Let Beethoven's music ring free!

Wow! While I have several of the symphonies on CD, what a great resource for hearing some different performances and making this music accessible to almost anyone. A great use of the Internet.

Every note of Beethoven's symphonies as a free MP3 download at the BBC

Cory Doctorow: The BBC is releasing all nine of Beethoven's symphonies (five are up now) as unencumbered MP3s. Link

(via Plastic Bag)

Update: Thanks to Matt for pointing out that old Ludwig Van wrote non-symphonic music too -- I've amended the entry title

(Via Boing Boing.)