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Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita (unabridged)

Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita (unabridged)
A classic that can be read on many levels, it’s played strictly for laughs by Julian Rhind-Tutt. But there is a much darker side.

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A classic that can be read on many levels, it’s played strictly for laughs by Julian Rhind-Tutt. But there is a much darker side.

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The Devil comes to Moscow; but he isn’t all bad. Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption; and a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale, but discovers that manuscripts don’t burn. Multi-layered and entrancing, blending sharp satire with glorious fantasy, The Master and Margarita is ceaselessly inventive and profoundly moving. In its imaginative freedom and raising of eternal human concerns, it is one of the world’s great novels.

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Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita (Unabridged)
Work length16:50:55
  • Recording Venue: Motivation Sound Studios, London
Part 1 Chapter 1: Never Talk to Strangers
Track length8:08
And just as Mikhail Alexandrovich was describing…
Track length7:02
'But, allow me to ask you,' the foreign guest inquired…
Track length8:21
Homeless stared at the insolent stranger…
Track length7:25
Chapter 2: Pontius Pilate
Track length6:55
A minute later, he again stood before the procurator.
Track length8:18
The secretary stared at the prisoner…
Track length9:03
Just then, a swallow flew swiftly into the colonnade…
Track length7:47
For a while, only the fountain's song interrupted the silence…
Track length6:03
When the legate left the balcony…
Track length5:39
It was all over, and nothing more remained to be said.
Track length4:29
Chapter 2 (cont.): 'I know, I know!'…
Track length6:19
All those present set…
Track length4:45
Even as Pilate cried out the words…
Track length4:54
Chapter 3: The Seventh Proof
Track length6:26
Berlioz's plan was admittedly sound…
Track length5:18
Chapter 4: The Chase
Track length6:30
Ivan gasped and then saw the despicable foreigner…
Track length5:42
The luck was not all good, however!
Track length5:38
Chapter 5: The Incident at Griboyedov
Track length8:54
At half past ten on the evening when Berlioz died…
Track length5:33
And exactly at midnight…
Track length6:27
Then, out of nowhere…
Track length5:58
At this point the onlookers…
Track length3:53
Chapter 6: Schizophrenia, as Described
Track length3:01
Chapter 6 (cont.): Ruekhin looked more carefully at Ivan…
Track length4:56
Suddenly, the clock struck twice.
Track length4:52
Several minutes later…
Track length6:26
Chapter 7: A Fishy Apartment
Track length7:04
At last, realizing that he was abandoned and alone…
Track length7:10
Yesterday afternoon he arrived in Moscow…
Track length6:24
Stiopa turned away from the phone…
Track length6:18
Chapter 8: The Duel of the Professor and the Poet
Track length7:29
At last, they let Ivan go.
Track length7:01
He found the professor's offer quite appealing.
Track length6:49
Chapter 9: Koroviev's Capers
Track length8:01
Taking into account that Sir Woland…
Track length6:54
As soon as the chairman left the apartment…
Track length7:05
Chapter 10: News from Yalta
Track length6:53
There could be no doubt…
Track length6:44
The financial-director's face was literally frightening.
Track length7:40
Somehow, the office quickly grew dark.
Track length6:13
Chapter 11: A Rift in Ivan
Track length4:36
After a drink of hot milk…
Track length4:48
Chapter 12: Black Magic and its Exposure
Track length7:24
A minute later…
Track length6:59
The orchestra stirred…
Track length6:44
Two and a half thousand people in the theatre…
Track length6:22
The audience was excited…
Track length7:16
Chapter 12 (cont.): 'Last night, Arkady Appolonovich…'
Track length4:26
Chapter 13: Enter the Hero
Track length6:39
Ivan did not leave anything out…
Track length6:08
The guest moped and twitched…
Track length7:39
And the guest continued…
Track length7:35
It was finished in the month of August…
Track length7:13
And so, it was at that accursed time…
Track length6:26
But no one came.
Track length5:48
When everything was quiet again…
Track length6:29
Chapter 14: Glory to the Rooster
Track length5:38
And then he felt a sort of putrid dampness…
Track length9:11
Rimsky extended his hand suddenly…
Track length5:09
Chapter 14 (cont.): White as snow…
Track length2:36
Chapter 15: Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream
Track length7:18
Then came the soft ringing of a bell…
Track length6:12
Dunchill turned out to be a respectable…
Track length5:55
The promised Kurolesov appeared on stage…
Track length7:16
Kanavkin did not at all anticipate…
Track length6:25
Chapter 16: The Execution
Track length8:07
It would not be entirely correct to say…
Track length7:04
And then, when the procession had moved…
Track length8:03
The man ascending the mountain…
Track length8:53
Chapter 17: A Troublesome Day
Track length5:39
The investigation headquartered itself in Varenukha's office…
Track length5:55
Chapter 17 (cont.): Upon arriving at his destination…
Track length7:39
The Entertainment Commission's branch was situated…
Track length5:15
The faces of the budding rock-climbers…
Track length5:27
Chapter 18: Unfortunate Visitors
Track length7:09
The door opened as soon as the economist rang the bell…
Track length6:57
First of all he picked up the passport…
Track length7:50
And so, leaving the economist…
Track length7:53
The man roasting the meat turned…
Track length8:37
The bartender sat very still…
Track length4:19
It is well known what happened to him thereafter.
Track length5:37
The professor saw few patients that evening…
Track length6:07
Part 2 Chapter 19: Margarita
Track length5:51
Chapter 19 (cont.): The dream that visited Margarita that night…
Track length7:27
Leaning back in the trolley's soft, comfortable seat…
Track length6:00
Surprised, Margarita Nikolayevna turned…
Track length5:08
Turning white, Margarita returned to the bench.
Track length7:41
Chapter 20: Azazello's Cream
Track length7:17
At the same time…
Track length5:42
Chapter 21: The Flight
Track length7:37
They say that, to this very day…
Track length6:56
Then, suddenly, the savage destruction ceased.
Track length6:48
The low noise of separating air came from behind…
Track length6:22
Margarita sensed she was approaching water…
Track length7:46
Chapter 22: By Candlelight
Track length4:38
Chapter 22 (cont.): Koroviev's appearance had changed…
Track length6:29
They passed between the columns…
Track length6:33
Finally, Woland smiled and spoke…
Track length6:49
Meanwhile, confusion reigned on the chessboard.
Track length5:38
'Blood is a great thing…'
Track length5:17
Chapter 23: Satan's Grand Ball
Track length7:21
Finally they arrived on the platform…
Track length8:39
A steady stream now flowed up the staircase.
Track length8:59
A second later, without knowing how she got there…
Track length8:36
A lone new guest stepped into the hall…
Track length5:03
Chapter 24: The Extraction of the Master
Track length5:10
'But tell me,' Margot asked Azazello…
Track length4:48
Chapter 24 (cont.): 'I wouldn't want to run across you…'
Track length7:10
Margarita felt short of breath.
Track length6:31
A gust of wind burst into the room…
Track length7:03
The cat instantly jumped up from his seat…
Track length7:42
'Forgive me,' Koroviev exclaimed.
Track length5:40
Woland's order was carried out instantaneously.
Track length5:27
What happened was this…
Track length6:14
Annushka hid the find in her shirt…
Track length5:38
Chapter 25: How the Procurator Tried to Save Judas of Kiriath
Track length7:03
At last, the procurator heard…
Track length8:14
Here the guest directed his peculiar stare…
Track length7:30
At this point…
Track length4:40
Chapter 26: The Burial
Track length7:29
As for the woman that Aphranius called Niza…
Track length6:15
Judas stood alone for a while…
Track length6:26
Nightingales filled the Gethsemane gardens with their singing.
Track length7:39
But the better the dream…
Track length7:48
'I suspect that the reason was, again, money.'
Track length7:05
Matthew Levi was hiding in a cave…
Track length7:33
Levi glared hatefully at Pilate…
Track length6:18
Chapter 27: The End of Apartment No. 50
Track length4:48
Arkady Appolonovich spent the entire evening…
Track length7:55
On Friday night…
Track length6:31
Chapter 27 (cont.): And so, once again, things dragged on…
Track length8:05
At this time, Koroviev and Azazello…
Track length5:24
'I challenge you to a duel!' bellowed the cat…
Track length5:49
Chapter 28: The Final Adventures of Koroviev and Behemoth
Track length5:50
The fat man tucked the Primus under his arm…
Track length7:44
We do know, however…
Track length7:41
Archibald Archibaldovich surprised the waiters…
Track length8:28
Chapter 29: The Fate of the Master and Margarita is Decided
Track length6:09
Matthew Levi disappeared.
Track length5:46
Chapter 30: It's Time! It's Time!
Track length8:15
Then the Master wiped his tears…
Track length7:10
Chapter 30 (cont.): When the poisoned victims fell silent…
Track length7:28
The Master and Margarita dismounted…
Track length6:26
Chapter 31: On Sparrow Hills
Track length7:13
Chapter 32: Forgiveness and Eternal Refuge
Track length5:27
Thus they flew in silence for a long time…
Track length5:12
The mountains turned the Master's voice to thunder…
Track length6:05
Epilogue
Track length6:41
Proper credit is due, over and over…
Track length7:14
As for Stiopa Likhodeyev…
Track length5:42
Yes, several years passed…
Track length5:50
The professor returns home completely ill.
Track length4:52

Awards and reviews

A classic that can be read on many levels, it’s played strictly for laughs by Julian Rhind-Tutt. But there is a much darker side.

Rhind-Tutt cleverly indulges the satire and the fantasy in a novel unpublished until 26 years after Bulgakov’s death. The absurdity of the Stalinist system is inventively mocked, Christ is sympathetically re-examined and over all is a layer of idiosyncratic fantasy.
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