Beethoven Is Just The Beginning

Listening to Radio 3, I wonder if am I the only one not 'surprised' by the BBC's recent Beethoven downloads success?

In case you've been on planet Zonk for the last month or two, the BBC ran a 'Beethoven' week on Radio 3, where they wiped their schedules and played Mr van B's entire opus non-stop. In connection with this, the BBC Philharmonic recorded an entire Symphonic cycle, which was distributed totally free on the internet in MP3 format for about a week. They expected over 40,000 people to download it.

In fact, the downloads exceeded 1,000,000. That's right... A million!

This column by Norman Lebrecht is essential reading: 'The Buzz About Beethoven'

Don't want to say 'I told you so', but... I told you so.

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ViolinMP3.com's troubles have now been sorted out, and the site will be back within the week. Then watch it grow.