Free Classical Music Podcasts

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• An Inti­mate Tour Through the Music of Yo-Yo Ma iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Each episode of this pod­cast delves into the his­to­ry of his career, and what led him to record each of the tracks of his cur­rent release Appas­sion­a­to.
• Bach Pod­cast from Magnatune.com iTunes Feed Web Site
  • 60 free min­utes of Bach.
• Bach Fes­ti­val of Philadel­phia Feed Web Site
  • Live per­for­mances of J.S. Bach works per­formed by var­i­ous artists for The Bach Fes­ti­val of Philadel­phia.
• Boston Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra Con­ser­va­to­ry iTunes Feed Web Site
  • This edu­ca­tion­al pod­cast gives you an inside look at the sym­pho­ny. Cur­rent­ly you will find a two sea­son overview and record­ings of Beethoven and Arnold Schoen­berg.
• Clas­si­cal Per­for­mance iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Clas­si­cal music per­for­mances from WGB­H’s Stu­dio One in Boston.
• Dan­marks Radio — Mozart Sym­phonies Feed Web Site
  • For the cel­e­bra­tion of Mozart’s 250th anniver­sary, Den­mark radio offered pod­casts of nine Mozart sym­phonies by the Dan­ish Radio Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra. Since the web site is in Dan­ish, your best bet is to access these high qual­i­ty MP3’s through the feed.
• Deutsche Welle
  • Beethoven­fest iTunes Feed Web Site
    • Beethoven’s most famous sym­phonies per­formed by excel­lent young orches­tras and new com­po­si­tions by award-win­ning com­posers.
  • Clas­si­cal Mas­ter­pieces iTunes Feed Web Site
    • Six mas­ter com­posers, six sym­phonies, a star con­duc­tor and a lead­ing orches­tra are the main ingre­di­ents of this remark­able musi­cal feast.
• Gramo­phone Pod­cast Feed Web Site
  • A month­ly win­dow into the world’s most author­i­ta­tive clas­si­cal music mag­a­zine, fea­tur­ing an overview of the best releas­es, news, exclu­sive inter­views with lead­ing fig­ures from the music world, and lots of great­mu­sic.
• NPR Music iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Reviews, musi­cian inter­views, live record­ings from Morn­ing Edi­tion, All Things Con­sid­ered, and oth­er NPR pro­grams.
• Radio Swe­den: Mozart iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Swedish Radio has launched a Mozart Pod­cast to cel­e­brate Mozart’s 250th birth­day. They’ve been pod­cast­ing their own record­ings from the 1940–1950s of Mozart’s operas.
• The Con­cert iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and more from the Isabel­la Stew­art Gard­ner muse­um in Boston.
• Wag­n­er Operas Pod­cast iTunes Feed Web Site
  • Fea­tures, among oth­er things, per­for­mances from the Bayreuth Fes­ti­val.