heaney's beowulf

i read this when it came out but i'm now listening to it for the first time and it's amazingly good, wholly authentic without being in the least antique. obviously the poem is - and was - meant to be read aloud. and i could listen to seamus heaney reciting the phonebook to be honest. but i've always found that when a poet reads their work well i'm forced to consume the poetry slowly, at their speed, and consequently i appreciate things which slip under the eye when the book is in front of me ...