alternatives to radio 3

[AmpH]

Yes, I've been aware of that for some years, but I've never tried it. Need to investigate

In truth I tend to only really use it for access to the Radio 3 (High) stream - and given the amount of crap on R3, not that often. I should really take my own advice and investigate more of the others myself !

[DracoM]

http://www.listenlive.eu/classical.html

Just to reinforce. The Finnish station has been my staple for five years.

[DublinJimbo]

http://www.listenlive.eu/classical.html

Just to reinforce. The Finnish station has been my staple for five years.

Which one?

[doversoul1]

To most of us on the Forum, ‘alternatives to Radio 3’ now seem to mean simply radio stations that have good music. I find this very sad. I wouldn’t enjoy Through the Night as much as I do now if it were a programme with an anonymous announcer reading the names of the work, the composer and the performer. To me, it is the way in which the presenters carry the programme through that makes this programme uniquely Radio 3.

Radio 3 is (or should be….) much more than just a good classical music station (I know it isn't even that now). On this basis, as none of my other languages are anywhere near good enough to appreciate their subtlety, there is no alternative to Radio 3.

There are alternatives to listening to Radio 3 but I don’t think this is the same thing.

[Nick Armstrong]

Which one?

[DublinJimbo]

http://www.listenlive.eu/classical.html

Just to reinforce. The Finnish station has been my staple for five years.

I'm guessing it's YLE Classic. Apart from providing a detailed playlist for each day, they prominently feature what might be described as a 'mission statement' on that page, which has this to say (my emphasis):

YLE KLASSINEN RADIO CHANNEL
Yle Klassinen (Yle Classic) is a digital classical music channel from Helsinki, Finland. It operates 24 hours a day and can be listened to over the Internet everywhere in the world. In Finland the service is also available on digital television.

The programme is currently divided into four sections: classical morning, classical day, classical evening and classical night. The main focus is on complete musical works. Highlights are seldom played. All the different genres of classical music are represented. In particular, interpretations of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and recordings by the Finnish Broadcasting Company are given a special emphasis in the programme.

R3 might well have been described similarly before the demolition gang got their hands on it.

[BBMmk2]

I have come across some quite good stations on my iTunes account, which I might frequent more, as R3 goes into oblivion!

[Beresford]

Český rozhlas D-Dur

I like Český rozhlas D-Dur, from Prague, and it is quite high quality, although the announcements are recorded separately, like Through the Night.

As far as I can tell, the main Dutch classical station has been split into strands for the Internet, so one site for Baroque, one for church music, one for modern, etc. Feels a bit soulless, like a ghetto

[DracoM]

http://www.listenlive.eu/classical.html

I use it a lot - try the Helsinki based station. Particularly good.

[teamsaint]

Been having a good listen to this.

http://www.live365.com/stations/20classics

If you want a steady stream of C20/C21 music, more or less uninterrupted , it seems excellent.

A good variety mix of music.

"Celebrate the diversity of 20th/21st century classical music, famous, infamous, and obscure; avant-garde to downright tuneful. *** BEST CLASSICAL STATION, 2005 Live 365 Awards ***"...is how they describe themselves.

[Wallace]

Been having a good listen to this.

http://www.live365.com/stations/20classics

If you want a steady stream of C20/C21 music, more or less uninterrupted , it seems excellent.

Thanks for this suggestion. I have been listening today and, yes, its good. I had two attempts at listening to Andrew McGregor on R3's CD Review from Snape Maltings this morning and on each occasion I managed only 10 minutes before reaching for the off-switch. Surely there should be some programmes where listeners are not invited to tweet vapid inanities. Just when you think the dead hand of the crass controller could not make it any worse, it does and R3 plumbs new depths! This Live 365 link has provided solace. Thanks again.

[Don Petter]

Thanks for this suggestion. I have been listening today and, yes, its good. I had two attempts at listening to Andrew McGregor on R3's CD Review from Snape Maltings this morning and on each occasion I managed only 10 minutes before reaching for the off-switch. Surely there should be some programmes where listeners are not invited to tweet vapid inanities. Just when you think the dead hand of the crass controller could not make it any worse, it does and R3 plumbs new depths! This Live 365 link has provided solace. Thanks again.

Tweets on CD Review? Truly, the last bastion has fallen.

[Nick Armstrong]

Tweets on CD Review? Truly, the last bastion has fallen.

If I may allude to the quotation used by Mr Pee as his signature:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT4_Fefew78&noredirect=1

[Globaltruth]

Likely to be (even more of a) minority interest, the WFMU station provides a full and oftimes fascinating schedule of alternative/World Music - I find myself increasing turning there as more oases of WM are removed from the r3 schedule

http://wfmu.org/

(initial recommendation was courtesy of Paul Sherratt - thank you)

[Vile Consort]

I have recently purchased an Internet radio, (a) because there isn't much FM or DAB signal here, especially downstairs, and (b) to find some alternatives to the increasingly pointless Radio 3. It has scores of classical stations on its menu.

I particularly enjoy the Dutch OrgelRadio and its sister station Musica Religiosa. You can even put in one request per day, selecting from their library of tracks. Requests get played after about an hour.