View Full Version : Bernard Haitink at 80 : free downloads from dutch Radio 4


guiller
03-16-2009, 06:19 PM
From the Radio homepage:

Dear subscriber,

This week we celebrate the 80th birthday of Bernard Haitink. From this moment on you will be able to download brilliant symphonic works from Bizet, Schumann and Beethoven. All of them are performed by the famous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conducted by Bernard Haitink.

http://haitink.radio4.nl/en/home/80-years-bernard-haitink.html

(you need to subscribe to download the mp3 files, but this is just to provide a valid e-mail adress).

Nice performances. There are also these other 10 performances available for free download featuring several conductors and the superb Concertgebouw Orchestra

http://kco.radio4.nl/index.php?lang=en

Among these, a superb Mahler's 1st conducted by Leonard Bernstein and a great Italian Symphony conducted by Kondrashin!

I'm greatful to this great radio!!!

All the best

Elberon
04-16-2009, 08:44 PM
Thanks for the links! I downloaded all of them. Very nice live recordings and with the liner notes/artwork. I've always liked the RCO. Shows how good they sound in a live unedited setting.

WhiteSE
04-16-2009, 09:43 PM
Thank man,..great stuff!!

Zinfan
04-16-2009, 09:50 PM
Cool