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12 Messidor CCXIII (June 30, 2005)

(Linkage) Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium

For any classical music fans out there:  the Beeb continues with their experiment of providing DRM-free versions of various broadcasts by making available MP3s of recent recordings of Beethoven's symphonies, as performed by the BBC Philharmonic (conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, and originally broadcast on Radio 3 between June 27th and 30th).

Unfortunately, they only leave the MP3s up for 7 days after broadcast, so symphonies no. 1 - 5 are no longer available.  However, 6 to 9 still are.  I have no idea as to what quality they are though, as I'm still waiting for even one of them to finish downloading.  (The files are big, and the speeds are slow — anyone still on dial-up might be in for a long transfer.)

Finally, if anyone knew about this beforehand, and managed to grab symphonies no. 1 - 5, then please let me know.  It would be nice to actually have something to listen to until I manage to get my other computer fixed.

Posted by g026r at 16:17
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