Ahh the Welsh, and the phenomenal, Richard Burton. A voice like a Stradivarius cello in a coal mine. Only the mellifluous Anthony Hopkins and Gregory Peck, both come second. Burton & Peck, truly missed 💔💔💔

@coreycashman4735

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for gifting me "mellifluous", an excellent word I've thusly added to the repertoire 💛

Richard Burton and Dylan Thomas, Two Welsh treasures!!!

There is no man, alive today actor or poet with such a powerful voice and presence.

@harrisonw2186

3 жыл бұрын

There is.... His name is Morgan freeman

@peterdarby1445

3 жыл бұрын

One of my most powerful childhood memories is the Son et Lumiere, narrated by Richard Burton, on the Giza Plateau by the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. One of the greatest actors, with one of the greatest voices in history - despite a succession of turkeys he starred in!

@elss8717

3 жыл бұрын

I love John Hurt’s voice. (English actor)

@casanova1925

3 жыл бұрын

Sam Elliot...

@anniemay4547

3 жыл бұрын

Oliver Reed and Burton they were well matched..

Richard Burton One of the greatest narrators ever. His voice resonates across the decades.

@randyrjf

6 жыл бұрын

Schindler

@garyjones2388

5 жыл бұрын

Been a Burton fan since I was ten years old.as a proud Welshman, he and Dylan were the closest thing to artistic genius we can boast. Both lives cut short before their time in the shadow of the bottle.

@annechambers6741

3 жыл бұрын

O I love this reading Poet and reader two inspiring and talented men

@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025

3 жыл бұрын

one of my fav LPs is Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds that Burton narrates...

@ralphkyson4514

2 жыл бұрын

i know Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account? I was dumb lost the account password. I love any assistance you can offer me.

NO ONE speaks the words of this famous Dylan Thomas' poem like Richard Burton...Not before and not after.

@saxoncodex9736

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, not even the man himself Dylan Thomas, and he was genius incarnate.

Richard Burton had the most wonderful voice and enunciation. No other can ever equal it, and none can ever surpass it.

Born down the road from me in South Wales.. Richard Burton loved Swansea born Dylan Thomas and enjoyed performing his work.. Proud to be Welsh.Diolch.

I've just listened to half a dozen versions of this. Hopkins comes close. The others should not have bothered. Burton is unsurpassable.

@FLORA43899

Жыл бұрын

Burton and Hopkins come from the same place, Port Talbot, a steel mining town in South Wales, near Swansea where Dylan Thomas was born and lived. All three have that musicality in the accent that the educated people in this part of Wales had, nothing to do with the accent of the rest of the Welsh people, so unic, beautiful voices.

@Rosedawn321

Жыл бұрын

Michael Sheen did a great job too!

@regbowes1127

Жыл бұрын

Add Dylan to that list.

@majorlaff8682

10 ай бұрын

@@regbowes1127 Put him at the top - first! Listen to his 'Hunchback in the Park' and feel your tear ducts storming.

@delfine7163

10 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Richard Burton had IT. I really liked him.

In a teaching career that spanned over 45 years I covered this poem hundreds of times as I believe every child should read it. I held my father’s hand in between defibrillator shocks as paramedics worked on him, urging him to respond. Unfortunately he didn’t make it. I ended my career teaching delinquent lads in Liverpool. You could hear a pin drop in my classroom as these tough lads realised that I had lived the poem they were reading. Teaching - the best job on the planet.

@carlosdasilva3993

3 жыл бұрын

I hear you. I know your pain and grieving, I lost someone, a friend and father figure, he was a teacher, too. I respect and admire all teachers in the world. Please, accept my condolences for your loss, and find all peace of mind and happiness in the years to come. PS forgive my grammar and spelling mistakes, English is my second language

@lindsayrogers6690

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlosdasilva3993 thanks, Carlos. Your spelling and grammar are admirable 😉

@arnoldamaral7406

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlosdasilva3993 Yours English is excellent my friend. Better than my Spanish or Portugese or Italian. ??? Please be safe 😷🙏☝ . Chaio. Arnold Bourbon Amaral 🇪🇸🇫🇷🇺🇸🇮🇹

@lindsayrogers6690

3 жыл бұрын

@AMT I’m fine and thanks so much for asking. I’ve just been given the all-clear following surgery for cancer so I am about to enjoy retirement with a vengeance!

@arnoldamaral7406

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindsayrogers6690Great news & thank you for your beautiful experience. Take care 💙🌍🌏🌎 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

The most blessed voice for all time, one of the stars of my age, reading a poem that tells us how we should behave in the twilight of our lives... So uplifting...

Proud Welshman Richard Burton was a genius..

A man with a voice of wilderness and solitude. Tender yet powerful. Powerful force of nature that he is. A great soul for the ages.

@doloresgiusto1659

2 жыл бұрын

Great words and understanding.

Without Word's Are Not Necessarily, RIP Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas,

What a man... what an actor... what a voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Ade4fish

4 жыл бұрын

What a poem, what a Poet !!!!!!

@donadonev5473

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ade4fish Yes.... true....!!!!!!! But I was writing one article about Richard Burton, so my focus was on him....but I do know he loved Dylan Thomas poetry so much!! But you are right WHAT A POEM!!!

that man....that voice..... my own Welsh father's hero. I hope he did not go gentle... nos da, cariad anwyl. xxx

Always amazes me how stage actors remember the words and then are able to act and deliver the verse as Burton does here. Genius

What an incredibly powerful powerful combination.....the wonderful poetry of Dylan Thomas read by Richard Burton's !

Richard have a magic charisma voice.Great great performance with his voice.UNIQUE.FANTASTIC ACTOR.

Watched a lot of movies as a kid with Richard burton. Great actor

If you know someone out there who doesn’t have much time for poetry, just play them this.

@elainemcdonald1463

3 жыл бұрын

Just wonderful

Spy who came in from the cold ... best movie

What words from a Welsh poet, read by the WELSHMAN of all WELSHMAN stunning WELSH VOICE god bless you Richard Burton & our poet DYLAN, please read a child's Christmas in Wales xxxxxx everyone

Richard Burton. A man for the ages. It's a damn shame. He should have knighted before going into that Good Night.

@dinknewcomb7324

7 жыл бұрын

The actor Burton had a great career and read this poem wonderfully well. BUT, did you know that there was a SIR Richard Burton who lived and died on dates very close to 100 years before the actor Burton? A Sir Richard Francis Burton to be exact, which man was a Victorian Brit superstar whose name was known all over the world and whose name was often on most Brits lips as he outdid himself again and again. He was a polymath of such depth that it seems almost impossible and a xxxxxx? with incredible determination. Sorry to be cryptic but i was hoping to stimulate some of you into looking him up on the web and learning something about the past. I am an American but Sir Richard Burton was one of my youthful heroes. There is an excellent bio at www.britannica.com. For a little spoiler for a memory jog, one of his compatriots was John Hanning Speke, also hugely famous.

@labienus9968

6 жыл бұрын

Sort of amused by this-showing off? Some of us are quite familiar with the first Richard Burton. I would hardly call him a hero, but a linguist of almost mystical power. Surprised you didn't mention that at least the story is he wa the first non-Muslim to penetrate the secrets of Mecca.

@twirajuda

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe he wasn’t a Sir Richard Burton, but a Sir Richard Jenkins (his real name)

@theon9575

5 жыл бұрын

Ah! You English and your fondness for empty honours and elitist titles! These are even for sale in your House of Lords. The man's artistry speaks eloquently for itself. The name Richard Burton is enough magic, without the medieval honorifics.

@warningsigns4526

5 жыл бұрын

Knighted? like Elton John? -no

Oh how I love this man's voice, the way he recites this poem is magnificent.

@Rosemarysummers2

3 жыл бұрын

When I think he died quite young, such a wonderful voice, this is the curse of alcohol addiction, such a great waste of wonderful talent.

@kathyjackson1152

2 жыл бұрын

Not a waste of talent at all.

It’s always the best ones who tend to have problem. Richard burton unfortunately was a alcoholic something I can relate to

Captivated and spellbound by Richard Burton's voice, that will live forever.

RIP. Unforgettable.

That voice is everything that brilliance is about !

Deep, rich, powerful voice from the rain drenched, coal rich valley..

@markharrison2544

5 жыл бұрын

He smoked more than 100 cigarettes a day.

An utter genius. Yes a most wonderful voice but I feel it is also the way he brings meaning to each word that makes him so special. One of a kind.

RICHARD WAS SUCH A TREASURE!!!! THANK YOU RICHARD FOR SHOWING YOUR LOVE FOR ACTING!!! ❤️❤️❤️

His 'under milkwood' is epic...

he was my favorite actor. His rich and mellifluous voice gave this classic poem even more life and emotion

A Welsh Shakespearean actor who recites this even better than its author... For all those who fought + thought you had won... how has it CHANGED you? For that is all you can ever take with you... then you can go into the Light

He was through and through genius in every of his performances his soul was in his eyes and voice which is rare

Richard burton what a voice could listen to his voice non stop,beautiful

What a man, so glad he was in his prime when I was able to appreciate him.

Beautiful voice. Great actor.

A great voice a great actor and most importantly a great man. R.I.P Richard

Richard was brilliant.

Incomparable ...a voice for a time capsule to be heard in millennia to come .

Burton reading' Under Milk Wood', nothing better.

@dadkinson

3 жыл бұрын

it is fantastic, yes

Richard is brilliant. This poem is his

How I love poetry, it resonates right through me. Could listen to this mans glorious voice always.

I doubt dad had read this poem, but he raged, raged into that goodnight.

I'm not sure what it does to you, but as a Welshman it causes me tears and goosebumps.❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

captures the rage and pity better than any.....

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night BY DYLAN THOMAS Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” from The Poems of Dylan Thomas. Copyright 1939, 1946 by New Directions Publishing Corporation. Reprinted with the permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation. Source: The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas (New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1957)

The words that tumbled from this amazing orator's mouth were akin to diamonds that sparkled and shone - we pray that he did go gentle into that good night inasmuch as it was peaceful and without rage. There will never be the like of this gifted human ever again - we are gratified that his recordings live on and we can still be inspired by his wondrous utterances.

@terryjohnson8317

3 жыл бұрын

And he got to make love to Liz Taylor !!!!!

@lauriem5751

3 жыл бұрын

Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton were two extraordinary Welshmen

@laurent.674

3 жыл бұрын

"Wonderous utterances". Indeed.

such a wondrrful soul unuque actor ever lived

Burton was an absolutely wonderful actor.

This is the definitive version to my ears.

Burtons reading of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is awesome too.

My mum got me an album of great Welsh actors reading Thomas, when I was 13. It included Emlyn Williams reading A Child's Christmas in Wales, and this. Unforgettable!

Richard Burton. An amazing Welsh Actor. A beautiful voice one which can never die. He was so, so young before his time at 58. This poem was patticularly poiniant even more.

Being half welsh......it's Dylan Thomas I adore then Richard Burton. then Rugby

My father wanted to go to Brown's and recite In my craft or sullen art we tried to get him there after my mother's extremely sad passing due to tragedy with dementia her death on a bitter February night in a feild behind a local church. As a family we had stood at dylans grave we were desperate to get dad to Brown's he fell in the bathroom and went into a brain stem coma and never made the journey to Brown's .But in my heart and intoxicated dreams he shared a drink and recited with Dylan Thomas.

Wow we mere mortals don’t have the ability and voice of Richard burton

I have goose bumps after listening to this . Wonderful .

English is the most powerful language for poems in the world.

Beauty and mastery in both voice and verse.

Charismatic man 👍

I could listen to him all day👏👏

Excellent recreation of Dylan's Rage, Rage.....by Richard Burton. The best ever recitation I listened to..

Hard to believe Richard only lived to be 58 yrs old. xo

@shrinkingviolet3

3 жыл бұрын

@Bramble Rambles True, but a lot of heavy drinkers live more than 58 yrs. At least some of my relatives, lol. Because of that trait in my family, I made the choice not to do so. xo

His is the best!

Richard Burton is my second favourite, but you really can't beat Anthony Hopkins, he is simply the best I love him

Burton’s voice is like velvet 😊

what a voice

I love to hear his voice ❤️❤️

@neilwallaceandlolawallace1969

Жыл бұрын

I loved his voice at the end of the film Zulu.

I love this poem....Courage in words when there is no hope.

The perfect voice for this poem!

What a talent. He went early into that good night and not too gently. In fact he boozed and smoked himself there.

That voice! That voice! That voice1

@doloresgiusto1659

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but to know the Man read his Diaries. They have changed my life.

The day before yesterday I read my poems at the castle, I really have to learn a lot HOW, from the best, thanks for giving Richard's voice here, a wonderful experience, thanks!

Simply magnificent! A man of supreme talent who left us too soon!

Amen

I first saw him in where eagles dare. I was 5 at the time. Instantly he was my heroes.

Oh magnificent

Thank you .

It's his passion.

Perfect voice for this poem recital.

When I visit his grave- I remember that he was a quite guy. Not raging at all.

From one Welsh man to another. Fun fact a certain singer song writer allegedly took Dylan Thomas name because his poetry was popular in the states during the 60s .The name of the singer song writer was Robert Zimmerman he became known as Bob Dylan.

Thank you for this excellent reading.

Passion!!!!

Powerful.

What a classical reading! Great!

Byron is a fellow Welshman and also a great actor.He died too soon

Great actor with fantastic voice plus brilliant writer’s words. Lovely

When I was diognosed with a cyst (lymphoma) half the size of my abdomen, crushing and displacing organs I went to Swansea Library looking for the poem "For Whom the Bell Tolls." by Hemmingway. For some reason I had the poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Goodnight running through my head. Dylan Thomas the author had lived in Swansea.

Probably the best version on KZread, but I still want more rage !!!

@ZenGrammy

8 жыл бұрын

I think more rage would be corny but I would be interested in hearing it to see if I am wrong.

@reyesmartoscepero5987

8 жыл бұрын

+Enfurecida @

@mihaidetesan

8 жыл бұрын

+Reyes Martos Cepero This needs more cowbell

@allenjenkins7947

3 жыл бұрын

If you want more rage, then listen to Thomas himself. If you want a little less rage then listen to Anthony Hopkins.

@milowagon

3 жыл бұрын

Love Richard Burton, best voice. Michael Sheen's recital is visceral and very moving.

Not even Dylan Thomas himself could read this as well as Richard Burton. A stunning reading.

@1950bluesman

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Dylan Thomas did read this, it is on you tube, better than Burton in my opinion.

@FLORA43899

Жыл бұрын

@@1950bluesman I agree with you. I adore Richard Burton and he was the best person to feel this poem but Dylan Thomas read it better, in a more realistic and tragic way, as he wrote it for his father's impending death. Burton's reading is fascinating as well but more theatrical.

As I listen to this now, after seeing my father fight for each moment more with those he loved, I can only think of the selfishness of love. Begging those in pain to hold on for our sakes. Because we aren’t ready for them to leave us. For our comfort. I love this poem, but it takes on a different meaning as you get older and watch those you love die.

My favourite poem,and what a reading,powerful.

Alcohol has destroyed so many geniuses. This mortal word to much for him to bear.

@neobailey5268

6 жыл бұрын

D Rice alcohol is death....

Or step into an even greater Light… I knew someone, the second wife of an older man, whose husband looked over her shoulder one day at the door leading outside, said “Good God!” gently in apparent amazement, and sat down. By the time his body reached the chair he had died, leaving a blissfully happy expression on his face.

Lovely. 🌹

Pow. ! That's it 😮❤