A visit to a bookshop yesterday on behalf of someone else led to me making a very exciting find indeed - a CDx2 recording of C. S. Lewis reading The Four Loves. I knew this recording existed and once had tried to buy it on the internet. Unfortunately the effort had failed and I had given up hope of hearing the master's voice for more than the few delightful seconds which the Multimedia section of the Wardrobe has. I listening to the first few minutes of the recording last night. How can one describe the excitement of listening to Lewis? He has a deep-ish voice, very plummy and, I suppose, a bit posh (off becomes orff. CSL almost makes two syllables out of the word 'best'). What really makes the recording super to listen to is when his voice rises or falls. It may be just me, but it feels like the audio equivilant of a friend telling you a little more about himself; or of discovering a new phase of a man's life in a biography.
The recording (with an Introduction and commentary by Charles Colson) is published by the W Publishing Group and is heartily recommended!
Malcolm
