Audiobooks by Dante Alighieri

La Divina Comedia es una de las obras señeras de la humanidad. Nadie hasta hoy ha logrado alcanzar las cumbres de la inspiración y la fantasía arrebatadora de que hace gala el genial florentino en su poema inmortal. Guiado por Virgilio y de la mano de Beatriz, su angelical enamorada, Dante canta con pavorosos acentos los horrores del Infierno y del Purgatorio, hasta alcanzar la dulce y armoniosa paz del Paraíso, donde su inspiración poética llega a su plenitud.

Dante Alighieri (Author), Staff Audiolibros Colección (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - La Divina Comedia

La Divina Comedia cuenta el maravilloso viaje del autor por el Infierno, el Purgatorio y el Paraíso, guiado por Virgilio y con la intermediación de una bella mujer de florentina llamada, Beatriz, que se convierte así en mito de la poesía amorosa. Esta obra reúne la visión greco-romana y la cultura cristiana, exponiendo con elegancia las verdades de fe y recapitulando la historia del mundo. El resultado final es un entretenido viaje hacia la redención que abarca todo el argumento existencial, sin duda una de los mejores y mas leídos audiolibros del mundo.

Dante Alighieri (Author), Armando Hernandez (Narrator)

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[Italian] - Divina Commedia - Inferno - Canto XII

Dante Alighieri (Author), Valerio Di Stefano (Narrator)

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[Italian] - Divina Commedia - Inferno - Canto I

L'Inferno, la prima delle tre cantiche, si apre con un Canto introduttivo (che serve da proemio all'intera opera), nel quale il poeta Dante Alighieri racconta in prima persona del suo smarrimento spirituale e dell’incontro con Virgilio, che lo condurrà poi ad intraprendere il viaggio ultraterreno raccontato magistralmente nelle tre cantiche. Dante si ritrae, infatti, 'in una selva oscura', allegoria del peccato, nella quale era giunto avendo smarrito la 'retta via', la via della virtù, e giunto alla fine della valle (“valle” come “selva oscura” sono allegorie entrambe dell’abisso della perdizione morale ed intellettuale) scorge un colle illuminato dal sole 'vestito già dei raggi del pianeta/che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle'.

Dante Alighieri (Author), Valerio Di Stefano (Narrator)

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Vita Nuova

A sparkling translation that gives new life in English to Dante's Vita Nuova, his transcendent love poems and influential statement on the art and power of poetry, and the most widely read of his works after the Inferno A Penguin Classic Dante was only nine years old when he first met young Beatrice in Florence. Loving her for the rest of his life with a devotion undiminished by even her untimely death, he would dedicate himself to transfiguring her, through poetry, into something far more than a muse-she would become the very proof of love as transcendent spiritual power, and the adoration of her a radiant path into a "new life." Censored by the Church, written in the Tuscan vernacular rather than Latin, exploding the courtly love tradition of the medieval troubadours, and employing an unprecedented hybrid form to link the thirty-one poems with prose commentary, Vita Nuova, first published in 1294, represents both an innovation in the literature of love and the work of Dante's that brings this extraordinary poet into clearest view. This limpid new translation, based on the latest authoritative Italian edition, captures the ineffable quality of a work that has inspired the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Baudelaire, T. S. Eliot, Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Penn Warren, and Louise Glück, and sustains the long afterlife of a masterpiece that is itself a key to the ultimate poetic journey into the afterlife, The Divine Comedy. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Dante Alighieri (Author), Cassandra Campbell, Fajer Al-Kaisi (Narrator)

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The Inferno of Dante: Translated by Robert Pinsky

Dramatic, intense, and gripping, The Inferno of Dante is an astonishing masterpiece that no listener can afford to miss. Robert Pinsky, the distinguished American poet, preserves the burning clarity and universal relevance of this 13th century literary masterpiece in a triumphant new translation for our times. Line by line, canto by canto, Robert Pinksy affirms The Inferno as a powerful living classic for today's listeners.

Dante Aligheri, Dante Alighieri (Author), George Guidall (Narrator)

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The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation by Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky's new verse translation of the Inferno makes it clear to the contemporary listener, as no other in English has done, why Dante is universally considered a poet of great power, intensity, and strength. This critically acclaimed translation was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award given by the Academy of American Poets. Well versed, rapid, and various in style, the Inferno is narrated by Pinsky and three other leading poets: Seamus Heaney, Frank Bidart, and Louise Glück. Canto XXI (The Lawyers) (detail), 1992. Michael Mazur, 1935-2009. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Dante Alighieri (Author), Frank Bidart, Louise Glück, Robert Pinsky, Seamus Heaney (Narrator)

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The Divine Comedy: Purgatory

Purgatorio (Italian: [pur?a?t??rjo]; Italian for 'Purgatory') is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno, and preceding the Paradiso. The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil, except for the last four cantos at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide. Purgatory in the poem is depicted as a mountain in the Southern Hemisphere, consisting of a bottom section (Ante-Purgatory), seven levels of suffering and spiritual growth (associated with the seven deadly sins), and finally the Earthly Paradise at the top. Allegorically, the Purgatorio represents the penitent Christian life. In describing the climb Dante discusses the nature of sin, examples of vice and virtue, as well as moral issues in politics and in the Church. The poem outlines a theory that all sins arise from love - either perverted love directed towards others' harm, or deficient love, or the disordered or excessive love of good things.

Dante Alighieri (Author), Joe Phoenix (Narrator)

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The Divine Comedy: Penguin Classics

Brought to you by Penguin The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This major translation, described by Bernard O'Donoghue as 'likely to be the best modern version of Dante', is published here for the first time in a single volume. (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Dante Alighieri (Author), Jot Davies, Kristin Atherton, Robin Kirkpatrick (Narrator)

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The Divine Comedy: Paradise

Paradiso (Italian: [para?di?zo]; Italian for 'Paradise' or 'Heaven') is the third and final part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and the Purgatorio. It is an allegory telling of Dante's journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice, who symbolises theology. In the poem, Paradise is depicted as a series of concentric spheres surrounding the Earth, consisting of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, the Primum Mobile and finally, the Empyrean. It was written in the early 14th century. Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's ascent to God. While the structures of the Inferno and Purgatorio were based around different classifications of sin, the structure of the Paradiso is based on the four cardinal virtues (Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude) and the three theological virtues (Faith, Hope, and Charity).

Dante Alighieri (Author), Joe Phoenix (Narrator)

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The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso

Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem.Inferno: Thirty-five year old Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood, in extreme personal and spiritual crisis. Hope of rescue appears in the form of the venerable poet Virgil, now a shade himself, who offers to lead Dante on an odyssey through the afterlife, beginning in the terrifying depths of Hell.Purgatorio: Dante is led up Mount Purgatory by his guide. They encounter numerous souls who have embarked on the same difficult journey - one that will eventually lead to their spiritual salvation. Paradiso: Dante's journey comes to a glorious conclusion as he is led by Beatrice, through the spheres of Paradise and into the presence of God himself. As they ascend, they encounter a number of souls who have also achieved blessedness.Many years later, the older Dante reflects on the episodes from his life that have inspired his great poem.

Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt (Author), , Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan, John Hurt (Narrator)

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The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise

The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia) by Dante Alighieri. A 'comedy', that became a 'divine book' for ancestors, is one of the greatest works of art known to the world. It is an encyclopedia of 'moral, natural, philosophical and theological' knowledges, a tremendous synthesis of the feudal catholic ideology and the same tremendous epiphany that spread during the new culture times. A great poetic genius of the author put this comedy above the era and made it a legacy of centuries. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise.

Dante Alighieri (Author), Joe Phoenix (Narrator)

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