The Story of Classical

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The Story of Classical is your essential nine-part companion guide to classical music. In each of our commentaries, we unlock the mystery and beauty of every musical period—from the Middle Ages to the present day—by chronicling an encounter between vital figures in music history.

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The Story of Classical: Prelude

Join us as we begin a thrilling adventure in classical music.

59 min
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The Story of Classical: Baroque Era

Music comes of age in the Baroque era and gives life to an astonishing genius.

58 min
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The Story of Classical: Classical Era

Joseph Haydn meets a young Beethoven.

1 hr
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The Story of Classical: Romantic Era

Brahms and the Schumanns lead our Romantic journey into sumptuous soundworlds.

57 min
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The Story of Classical: Early 20th Century

Meeting of minds at the ballet provides the fuel for innovation.

58 min
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The Story of Classical: Late 20th Century

Harmony and discord color music’s rocky journey toward a new century.

1h 1m
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The Story of Classical: 21st Century

Classical finds common ground with other musical styles in our guide to the dizzying modern age.

57 min
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The Story of Classical: Medieval Era

We transport you to the birth of music and discover visionary composer Hildegard von Bingen.

57 min
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The Story of Classical: Renaissance

Music develops rapidly on the back of the church and the printing press.

1 hr
21 MAY

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Incredibly good but two thing’s missing!

25 Jan

Vmaggdkn

Great show! Only thing’s missing is the list of all the music, or even links to the music. And no mention of Neo-Classical guitaris in Neo-Classical Rock/Metal like Randy Rhoades and Yngwie Malmsteen. It strikes me as strange since the show goes into classical influences on other genres.
Great stuff

28/04/2024

Injory

Great show with really good sound quality. It would be nice, though, to have links in the description to Apple Music or Classical of the full works excerpted in the show.
Western Classical!

04/08/2024

frfdo

Title should read as Western classical music.
In-depth intro

30/03/2024

Paul Kr :-)

I have been into classical music for decades, composers from the baroque to mid-twentieth century, so I am not looking for “introductions to classical music”. I started listening to this podcast series by coincidence, and I must say it was quite interesting and very informative. There is so much more to say, so many more composers and pieces of music to introduce a novel listener to. But this series does a pretty good job, worth your time if you have heard some classical music and are curious to learn more.

The Story of Classical is your essential nine-part companion guide to classical music. In each of our commentaries, we unlock the mystery and beauty of every musical period—from the Middle Ages to the present day—by chronicling an encounter between vital figures in music history.