Music audiobooks

Aida - Oper erzählt als Hörspiel mit Musik

By: Giuseppe Verdi

Narrated by: Luca Zamperoni, Thomas Hof, Charlotte Puder, Ha...

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Aida - erzählt als Hörspiel mit berühmten Melodien und Arien. Verdis bewegende Oper Aida wird mit großartigen Schauspielerstimmen, effektvollen Geräuschen und reichlich Original-Opern-Musik erzählt. Vor jedem Akt erfolgt eine interessante Einführung und man erfährt einiges über Leben und Werk von Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901). Der junge und... Read more

Der Barbier von Sevilla - Oper erzählt als Hörspiel mit Musik

By: Gioachino Rossini

Narrated by: Luca Zamperoni, Matti Klemm, Loretta Stern, Anj...

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Barbier von Sevilla - erzählt als Hörspiel mit berühmten Melodien und Arien. Rossinis viel gespielte Oper Der Barbier von Sevilla wird mit großartigen Schauspielerstimmen, effektvollen Geräuschen und reichlich Original-Opern-Musik erzählt. Vor jedem Akt erfolgt eine interessante Einführung und man erfährt einiges über den Komponisten... Read more

Tristan und Isolde - Oper erzählt als Hörspiel mit Musik

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Luca Zamperoni, Matti Klemm, Loretta Stern, Anj...

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Tristan und Isolde - erzählt als Hörspiel mit berühmten Melodien und Arien. Wagners berühmte Oper Tristan und Isolde wird mit großartigen Schauspielerstimmen, effektvollen Geräuschen und reichlich Original-Opern-Musik erzählt. Vor jedem Akt erfolgt eine interessante Einführung und man erfährt einiges über Leben und Werk von Richard Wagner (1813... Read more

Die Hochzeit des Figaro - Oper erzählt als Hörspiel mit Musik

By: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Narrated by: Luca Zamperoni, Matti Klemm, Loretta Stern, Man...

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Hochzeit des Figaro - erzählt als Hörspiel mit berühmten Melodien und Arien. Mozarts turbulente Die Hochzeit des Figaro wird mit großartigen Schauspielerstimmen, effektvollen Geräuschen und reichlich Original-Opern-Musik erzählt. Vor jedem Akt erfolgt eine interessante Einführung und man erfährt einiges über Leben und Werk von Wolfgang... Read more

A Riot Of Our Own

By: Johnny Green & Garry Barker

Narrated by: Phil Daniels

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Tour Manager and friend Johnny Green’s rip-roaring account from inside The Clash camp as they turned passion and guitars into songs that electrified a generation. An intimate and very funny listen. Read more

Kansas City Lightning

By: Stanley Crouch

Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is the first installment in the long-awaited portrait of one of the most talented and influential musicians of the twentieth century, from Stanley Crouch, one of the foremost authorities on jazz and culture in America.Throughout his life, Charlie Parker personified the tortured American... Read more

Brad Lansky and the Alien at Planet X

By: J.D. Venne

Narrated by: Dieter Zimmermann, Matthew Roberts, Adrian Gall...

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Zara, a life form scientist on Earth, is collaborating on a research project with Sandy Larkin in a distant part of the Milky Way. Sandy has discovered a new intelligent life form, but his transmissions suddenly stop without warning.

Weeks later, Zara is contacted by the cybernetic proxy of a wealthy trading family. It claims to have the... Read more

The Rolling Stones Discover America

By: Michael Lydon

Narrated by: Michael Lydon

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A founding editor of Rolling Stone and acclaimed journalist gives a backstage pass to the most important band in rock’n’roll history during the height of their fame.

In 1969 Michael Lydon, a founding editor of Rolling Stone and a leading member of rock writing's first generation, got a dream assignment: to cover the Rolling Stones' hopscotch tour... Read more

Autobiography

By: Morrissey

Narrated by: David Morrissey

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“Practically every paragraph has a line or two that demands to be read aloud to the mirror, tattooed on foreheads, carved on tombstones.” –Rolling Stone“Morrissey is a pop star of unusual writing talent.” –The New York TimesAutobiography covers Morrissey’s life from his birth until the present day.  Read more

The Rolling Stones Discover America

By: Michael Lydon

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In 1969 Michael Lydon, a founding editor of Rolling Stone and a leading member of rock writing's first generation, got a dream assignment: to cover the Rolling Stones' hopscotch tour across America that ended at Altamont. His long, intimate piece on the tour, THE ROLLING STONES DISCOVER AMERICA, captures the highs and lows of the grueling tour... Read more

Low Down

By: A.J. Albany

Narrated by: Lena Headey

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Emmy-nominated Game of Thrones star Lena Headey reads the acclaimed memoir that inspired the film in which she stars. This special movie tie-in edition is now available from Encore for a great value!

One day we’re walking down the street, passing a newsstand, when I stop and pick up a magazine (maybe Life) with Thelonious Monk of the cover. I... Read more

We Will Survive

By: Gloria Gaynor & Sue Carswell

Narrated by: Gloria Gaynor

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

2015 Grammy nominee for Best Spoken-Word Album (in audio formats)Gloria Gaynor’s #1 hit single “I Will Survive” debuted in 1978 to overwhelming success. Shortly thereafter, the single went double platinum and over three decades later still strikes a chord among men and women everywhere.Over the years, the disco legend has received thousands of... Read more

The Art of Youth

By: Nicholas Delbanco

Narrated by: Jeff Crawford

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The Art of Youth is a moving inquiry into the nature of artistic prodigies who did their major work at an early age. Renowned novelist Nicholas Delbanco gives us a triptych of indelible portraits: the American writer Stephen Crane (immortalized by The Red Badge of Courage), the British artist Dora Carrington (called “the most neglected serious... Read more

The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair

By: Russell Martin & Lydia Nibley

Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair, and his wife, Lydia Nibley, tell the story of how a lock of Ludwig von Beethoven's hair, clipped from the composer's head on his deathbed in Germany in 1827, ended up in Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943 and was later sold at auction in London in 1994. Learn about this incredible journey through history... Read more

Mozart

By: Paul Johnson

Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

As he' s done in Napoleon, Churchill, Jesus, and Darwin, acclaimed historian and author Paul Johnson here offers a concise, illuminating biography of Mozart. Johnson' s focus is on the music-- Mozart' s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation. Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist... Read more

Santiago the Dreamer in Land Among the Stars

By: Ricky Martin

Narrated by: Ricky Martin

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

When you reach for the moon…sometimes you land among the stars.
 
Santiago’s biggest dream is to perform on stage.  But when he doesn’t get the lead role in the school play, he can’t help but doubt himself. Encouraged by his father’s inspiring words, Santiago rebuilds his confidence and finds that with passion and dedication, you can achieve... Read more

27

By: Howard Sounes

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

When singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London home in 2011, the press inducted her into what Kurt Cobain's mother named the 27 Club. "Now he's gone and joined that stupid club," she said in 1994, after being told that her son, the front man of Nirvana, had committed suicide. "I told him not to." Kurt's mom was referring to the... Read more

This Land That I Love

By: John Shaw

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A narrative history of the writing of "This Land Is Your Land" and "God Bless America" that uncovers the conflicts and common ground between two classic patriotic songsFebruary, 1940. After a decade of worldwide depression, World War II had begun in Europe and Asia. With Germany on the march and Japan at war with China, the global crisis was in... Read more

Birth School Metallica Death, Vol. 1

By: Paul Brannigan & Ian Winwood

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A landmark release, this is the first of a two-volume biography of Metallica, the biggest metal band of all time, told via exclusive interviews with the band and their world.The California quartet has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, won nine Grammy Awards, and had five consecutive albums hit number one on the US Billboard chart.... Read more

Das Gespenst von Canterville (Ungekürzt)

By: Oscar Wilde, Christian Brückner & Das wilde Jaz...

Narrated by: Christian Brückner

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Seit Generationen schon spukt es auf Schloss Canterville, doch das hält den amerikanischen Gesandten Hiram B. Otis nicht davon ab, das alte Gemäuer zu erwerben und mitsamt seiner Familie dort einzuziehen. Als moderne, aufgeklärte Amerikaner schenken sie diesen britischen Gespenstergeschichten schließlich keinen Glauben. Und so brechen harte... Read more

Johnny Cash

By: Robert Hilburn

Narrated by: Charles Pittard

Length: 21 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The national bestseller celebrated as "the ultimate Johnny Cash biography . . . Rock writer great Robert Hilburn goes deep." -- Rolling Stone

In this, the definitive biography of an American legend, Robert Hilburn conveys the unvarnished truth about a musical superstar. Johnny Cash's extraordinary career stretched from his days at Sun Records... Read more

Tune In

By: Mark Lewisohn

Narrated by: Clive Mantle

Length: 43 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Tune In is the first volume of All These Years—a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian. Mark Lewisohn uses his unprecedented archival access and hundreds of new interviews to construct the full story of the lives and work of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.... Read more

Eminent Hipsters

By: Donald Fagen

Narrated by: Donald Fagen

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A witty, revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the cofounder of Steely Dan

Musician and songwriter Donald Fagen presents a group of vivid set pieces in his entertaining debut as an author, from portraits of the cultural figures and currents that shaped him as a youth to an account of his college days and of life on the... Read more

Duke

By: Terry Teachout

Narrated by: Peter Francis James

Length: 17 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
 
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century—and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. The grandson of a slave, he dropped out of high... Read more