20e eeuw heeft beïnvloed. Wagner is als mens, als denker, als dichter en schrijver, als componist en als polemist niet weg te denken uit het Europese muziekleven in die periode. Zowel... Read more

Another Side of Bob Dylan

By: Victor Maymudes & Jacob Maymudes

Narrated by: Jacob Maymudes

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

During the years they spent together, few people outside of Bob Dylan's immediate family were closer than Victor Maymudes, who was Dylan's tour manager, personal friend, and traveling companion from the 1960s through the late 1990s. Another Side of Bob Dylan recounts landmark events during that time, including Dylan's infamous motorcycle crash;... Read more

Gus & Me

By: Keith Richards

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Long before there was a band, there was a boy: a young Keith Richards, who was introduced to the joy of music through his beloved granddad, Theodore Augustus Dupree, affectionately known as "Gus," who was in a jazz big band and is the namesake of Keith's daughter, Theodora Dupree Richards. Gus & Me offers a rare and intimate look into the... Read more

Elvis and Ginger

By: Ginger Alden

Narrated by: Ginger Alden

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Alden’s life; after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy—as Elvis Presley’s fiancée and his last great love. For more than three decades Ginger has held the truth of their relationship close to her heart. Now... Read more