Barbara BellMinimus Audio CD

kids enjoy listening and learning the words and the book adds to the CD I wish it was a DVD.

I'm not sure what equipment the current other two reviewers were using, but my CD is clear and well pronounced by adults and children alike. I think this will be an invaluable support to working with Minimus at school.

Considering the cost of this CD, the recording quality is quite bad - both the actual volume/background sound, and the quality of the readers. They are obviously not professional actors, which is fine for reading a story, but when you are trying to teach Latin it helps to have convincing, realistic voices!

Arrived in a broken case - well done!

The CD case arrived a bit banged up but the CD works, mostly. I think the CD was very sligthly damaged but I was able to use it.Now, regarding the content itself it lives up to its expectation.

The sound is terrible, like an amateur home recording. The voices have strong English accents and the speech is monotonous and nothing like acting out a fun dialogue! Minimus is a great course and I'm using it with my son. The CD is an absolute must for beginners and we have to use use it, whether we like it or not. Considering it is a beginner's level, the quality of the recording may not be that important but for the price it's sold at and considering the overall price of the course material, this is truly appalling. I know this course is quite popular so perhaps CUP could afford to invest into a professional recording.

Having received both the CD and book, I was extremely unhappy with the quality of the CD. It's a cast comprising of both adults and children. How it was recorded is unknown, but at times the children are too quiet and unintelligable, occasionally the adults vocalise where they cannot be understood either.If this was recorded better it would be a good addition to the book (i.e. 1 character doing all voices (Such as the Harry Potter audios), however in its current form it's not.Whilst it follows the stories in the book, it's not of quality to justify purchase.All I can say - is can the authors re-release it ? as I would buy again if the quality was better.I can't fault the book and say to people, buy it... But you "may" need a tutor to cover off the verbal Latin.

Unfortunately this is completely useless without the book. This is hardly latin for beginners...