Andersen's Fairy Tales 2CD [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] [CLASSICAL] (Audio CD)

~ Han Christian Andersen (Author), (Narrator), Hans Christian Andersen (Author)

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Product Description

This recording of Andersen's fairy tales features "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Match Girl" and many more.

Product Details

• Audio CD: 8 pages
• Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks; Abridged edition (March 21, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9626340126
• ISBN-13: 978-9626340127
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #391,256 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great stories, nicely read, but volume way too low, November 26, 2006

By	Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

This 2CD set contains some of Andersen's best fairy tales, from Emperor's Clothes (how did the guy come up with such a fabulous satire?) to the sad Little Match Girl (it always drives me to tears). It's well read by an English voice actress. The longer stories are broken into separate tracks -- this is just very thoughtful and useful, unlike some fairy CDs that put all the stories on one single track. The producers should be lauded for this nice, common-sense feature.

Two issues: (1) Minor: the accent is British English which I love but which may annoy some American parents; (2) Major: the mastering volume was set to way too low. I turned the volume on my Cambridge Soundworks hi-fi to 85% or more and it barely sounds okay. I'm a classical music aficionado and usually I set the volume at about 40-45% even for the quietest piano or oboe solo works, so the fact I had to crank up the volume all the way to max speaks volumes about the poor mastering of the CD.

But at such a low price, this CD set is a bargain and I really love the stories. I guess I'll get a nice amplifier in the future anyway.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Recording, April 5, 2008

By	Lee Carzo (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

The original stories are beautiful. But the performer tried to abridge them and the recording is terrible.