Category Archives: Audio Recordings

Two months have slipped by, but not in idleness. I’ve replaced the Fitzgerald, Poe, and Kafka recordings with versions which, in my opinion, are greatly improved. They’re the products of quite a bit of study and experimentation, as well as … Continue reading →

Some new additions today: Franz Kafka: “Report for an Academy,” “The Hunger Artist” T. S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “The Hollow Men,” “Gerontion” Edgar Allan Poe: “The Masque of the Red Death”

In 1972, I recorded Poe’s “The Raven” as an exercise for a graduate seminar led by Prof. John Fraser, who was then teaching in the Department of English at Dalhousie University in Halifax. I remember parts of the next meeting of … Continue reading →

I recorded Gatsby 18 months ago, with a microphone not nearly as well suited to the job as the one I use now, and less recording experience than I have now. The voice signal is too weak and there’s too much bass in … Continue reading →