Ancient Poetry

After Fame is a discursive rendering of the Roman epigrammatist Martial's Book I. Its 118 poems, on themes such as work, friendship and public life, are modelled after the source material through a variety of 'treatments' - most notably machine translation (for which Latin still presents near-insurmountable difficulties), employing the results as scaffolding for poems that quickly improvise their way clear of their originals.

Da Omero ai grandi lirici greci e latini, dallo splendore della poesia italiana dello Stil Novo ai romantici. Roberto Mussapi ha scelto e inanellato magnifiche opere di poesia dall'antichità alle soglie del nostro tempo, leggendo con la sua voce i loro versi.

Le Chat : voilà un sujet noble, plein de mystère et de plaisirs. Théodore de Banville consacre un poétique texte à ce merveilleux compagnon de l'artiste, le chat, narré au travers de ses habitudes, de sa nature et de ses exploits. Dieux égyptiens, nobles véritables, n'abandonnant leur langueur paresseuse que pour le plaisir de la chasse, les chats n'ont qu'un seul rival digne d'eux : la femme. Jaloux de leurs moustaches, qui ne les gênent en rien pour manger contrairement à la sienne, Théodore de Banville est un homme à ajouter à leur liste de conquêtes. Plongez-vous avec volupté dans cet éloge du chat, compagnon de nos jours et gardien de nos nuits !

Rumi gilt als der bedeutendste Lyriker Persiens. Eine Auswahl aus seiner Gedichtssammlung "Der Diwan" erscheint hier erstmals als Hörbuch und zeugt von Rumis poetischer Meisterschaft: ungekünstelt, frisch und spontan spricht er von Sehnsucht, Verzweiflung und Hoffnung und fasst die höchsten Wahrheiten wie die alltäglichsten Dinge in Verse von unübertroffener Schönheit.

El romanticismo inglés llega a «Poesía Portátil» con Un sueño selló mi espíritu, una antología que reúne los versos más representativos de Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley y Keats.

Not all the young poets whose lives were cut short during the First World War were actual casualties of the conflict. James Elroy Flecker and Rupert Brooke both died in 1915, each leaving a body of finished work which places him in the ranks of the major poets of the 20th century. Brooke seems to have had a premonition of his untimely demise for a considerable period. The subject of death is very prominent in his verse, which, even in its most playful moments, is characterized by a profoundly elegaic quality.

Have you been lately to Lake Pipple Popple? Perhaps you have spotted the Pobble who has no toes? Or maybe you have roosted in the Quangle Wangle’s hat? Certainly Mr. Edward Lear has (he’s written all about it). And now, you can listen to his tales read aloud, full of rhyme, rhythm, and words that you won’t find in the dictionary!

Sur une idée de Georges Sand, inspirée par la réalité historique, ce drame de Musset écrit en 1834 nous donne à contempler l'âme humaine.

Walt Whitman’s work influenced many later poetic voices, and no work more so than this epic American poem, 'Leaves of Grass', which he spent his entire life writing and constantly revising until his death. The work heralded a new dynamic relationship in poetry, with its candid and sensual interpretation of his observations and thoughts on the human spirit and all aspects of existence at a time when poetic tradition employed symbolism or allegory.

The Iliad of Homer is the earliest work of European literature that we have. Created in the eighth century BC it has continued to arouse interest for over 2000 years. The author intended it to be heard, as delivered by a bard or rhapsode who had made the presentation of Greek epic poetry his profession, and who had command of the vocal resources and the dramatic power to move his audience.

Purgatory is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno, and preceding the Paradiso. The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil, except for the last four cantos at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide.

Durante degli Alighieri, usually referred to simply as Dante, was born in Italy, and lived from c. 1265 to c. 1321. He was a major poet during the Middle Ages. He wrote the famous Divine Comedy, which was originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia). The work was later christened Divina by Boccaccio. It is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In the late Middle Ages, the overwhelming majority of poetry was written in Latin, and therefore accessible only to affluent and educated audiences.

In diesem Ringelnatz-Hörbuch werden alltägliche Themen und Gegenstände in Lyrik-Form präsentiert. Spaß und Witz stehen gleichberechtigt neben Ernst und Melancholie, aber alles im typisch Ringelnatzischen Gewand sehr bodenständigen und genialen Humors ummantelt. Von Fußball, Klimmzügen, Kniebeugen, Felgeaufschwung, Wettläufen, Bocksprüngen, Barren über Boxen, Schwimmen, Ringen zu Bettlern, Lumpensammlern, Obdachlosen.

Faisant suite à la Théogonie, oeuvre dans laquelle est exposée la naissance des Dieux, Hésiode nous offre avec "Les travaux et les jours" un poème didactique visant à souligner les vertus du travail et de la justice. Nous y retrouvons notamment l'histoire de la boîte de Pandore, le mythe des quatre âges de l'humanité ou bien encore la fable du faucon et du rossignol.

El escudo de Heracles es un fragmento de épica griega. El tema del episodio es la expedición de Heracles y Yolao contra el hijo de Ares llamado Cicno, quien había desafiado a Heracles a un combate cuando este pasaba cerca de Itono (Tesalia).

"Disciple Guidance", formerly known as "Xun Mengwen", is a three-character rhyme written by Li Yuxiu of the Qing Dynasty, about the Kangxi period. This album recites and interprets the classic of Chinese studies "Disciple Rules".

Los cuentos de Ruben Dario no son meras muestras de habilidad, sino de verdadero impetu narrativo. Mas alla de lo que puedan representar para la historia de la literatura, estos cuentos tienen una dignidad propia y autonoma que los enclava en la inmortalidad.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites William Shakespeare's Sonnet 1.

Schweigen will ich von Lokalen,

Wo der Böse nächtlich prasst,

Wo im Kreis der Liberalen

Man den Heil'gen Vater hasst.

Schweigen will ich von Konzerten,

Wo der Kenner hoch entzückt

Mit dem seelenvoll-verklärten

Opernglase um sich blickt.

Oh wie lieblich, oh wie schicklich,

Sozusagen herzerquicklich,

Ist es doch für eine Gegend,

Wenn zwei Leute, die vermögend,

Außerdem mit sich zufrieden,

Aber von Geschlecht verschieden,

Wenn nun diese, sag ich, ihre

Dazu nötigen Papiere

So wie auch die Haushaltsachen

Endlich mal in Ordnung machen

Und in Ehren und beizeiten

Hin zum Standesamte schreiten,

Wie es denen, welche lieben,

Vom Gesetze vorgeschrieben,

Dann ruft jeder freudiglich:

„Gott sei Dank, sie haben sich!“