Free Symphonies!
October 21st, 2008 Posted in classical music, mp3
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (or the RCO to their cool friends) are offering 10 free symphonies to download in honor of their 120th birthday. They are adding a new one each day until the 24th of October. Here’s the list:
Franz Schubert – Symphony no. 8 ‘Unfinished’ (15-10-08)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no. 2 (16-10-08)
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony no. 4 ‘Italian’ (17-10-08)
César Franck – Symphony in D minor (18-10-08)
Gustav Mahler – Symphony no. 1 (19-10-08)
Antonin Dvorák – Symphony no. 8 (20-10-08)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Symphony no. 3 ‘Organ’ (21-10-08)
Jean Sibelius – Symphony no. 2 (22-10-08)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony no. 8 23-10-08
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no. 2 (24-10-08)
You can download them here.
October 24th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Uh, they wan’t to know about me a bit too much for my tastes… I think I’ll need to fake my ID for these lovely recordings! ;)
October 25th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Wonderful! I am eager to download these, though I suspect my computer (with less than 3 gigs of space left) is less eager.
I found this site via “7 Reasons Nerds Should Listen to Classical Music,” and since there’s no space for comments there, I also wanted to let you know here that, as a life-long nerd and life-long classical music aficionado, I very much enjoyed and agreed with that list.
November 8th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Etha,
Time for a new computer? :)