Author:Lewis Carroll,Roy Hudd,Sarah-Jane Holm,David Bamber,Full Cast
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring Roy Hudd, Sarah-Jane Holm and David Bamber. When Alice sees the White Rabbit run by, it occurs to her that she’s never seen a rabbit with a watch before. Burning with curiosity, she jumps up and follows him into a rabbit-hole. Then she falls down a long way. Down into the world of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat and the Mock Turtle. Down into Wonderland, where an ordinary little girl can have the most extraordinary adventures. These audio editions, especially dramatised for BBC Radio, are of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of readers both young and old. The wonder and excitement of these much-loved tales live on in these acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and sound effects.
One of the best biographies of Dmitri Shostakovich I have read
—— Maxim ShostakovichCompelling ... a portrait of a creative artist tormented and harried by the random assaults of Stalinism
—— Financial TimesPersuasively argued and forceful ... A valid, politically driven reconsideration of the composer's works
—— New York Times Review of BooksWith passionate integrity, MacDonald fastidiously builds a case to rival the most compellingly labyrinthine detective investigation. Now the great music of Shostakovich will be heard anew
—— QMuch-needed - a very fascinating insight
—— Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys)Anyone concerned with Soviet music, twentieth-century music, arts in politics, and politics in art, will be interested in this book
—— Gunther SchullerFascinating ... Manages, better than any previous publication, to make connections between Shostakovich's work and the works of other Soviet artists whom he admired and was influenced by
—— Times Educational SupplementA considerable tour de force of musical and social analysis which will hold its own for some time to come
—— Norman LebrechtHarrowing... riveting... superb
—— Classic CDThe best biography of the composer available... has broken new ground by fusing biography with political analysis. A formal lesson to Western writers on post-1917 Russia, whether their subject is music or life itself
—— Andrei NavrozovSuperb ... This compassionate and very knowledgeable book is humbling in its understanding of how far an individual can be pushed by the coercive forces of a grotesque, perhaps insane, authority
—— Sydney Morning HeraldA monumental achievement
—— City Limits