October 20, 2008

A musical two-fer

I studied classical piano and organ as a kid and still love a lot of the music I learned. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is celebrating it's 120th anniversary and they are offering ten downloads from now through November 24th, 2008. Minimal registration is required. Here is the list and there is not a clinker in there:
Franz Schubert - Symphony no. 8 'Unfinished'
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 2
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 'Italian'
César Franck - Symphony in D minor
Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 1
Antonin Dvorák - Symphony no. 8
Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony no. 3 'Organ'
Jean Sibelius - Symphony no. 2
Anton Bruckner - Symphony no. 8
Johannes Brahms - Symphony no. 2
I am downloading them at the store so I don't know yet what level of encoding they are but the file sizes are huge -- 60MB to 80MB. If you haven't ever heard the Saint-Saëns - Symphony no. 3, it deserves a listen for the sheer majesty of it. Gorgeous work... Secondly, check out the IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library From their website:
Welcome to the International Music Score Library Project! IMSLP attempts to create a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge. You can read the full list of goals that IMSLP will try to achieve.
High resolution PDF scans of over 21,000 scores. Posted by DaveH at October 20, 2008 7:57 PM | TrackBack
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