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Post by julesd68 on Oct 7, 2018 10:44:07 GMT
Now this is great news! The BBC plans to open up public access to its legendary classical archive. <Lord Hall is expected to reveal the plans at the launch of the BBC's year-long classical music project, Our Classical Century on Thursday evening.> Full story here - www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45761820 |
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Post by jandl100 on Oct 7, 2018 11:04:55 GMT
Very interesting - can't wait to see how this will work.
A new classical streaming service?
Free? - we pay our license fees after all.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 7, 2018 12:23:04 GMT
Interesting. That will be great to sift through.
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Post by jandl100 on Oct 7, 2018 12:27:40 GMT
I wonder how many recordings of the Four Seasons they have in the archive?
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Post by MartinT on Oct 7, 2018 12:31:43 GMT
Stoppit!  |
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Post by Slinger on Oct 7, 2018 14:21:42 GMT
I should have known that Jules would beat me to the punch with this story. It says that "They will be available on services such as BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sounds app," which makes me wonder what sort of quality they'll be served/streamed at and whether they will satisfy 'serious" classical music listeners. Hopefully, it's not just a part of an exercise to flog CD's with a discrete (or not so discrete) BBC logo positioned top-right on the cover and it's a genuine offer because, let's face it, we pay for the BBC so we've already bought these recordings once.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 7, 2018 16:07:37 GMT
I wonder how many recordings of the Four Seasons they have in the archive? That is indeed a salient point Jerry and reminds me I still have a couple of versions to catch up with ... |
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