Musical Tales

“At last…A prefect introduction to classical music for young people.” – Sir Georg Solti

Do you the story of PEER GYNT? Or THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE? Whether or not you or your children are familiar with classical music, Tony Robinson’s inspired narration of the stories behind the music will inform and entertain you. The world’s greatest orchestras and their conductors, plus the voice of Tony Robinson make MUSICAL TALES an irresistible combination of words and music

MUSICAL TALES originally aired on BBC Radio 3 in 1995. This first series includes the following extracts:

1. THE FIREBIRD by Stravinsky (Charles Dutoit conducts the Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
2. THE NUTCRACKER by Tchaikovsky (Richard Bonynge conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra)
3. THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE by Dukas (Charles Dutoit conducts the Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
4. SCHEHERAZADE by Rimsky-Korskov (Kirill Kondrashin conducts the Amsterdam Concert Orchestra)
5. HANSEL AND GRETEL by Humperdinck (Sir Georg Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic)
6. THE MAGIC FLUTE by Mozart (Sir Georg Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic)
7. MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by Mendelssohn (Charles Dutoit conducts the Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
8. PEER GYNT by Grieg (Herbert von Karajan conducts the Vienna Philharmonic)

About The Narrator

Narrated by TONY ROBINSON, star of Blackadder, Time Team and a true British institution!

About The Production

Written by Mark Billingham and David Lloyd

Produced by Clare Collingridge

Mixed and engineered by Paul Plant

A Ladbroke Productions (Radio) Ltd production for BBC Radio 3 (1995)

DOWNLOADING INFORMATION

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[1] Download for FREE iZip for iOS – then download the audiobook using the link provided either on the webpage or the email we sent you. After the file has downloaded click on the Open With option and choose iZip. The app will open and ask if you want it to unzip all the files, say yes. A minute or so later you will have a list of mp3 files in order, and you just need to tap on the one you want to play and it will start playing in the Audioplayer. You can easily play, pause, jump forward or back.

[2] Slightly easier – download the zip file to your PC or MAC, unzip it to a folder you know the location of (such as your Music or Documents folder), then use iTunes to transfer the files in the same way you would a music album.

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