Title: Silmarillion: 5 stars! This recording: ZERO stars...
Review: I love each and every word of "The Silmarillion"; no Tolkien education is complete without it and no reading of "The Lord of the Rings" is possibly as rich without it (those who think otherwise delude themselves). BUT--this Martin Shaw presentation is DREADFUL: so lifeless, so passionless. The mispronunciations (accepting JRR's own readings as canon) are galling! Now: for a beautiful, emotional, *emotive* reading--do try Christopher Tolkien's own readings. His "Of Beren and Lúthien" is simply not to be missed.
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