| Description |
2 audio discs (approximately 1.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
014148 |
| Note |
Compact discs, digitally mastered. |
| Contents |
Apology / Socrates, 399 B.C. (read by Christopher Cazenove) (12:00) -- Golden speech / Queen Elizabeth I, 1601 (read by Stephanie Beacham) (10:42) -- Give me liberty, or give me death / Patrick Henry, 1775 (read by David Birney) (8:38) -- Gettysburg Address / Abraham Lincoln, 1863 (read by Burt Reynolds) (2:51) -- Women's rights to suffrage / Susan B. Anthony, 1873 (read by Loretta Swit) (4:38) -- Cross of gold / William Jennings Bryan, 1896 (original recording, 1923) (1:41) -- Inaugural address / Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 (original broadcast) (1:22) -- Blood, toil, tears, and sweat / Winston Churchill, 1940 (original broadcast) (1:43) -- A Jewish state / David Ben Gurion, 1948 (read by Theodore Bikel) (4:57) -- Inaugural address / John F. Kennedy, 1961 (original broadcast) (13:50) -- I have a dream / Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963 (original broadcast) (16:17) -- Berlin Wall / Ronald Reagan, 1987 (original broadcast) (2:08) -- Inaugural address / President Barack Obama, 2009 (original broadcast) (21:01). |
| Summary |
Mixing both reenacted speeches of Socrates, Abraham Lincoln, and others with original speeches delivered by John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, this collection makes for an odd, albeit inspiring, selection of the spoken word. The original orators prove impressive, and so do the additional narrators, such as David Birney and Stephanie Beacham, who breathe new life and vibrancy into the older pieces. This collection is not exhaustive or definitive despite its grandiose title, and no real theme can be deduced. This edition includes the inaugural speech of President Barack Obama, which, while historically important, is still in contention as to whether it is one of the "greatest speeches" ever. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Speeches, addresses, etc.
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Presidents -- United States -- Inaugural addresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Compact discs.
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| Added Author |
Viner, Michael.
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Matson, Stephan.
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Socrates.
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.
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Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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Reagan, Ronald.
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Obama, Barack.
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Cazenove, Christopher.
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Beacham, Stephanie.
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Birney, David, 1939-2022
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Reynolds, Burt.
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Swit, Loretta.
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Bikel, Theodore.
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Phoenix Audio.
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| ISBN |
9781597771764: $12.95 |
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1597771767: $12.95 |
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