Robert Burns, Robert Burns
Robert Burns, Robert Burns
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Robert Burns
a collection of poems and songs

Author: Robert Burns

Narrator: Full Cast

Unabridged: 2 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2020


Synopsis

Robert Burns like you've never heard him before.Set within modern and vivid soundscapes, this collection gives Burns' texts new resonance. From the soullessness of a call-centre through the simple joy of a baby’s nursery to the horror of the battlefields and all the way into space, this is a visceral roller-coaster through the poems and songs of Scotland’s National Bard.Produced by multi-award winning, immersive audio company Almost Tangible.Chapters:1 - Full Burns Sound-Journey (All poems)2 - A Man's A Man for a' That (Eilidh Loan)3 - A Poet's Address to his Love-Begotten Daughter (Lewis Rae)4 - Address to a Haggis (Sophia McLean)5 - Ae Fond Kiss, and Then we Sever (Eilidh Loan)6 - A Red Red Rose, sung (Joshua Manning, Steph MacGaraidh, Sophia McLean)7 - A Red Red Rose, spoken (Eilidh Loan)8 - Auld Lang Syne (Joshua Manning, Steph MacGaraidh, Sophia McLean)9 - Belles of Mauchline/To Ruin (James Robinson/Sam Garioch)10 - Bottle and Friend (Tom Vanson)11 - Epitaph for a Friend (Brigit Forsyth)12 - Gin I Were a Baron's Heir (Peter Gardiner)13 - John Anderson, my Jo (Ross Sutherland)14 - My Heart's in the Highlands (Ross Sutherland)15 - Pretty Peg (Sam Garioch)16 - Scots Wha Hae (Peter Gardiner)17 - Sweet Afton (James Robinson)18 - Tam O'Shanter (Steph MacGaraidh)19 - The Bonny Earl of Murray (Brigit Forsyth)20 - To a Louse (Joshua Manning)21 - To a Mountain Daisy (Sophia McLean)22 - To a Mouse (Joshua Manning)23 - To the Toothache (Tom Vanson)24 - Ye Banks and Braes (Tracy Wiles)
Director: Carl PrekoppSound Designer/Composer: Jon NichollsProduction Manager: Alex LynchExec Producer: Charlotte MelénCover Design: Tom Prekopp

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik

This collection was read aloud over a series of days by myself; Chelsea Rectanus, owner of Heirloom Books; and Harry White, retired professor of English literature at the bookstore. Most challenging--and fun!--were the poems written in Scottish, for which editor Fraser provides some translation in a......more

my head hurts a little now, but, i really liked it.......more

Goodreads review by Lynsy

This is a difficult one to rate. I know some Scots, but not nearly enough to truly appreciate it when Burns uses it, at least without using the glossary in the back. I preferred his poems about Scottish independence, the wars, and the generally snarky ones. I tried to find as many of the songs as I......more