Listening Guide: Symphonies
Playlist - 92 Songs
Exclusive to Apple Music Classical, Listening Guide is your informative companion as you explore symphonic masterpieces—while you listen, time-synced text appears seamlessly on your screen providing insightful commentary and context. Listening Guide is available in the latest version of Apple Music Classical.
Here we offer some of the greatest and most admired works for you to see how Listening Guide works. In Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” your guide identifies instruments and gives insight into how the composer creates his orchestral colors, as well as revealing the work’s emotional subtext.
Or try Beethoven’s Fifth, and understand how that iconic work is united by its famous opening motif. Then, join Mahler on his woodland adventure in Symphony No. 1, as Listening Guide shines a light onto how nature and Austrian folklore inspired his music.
Whatever your choice, Listening Guide makes getting to know a great symphony an illuminating and exciting adventure.
Featured Artists
Listening Guide: Symphonies features Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and more