Music audiobooks

"Immer ist es Liebe, die gewinnt" - Abridged

By: Cord Balthasar

Narrated by: Shirin Lotze

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Helene Fischer weiß schon früh, dass sie später einmal auf der großen Bühne stehen will. Der samstägliche Putztag wurde in ihrem Elternhaus stets durch die Komödie Hurra, die Schule brennt aufgelockert. An diesen Tagen steht Helene begeistert vor dem Fernseher und singt leidenschaftlich alle Lieder mit. Mit Anfang 20 ist sie selbst das erste Mal... Read more

Johnny B. Bad

By: Stephanie Bennett

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Thirty years ago, Chuck Berry starred in the seminal music documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, which profiled the legend during a star-studded concert celebrating his sixtieth birthday. Now, on the heels of Berry's death, comes the complete story behind one of America's most enduring and embattled icons.



Compiled as an oral... Read more

Dreadnaught

By: D.H. Peligro

Narrated by: Brad Sanders

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A no-holds-barred memoir of legendary Dead Kennedys and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer D.H. Peligro, Dreadnaught chronicles Peligro from his pre-DK years growing up in a deprived St. Louis ghetto to his years in San Francisco with Jello Biafra, East Bay Ray, and Klaus Flouride—from Los Angeles with the Red Hot Chili Peppers through years of drug... Read more

Don't Stop Believin'

By: Olivia Newton-John

Narrated by: Olivia Newton-John

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Legendary musician, actress, activist, and icon Olivia Newton-John's fascinating life story—from her unforgettable rise to fame in the classic musical Grease to her passionate advocacy for health in light of her long battle with cancer. Perfect for fans of Tina Turner’s My Love Story and Sally Field’s In Pieces, this New York Times bestseller is... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Der Ring des Nibelungen für kleine Hörer" - Siegfried

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Luca Zamperoni, Frank Logemann, Martin Valdeig,...

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Siegfried wächst bei dem Nibelungenzwerg Mime im Wald auf. Dort versucht Mime, die zerbrochenen Trümmer des Schwertes Notung zusammen zu schmieden. Mit dem Schwert soll Siegfried den Lindwurm Fafner erschlagen, der den Ring der Macht in seiner Drachenhöhle bewacht. Als es Mime nicht gelingt, schmiedet Siegfried das Schwert selbst. Er erschlägt... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Der Ring des Nibelungen für kleine Hörer" - Die Walküre

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Natalja Joselewitsch, Andrea zum Felde, Lola Hö...

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Sieglinde lebt unglücklich an der Seite ihres Mannes Hunding. In einem Gewitter rettet sich der verwundete Siegmund in ihr Haus. Hunding fordert Siegmund zum Kampf, aber Sieglinde zeigt Siegmund heimlich das Siegesschwert Notung. Beide erkennen, dass sie Geschwister sind und werden verbotenerweise ein Liebespaar. Was sie jedoch nicht wissen,... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Große Oper für kleine Hörer" - Parsifal

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Michael Seeboth, Christian Bergmann, Luca Zampe...

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Oper "Parsifal" ist das letzte Werk des deutschen Komponist Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Die Handlung basiert auf dem Versroman "Parzifal" des mittelhochdeutschen Dichters Wolfram von Eschenbach. Der Gralsburgritter Gurnemanz trifft den verletzten König Amfortas. Der Zauberer Klingsor schlug ihm eine nichtheilende Wunde, die nur ein junger... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Der Ring des Nibelungen für kleine Hörer" - Götterdämmerung

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Stephan Böttcher, Marius Bechen, Luca Zamperoni...

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Siegfried nimmt Abschied von der Göttin Brünnhilde, um zu neuen Taten in die Welt hinaus zu ziehen. Als Zeichen seiner Liebe übergibt er ihr den Ring aus dem Nibelungenschatz. Das Liebespaar ist die letzte Hoffnung des Göttervaters Wotan, den Untergang der nordischen Götter zu verhindern. Unterdessen herrschen am Hof der Gibichungen die ehelosen... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Der Ring des Nibelungen für kleine Hörer" - Das Rheingold

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Michael Seeboth, Frank Logemann, Christian Berg...

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In den Tiefen des Rheins liegt ein herrliches Gold. Wer daraus einen Ring schmiedet und der Liebe entsagt, erlangt unendliche Macht. Als die Rheintöchter den Nibelungenzwerg Alberich verschmähen, raubt dieser das Gold, schmiedet den Ring und unterwirft sein Zwergenvolk. Der Göttervater Wotan lässt indessen eine Götterburg erbauen. Ihren... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Große Oper für kleine Hörer" - Der fliegende Holländer

By: Richard Wagner

Narrated by: Christian Bergmann, Luca Zamperoni, Firat Baris...

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Nach stürmischer Überfahrt auf der Ostsee verfasste der deutsche Komponist Richard Wagner (1813-1883) die Oper "Der fliegende Holländer", welche auf einer gleichnamigen Sage basiert. Kapitän Daland wird vom Fliegenden Holländer mit seinem Gespensterschiff überrascht. Der Holländer wurde vom Teufel verflucht und muss seitdem auf dem Meer... Read more

I AM not amused

By: Thomas Murosky

Narrated by: Thomas Murosky

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Media Entertainment has taken over the western world and with every passing year it overtakes us with increasing voracity. As Christians, we have a duty to be salt and light in a waning world and that is where I AM Not Amused enters the picture. Two errors have arisen in the Christian world with regards to entertainment:
Non-critical... Read more

Chopin

By: Faina Orzhekhovska

Narrated by: Virginia Ferguson

Length: 22 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

One man. One instrument . A wealth of music.A biography of the brilliant and tormented Polish composer Chopin, set against the rich historic background of the era. Read more

Go Ahead in the Rain

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The seminal rap group A Tribe Called Quest brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces. This narrative follows Tribe from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to their eventual breakup and long hiatus. Their work is... Read more

Gypsy

By: Gypsy Rose Lee

Narrated by: MEOW, MEOW

Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Gypsy Rose Lee’s memoir became a New York Times bestseller in 1957, inspiring the 1959 hit musical, two movies, and three revivals. Now a fourth, directed by Arthur Laurents and starring Patti LuPone, is lighting up New York, winning top Broadway theatre awards, including three 2008 Tony Awards, as well as raves from critics and ... Read more

Queen Bey

By: Veronica Chambers

Narrated by: January LaVoy & Sullivan Jones

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

From the editor of the bestselling anthology The Meaning of Michelle, a celebration of one of the greatest stars of our time, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

Beyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, romance and sex appeal. Her performances are legendary, her album releases... Read more

William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale

By: Bruce Coville

Narrated by: A. C. Fellner

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

"There is a disease that can twist men’s hearts and make them mad, and the name of that disease is jealousy." So begins this engaging retelling of one of William Shakespeare’s last plays—a fascinating and unique combination of intensity and whimsy. When King Leontes unfairly accuses his wife of infidelity, he sets off a terrible chain of events.... Read more

COSMIC COWBOY the MUSICAL

By: JD West

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo, JD West, Jai Conley, Becky Par...

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A zany musical comedy, touching love story, and fast-
paced adventure thriller combined – with “Elvis Presley
meets Star Wars” plot twists – COSMIC COWBOY the
MUSICAL stars the love-struck alien Prince Remo, from
faraway Planet Vegas (complete with glowing blue-grey
skin and personal flying saucer), and the object of his
adoration, aspiring Nashville... Read more

PENG PENG Parker - Abridged

By: Nora Gomringer

Narrated by: Nora Gomringer

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dorothy Parker war eine vielschichtige Frau: Dich­terin, Geliebte, Werbetexterin und Oscar-Nominee. Niemand hat so seufzend, so verlachend über die Liebe und das Rangeln zwischen den Geschlechtern geschrieben wie sie und uns dabei gleichzeitig Karikaturen und fein linierte Portraits der Boulevardlöwen und -löwinnen ihrer Zeit hinterlassen, mal... Read more

The Pianist from Syria

By: Aeham Ahmad

Narrated by: Nezar Alderazi

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

This astonishing true story presents an “affecting viewpoint on life in Syria before and in the midst of extreme violence” (Booklist), offering a deeply personal and unique perspective on one of the most devastating refugee crises of this century.

Aeham Ahmad was born a second-generation refugee—the son of a blind violinist and carpenter who... Read more

Siren Song

By: Seymour Stein

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Seymour Stein is America's greatest living record man. Not only has he signed and nurtured more important artists than anyone alive, now sixty years in the game, he's still the hippest label head, traveling the globe in search of the next big thing.



Since the late fifties, he's been wherever it's happening: Billboard, Tin Pan Alley, The British... Read more

Rock Doc

By: Neil Ratner MD

Narrated by: Neil Ratner MD

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Rock Doc will take you from backstage at a Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon concert in the early '70s, where Neil's production company, Circus Talents, Ltd., was providing production services, to the office operating rooms of elite New York surgeons where Neil Ratner, MD, was director of anesthesia.As a teenager, Neil was an aspiring... Read more

Walk This Way

By: Geoff Edgers

Narrated by: Geoff Edgers

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Washington Post national arts reporter Geoff Edgers takes a deep dive into the story behind “Walk This Way,” Aerosmith and Run-DMC's legendary, groundbreaking mashup that forever changed music.

The early 1980s were an exciting time for music. Hair metal bands were selling out stadiums, while clubs and house parties in New York City had spawned a... Read more

The Musical Aspects of the Ancient Egyptian Vocalic Language

By: Moustafa Gadalla

Narrated by: Susie Hennessy

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This book will show that the fundamentals, structure, formations, grammar, and syntax are exactly the same in music and in the Egyptian alphabetical language. The book will show the musical/tonal/tonic Egyptian alphabets—being derived from the three primary tonal sounds/vowels ; the fundamentals of generative phonology and the nature of the four... Read more

Lieder für kleine Mäuse

By: Ulrich Maske

Narrated by: Matthias Meyer-Göllner

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

20 fröhliche Lieder verbreiten gute Laune im Kinderzimmer, denn hier können alle wunderbar mitmachen. Musiker wie Ulrich Maske, Bettina Göschl, Matthias Meyer-Göllner und Robert Metcalf laden, mal verspielt und mal verträumt zum Tanzen, Mitsingen und Zuhören ein. Ein kunterbunter HörSchatz, der schon den Kleinsten großen Spaß macht! Inhalt:... Read more