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The BBC's Beethoven

While I generally consider myself to have eclectic musical tastes, the amount of classical music in my collection is very low. There is a bunch of Mozart, some Grieg, and a bit of Rimsky-Korsakov, but nothing to write home about.

This is one of the reasons I am excited about the BBC's Beethoven Experience (via Legal Tags). All nine of Beethoven's symphonies will be broadcast on the radio, and are then available for free download in DRM-free MP3! Symphonies 1 and 3 are available for download right now.

Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2005 at 14:14. Tagged BBC, Beethoven, classical music, Music

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# At 5:04 on July 12, 2005, This is Martey Dodoo wrote:

Classical Music Labels Criticize BBC for Free Beethoven

As I reported back in June, the BBC&#8217;s Radio 3 offered 9 Beethoven symphonies for free download on their website in a staggered period ending early this month. This article from the British newspaper The Independent comes via Scripting News. This...