Recent content by otterhouse

Hello all, Because I was a bit frustrated about the *basic* info and metadata of Classical CD's on Spotify, I made a blog with music I liked, links and basic info. Any suggestions for CD's that are worth listening to on Spotify? http://classicalspotify.blogspot.nl Greetings, Rolf Netherlands

Never heard of this powerful bass before, sings Loewe and deserves more views... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbvWrw9PZ64&fmt=18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbvWrw9PZ64

And in English too... http://haitink.radio4.nl/en/home/80-years-bernard-haitink.html http://haitink.radio4.nl/en/kijkenluister/ March 9th the first download is unlocked. Greetings, Rolf

Hello all, From march 9th till march 15th the Dutch Avro will host a new batch of free downloads (similar to the Concertgebouw downloads from last year). To honour Bernard Haitink for his 80th birthday, there will be a free download from a recording session with the Concertgebouw orchestra...

Phoe... all lp's are now uploaded. I've been posting about this archive before, but now... It's finally there! http://www.europarchive.org It's a collaboration of different European radio libraries. At the the moment there are more then 800 classical Lp's from the Dutch public radio which...

One of the most sold Beethoven string quartet cycles is the one of the.... Pascal quartet! Their 1953 set sold millions of times on the Concert hall lp label. I made a youtube movie of the first movement of the c minor quartet op 18 nr 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFDFAKTALr0 Did you know...

Very interesting recording! recorded in 1935 or earlier. Szymanowski playis his own mazurka's op 50 nr 13 and op 62 nr. 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NClu-7OcRqU What do you think of his playing? Rolf

Hello all, It's that time of the year again.... :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y8dWU9qJzY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJjljmBEaEo Corelli Christmas concerto on a Nixa LP Greetings, Rolf

Hi all, Here is my sunrise video... :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXyg7z6V-9o Greetings, Rolf

Hello all, I like these "Classical karaoke" video's on youtube like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj85AyuSMB4 Does anyone know video's with fi. a string quartet and score? Rolf

On the occassion of the 120th anniversary of the RCO: "Starting on October the 15th you will be able to download a free recording of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra every day. The recordings are available until the 24th of November 2008." Download no. 1: Franz Schubert - Symphony no. 8...

Hello all, Enjoy these ones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lroZb6xFdEE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtAOulmMPT0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE1J8FkxBco More vinyl youtube links are always welcome! Rolf

Hello all, I had never heard of Walther Boer (1891-1984) before, but this Dutch conductor / cellist, pupil of Daniël de Lange, Julius Röntgen and Bernard Zweers, made a, to my opinion, splendid recording Of Dvorak's Stabat mater. The Avro is so kind to temporarily host a recording from 1959...

Hello all, A bizarre situation has developed in the Netherlands. Everywhere in the world, classical broadcasters are shutting down, because of dropping listening figures. In the Netherlands however, the Concertzender, who many of you might know because of there splendid internet channels, has...

Hello all, does anyone recognize this overture? http://docent.cmd.hro.nl/otter/ouverturefragment.mp3 Thanks, Rolf