Great Poets of the Romantic Age

I bought this because my attention span is low when it comes to reading poetry, even poetry I really like. It does what it says.

Very Good

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I have to disagree with the previous reviewer. Some of these readings are rhetorical but only where this suits the texts and some of the readings are better described as being in a tone of controlled lyrical enthusiasm than as rhetorical.The impressively 'rhetorical' readings of Blake are very powerful and bring out Blake's strong prophetic tone and intent.These readings of Shelley are the first really good ones ever available commercially, except for Gielgud's reading of the Ode To The West Wind. He also gave a very good reading of Shelley's other lyrical masterpiece the 'Ode To A Skylark', 'Lines Written In Dejection' and 'The Cloud' but the BBC never released them.The 'Ode To The West Wind' should be delivered rhetorically of course, and Gielgud also rightly took that approach even though his age made this too much of an effort to be quite natural.Like Gielgud's, this reading of the Ode To A Skylark is more rhetorical than the more recent one on Naxos by Bertie(male)Carvel on a CD made up entirely of Shelley. Carvel's is more subtle and subjective, but the two versions contrast and complement each other in useful way.The readings from Keats are a welcome alternative to some of those on the 2CD Naxos set of Keats poems called 'Realms Of Gold' where they are read by Samuel West. West is a much better reader now as we heard in his very fine 'Faust' on Radio3 recently, but this now fairly old set, first released in 1999, was done too early in his career.The best readings of Keats are the ones that originally appeared on vinyl in the British Council series of Great English Poetry on the Argo label back in the 60s. These have only recently become available as downloads.The selections from Byron's Don Juan are very well dramatised and lively, with the help of an uncredited female voice.Some of the readings of Byron (surprisingly) and Clare have the intimacy and interiority that might have been expected of Keats' Odes which have been done in that sort of way elsewhere. In this way Sheen manages to restrain the runaway rhythm of 'We'll go no more a-roving' with complete success and far better than I've ever heard anyone else achieve.His Mariner is superbly brought to life with a nautical Welsh accent; Sheen is Welsh of course. This also serves to solve the problem of the difficult to manage rhythm. This must have been just what Coleridge had in his ear, granted that a different regional accent could also have served the same purpose.This is an essential set to possess for anyone who understands that poetry should be more heard than read. I only regret that it did not include Coleridge's Conversation Poems which I like to hear as often as Keats' and Shelley's Odes. But at least there are Ralph Richardson's unsurpassable recordings now available (at least) as a download.

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Great product,quality and speed of delivery.

I owned this on disc for years before giving it to my toddler nieces, but didn’t even realize the voice I found so compelling was Michael Sheen’s. All I noticed was how perfectly he caught the color and texture of each work, like a voice rimmed in golden sunlight, making each word gleam necessary and perfect. I’m so thrilled to learn this is one of my favorite actors, that now I need another copy for myself again! I’ll choose Audible this time, though, as I never seem to have a CD player about. I wanted to give a disc to the girls, though, so they’re not on screened devices so much.

イギリスのロマン派の詩人の詩の有名どころが網羅されているので、初めて鑑賞するのにはとても良いのではないかと思っています。また朗読しているMichael Sheenも素晴らしいので、十分堪能できます。

Acquiring this CD allows me to listen in comfort to all these great poems from the Romantic era, recited brilliantly by Michael Sheen. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who has had enough of the banal lyrics in much of popular music.

I Continue to enjoy this CD. Michael Sheen's reading is first rate for this wonderful collection. It's my first real introduction to Romantic era English poetry. Would highly recommend it !

The readings are a little fast paced for my Canadian ear, and the poetry itself rarely seemed romantic, I think the title is misleading even if that is what that kind of poetry is classified as.