The Story of Classical Music

This lively recording is a perfect way to introduce classical music to the entire family. It looks at the music through the lives of the great composers and their environment, from the churches and cathedrals that produced the familiar sound of Gregorian chant to Johann Sebastian Bach, the family man composing for the glory of God, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child prodigy, genius, and prankster who wrote some of the finest music ever yet was buried in a pauper’s grave. The story continues on to the composers of the twenty-first century. This unusual and special production by the most important brand name in classical music includes more than one hundred musical examples taken from the extensive Naxos catalogue.