Recorded live in September 2018; Dame Jane Glover, conductor

11 MOZART Requiem: Choruses, "Confutatis" & "Lacrimosa"

Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Highlights)

Overture: Il barbiere di Siviglia

A truly unmissable set of unearthed stories from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett: award-winning and bestselling author, and creator of the phenomenally successful Discworld series. Featuring narration from David Tennant, Claire Foy, Paterson Joseph, Katherine Parkinson, Derek Jacobi and Indira Varma.

An exclusive collection of twenty early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors, these are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s.

Whilst none of the stories are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create in his award-winning and globally bestselling series, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. These are tales which entertain, enlighten and, most importantly, make you laugh.

Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Council with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and travel millions of years back in time to The Old Red Sandstone Lion pub.

The final ever 'new' writing to be published from the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen is a must-have collection of fantastic short stories for fans, old and new.

How It All Began - read by David Tennant

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
David Afkham, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Bernard Haitink, conductor

Webern: Im Sommerwind

Rondeau - Henry Purcell

Faure - Pavane

Ubi caritas

This is an old recording of the author J.R.R. Tolkien reading from his book The Hobbit. 

This song features in Chapter One of The Hobbit and is sung by the Dwarves as they clear up at Bag End, Bilbo Baggins' home. 

Click the buy link to buy The Hobbit audiobook (read by Rob Inglis).

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J.R.R. Tolkien singing an extract from The Hobbit: "That's what Bilbo Baggins hates."

Time Warp

Recorded live at the Holland Center for Performing Arts on May 12, 2018.  This performance was conducted by Andrew Grams.

Holst - The Planets, Opus 32, Mars, The Bringer Of War

Penguin Books publishes blockbusting, prize-winning, celebrated, controversial, heart-warming, thought-provoking and inspiring books by a range of authors from Ali Smith to Zadie Smith, Jeremy Clarkson to Jeremy Paxman and Jamie Oliver to Oliver Goldsmith.

How It All Began - read by David Tennant

Penguin Books UK