Salvete, omnes!
As I said in my Greek topic, I’ve been using more recordings in my studies to help me easily and pleasantly review what I’ve already seen. I’ve been hearing Bedwere’s readings of the Vulgate (very clearly read, although sometimes I hear an s for sc, and the Y and H read according to the reconstructed pronunciation feel out of place), and have downloaded his recordings at LibriVox; ViaLatina read Familia Romana and the Colloquia Personarum thoroughly, and also volumes one and two of Latin by the Nature Method, by Father William G. Most. Are there any other recordings you can recomend? I am fine with any traditional pronunciation or with the Reconstructed one, as long as they sound clear and vowel lenght, if observed, is well done (i.e. no LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOng vowels). I accept any work, from any period, except those immoral.
Bene valete!
I suggest you try out Legentibus. Plenty of top-quality recordings there, some of them free to get started.
Two I like are ThePrinceSterling on Youtube and Malone on Librivox.
Malone has the full Aeneid, I see. I listended to a bit of it: he certainly has a strong American accent, but seems to pronounce the hexameters mostly right. Thanks!
Yes, apart from doing the entire Aeneid, he also recorded the Georgics, Cato On Agriculture, Lucretius, Caesar’s Gallic War and numerous Seneca’s letters! As you say, he’s very much in the Anglo-Saxon tradition and there are other more authentic and dramatic versions available. But for a beginner who just wants to get the sound into his head he’s a good choice. The trouble is that the recordings are not indexed in any way. Each one is around 40 minutes long and you just have to hunt around by trial and error to find the passage you want to listen to.
Legentibus is the obvious choice here, tons of content, Daniel Pettersson is a highly talented vocal artist, and his pronunciation is great. Other voices are used for some books, particularly ecclesiastical texts.
I personally keep a collection of my own recordings (I try my best) and the recordings of colloquies from The Stoa Consortium (a now-defunct online digital archive, see e.g. here). Downloading the recordings from Stoa can still be done using the Wayback Machine, but it’s a bit tedious, and we only have what was archived.
Archive of Recordings - Google Drive
Note: My own recordings are for educational purposes only, obviously, because some of the sources are under copyright
The Dickinson College Commentaries seem to provide audio recordings as standard for their Latin commentaries (under the “media” tab).
The one I listened to (opening of Aeneid 2) was pretty good too. (In fact the whole enterprise seems amazingly good - I’ve never heard of them until today).