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| krog Diglot Senior Member Austria Joined 6051 days ago 146 posts - 152 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Latin | Message 1 of 5 14 July 2009 at 6:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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Lately, I've been trying to find audiobooks for myself in German and my girlfriend in English; and I want something that sounds good, especially if I might try shadowing it. For me, three examples of a 'good speaking voice' in English would be Richard Burton, Derek Jacobi, and Michael York. My German tutor has recommended Dieter Moor, Frank Hoffmann and Axel Corti to me for German. Does anyone have any recommendations/comments? I'd also be interested if anyone could give me hinters for French - I remember looking at a French audiobook and my cousin saying straight away, that the narrator speaks 'too correctly', and that I really wouldn't want to be listening to any of that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JS-1 Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5985 days ago 144 posts - 166 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), German, Japanese, Ancient Egyptian, Arabic (Written) | Message 3 of 5 15 July 2009 at 4:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have an audiobook with Albert Camus reading L’Étranger, and I love the way he speaks. Edited by JS-1 on 15 July 2009 at 4:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| krog Diglot Senior Member Austria Joined 6051 days ago 146 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Latin | Message 4 of 5 16 July 2009 at 4:34am | IP Logged | ||
All of my favourites in English were/are 'classically trained actors', they're all either Welsh or English, and men. Interesting, what processes might stand behind that choice. Anyway, I'd have thought that they might sound 'too correct' to a lot of people - but perhaps the real equivalent of what my cousin meant would be someone still using real 50s RP and enunciating. I presume he meant something like that about the CD I picked up, but I can't remember anything else about it. The one thing I have listened to in France is 'Le Parfum', read by François Berland; I liked it, but I don't know his background and I don't know French well enough to judge how he sounds. The only people I know (by name at least) on that list are Jeremy Irons and Miriam Margolyes. Good call! I'll have to check the others out. Edited by krog on 16 July 2009 at 4:48am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tudwell Groupie United States Joined 5828 days ago 41 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Icelandic | Message 5 of 5 16 July 2009 at 6:57am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know if he's made any audiobooks, but Morgan Freeman has a killer voice.
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