#10: Tchaikovsky - Symphony 6 'Pathetique'
A listener's guide to Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, the 'Pathetique', featuring a bit of history, a guide to the music, and recommended recordings. D...
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Listening Guides to the Masterpieces of Classical Music - Plenty of Musical Examples to Follow, and Contextual History to Help You Understand - Weekly Episodes
#9: Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
A listener's guide to Rimsky-Korsakov's famous suite based on the tales of 'Arabian Nights'; with a contextual history, plenty of musical examples, an...
#8: Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 ('Pastoral')
A listener's guide to one of Beethoven's great programmatic symphonic works, depicting the countryside; with a contextual history, plenty of musical e...
#7: Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
A listener's guide to Berlioz's Magnum Opus - Symphonie Fantastique, famously inspired by a drug-induced, opium trip where the artist fantasizes about...
#6: Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
A listener's guide to Britten's 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', also known as 'Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell'. This podcast goes...
#5: Dvorak - Symphony no. 9, "From the New World"
A listener's guide to Dvorak's "New World" Symphony. After a review of its 'American' qualities, and its use of spirituals and folk music, this episod...
#4: Saint-Saëns - 'Organ' Symphony
A listener's guide to Saint-Saëns' famous and popular Third Symphony, known commonly as the 'Organ' Symphony. After a quick overview of the historica...
#3: Beethoven - Symphony no. 5
A listener's guide to Beethoven's famous and popular Fifth Symphony in C minor. After an overview of the historical context of this symphony and Beeth...
#2: Mahler - Symphony no. 2 ('Resurrection')
A listener's guide to Mahler's epic Second Symphony, the 'Resurrection' Symphony. After an overview of Mahler's life and works, we go into detail (abo...
#1: Holst - The Planets
A Listener's Guide to Holst - The Planets 0:20 - Introduction to "Discovering Classical Music" Series 0:49 - The Mission of This Series 2:12 - Intro...