Free downloads offered by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
To celebrate The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's 120th anniversary, the BBC, in association with the RCO and Dutch public broadcaster AVRO is offering ten free downloads until 24 November 2008.
A new download will be released each day until 24 October.
The list of downloads is here. So far only 1-3 have been uploaded to the Radio 4 site.
1. Franz Schubert - Symphony no. 8 ‘Unfinished’
2. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 2
3. Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 ‘Italian’
4. César Franck - Symphony in D minor
5. Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 1
6. Antonin Dvorák - Symphony no. 8
7. Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony no. 3 ‘Organ’
8. Jean Sibelius - Symphony no. 2
9. Anton Bruckner - Symphony no. 8
10. Johannes Brahms - Symphony no. 2
Medianetwork reports that you need to give your name, address and email address to download the music.
The files are MP3s and encoded at 320 Kbps.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is named after the concert hall in Amsterdam where it is the resident orchestra. The first concert was in November 1888.
A new download will be released each day until 24 October.
The list of downloads is here. So far only 1-3 have been uploaded to the Radio 4 site.
1. Franz Schubert - Symphony no. 8 ‘Unfinished’
2. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 2
3. Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 ‘Italian’
4. César Franck - Symphony in D minor
5. Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 1
6. Antonin Dvorák - Symphony no. 8
7. Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony no. 3 ‘Organ’
8. Jean Sibelius - Symphony no. 2
9. Anton Bruckner - Symphony no. 8
10. Johannes Brahms - Symphony no. 2
Medianetwork reports that you need to give your name, address and email address to download the music.
The files are MP3s and encoded at 320 Kbps.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is named after the concert hall in Amsterdam where it is the resident orchestra. The first concert was in November 1888.
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