Internet radio stations & other alternatives to Radio 3

[Nick Armstrong]

Hat off and three cheers to Caliban!

Many thanks for the RCO internet link - currently a stunning Bartok: MfSP&C conducted by Jansons, following a Ligeti: Concerto Romanescu conducted by Pappano - great programming and terrific performances.

Weep Wright, weep!

Glad you're enjoying it - though credit where credit's due, the RCO suggestion came from the Admirable Stunsworth:

Also there's a 256k feed of Concertgebouw concerts. It's filed under "Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra" in the classical section of iTunes radio.

Cheers yet again to him, and yet again for this link to:

Linn radio. Classical, jazz or rock @ 320k...

http://radio.linnrecords.com/index2.html

You click on 'Tune In' and it automatically plays through iTunes - i.e. on my HiFi

Great stuff

Weep Wright, weep!

Indeed! I'm not trying to push my personal preferences, but since I have it in front of me, just look at the variety available in Rai5's schedule for today:

http://www.rai.it/dl/docs/1387204137619FD5_20140101.pdf

(Even including an hour of music for the film buffs!)

Hat off and three cheers to Caliban!

Many thanks for the RCO internet link - currently a stunning Bartok: MfSP&C conducted by Jansons, following a Ligeti: Concerto Romanescu conducted by Pappano - great programming and terrific performances.

Weep Wright, weep!

[Stunsworth]

Linn radio. Classical, jazz or rock @ 320k...

http://radio.linnrecords.com/index2.html

[muzzer]

Thanks for these - Audiophile sounds great [as one would hope, of course]. My streamer can't load RCO Live but there are plenty more to choose from of course - is Linn Classical on itunes? I am also a fan of Rondo Classic - Klasu.

[french frank]

Thanks for the reminder about the new sub-forum, M. Caliban

[Nick Armstrong]

TERRIFIC concert performance with Jansons of Mahler 3 on the RCO radio stream at the moment ! Perfect for this evening !

http://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en...enu/RCO-Radio/ if you don't 'do' iTunes....

[Nick Armstrong]

Good news, ta jimbo, must have been just a dodgy link

[DublinJimbo]

The iTunes menu seems to change over time, inevitably I suppose if certain radio stations cease operations - for example the station hmvman recommended [ ... ] no longer exists

Still going strong, actually. This is the streaming URL. The pick of the schedule is the morning segment mentioned by hmvman, while the evening concert is also often worth a listen.

[DublinJimbo]

I once felt it was the height of treachery to publicise alternatives to Radio 3, but now ...

That neatly sums up the whole situation. Sad, but true.

[gurnemanz]

Maybe not Hi enough Fi for your new-found eminence, but for content I find Rai5 to be excellent, with a good mix of orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal items:

http://www.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/list/ContentSet-e9b15bdc-b94c-46ef-b485-980e9767de3a.html

(The 'palinsesti' will lead you to the monthly schedules. Remember Italy is an hour ahead.)

Likewise. Rai 5 is the only one I use a lot - no surplus blah and a good range of music. Excellent sound from satellite dish played through amp.

[french frank]

Will set up when I have a minute to spare. I once felt it was the height of treachery to publicise alternatives to Radio 3, but now ...

[Nick Armstrong]

Cheers chaps. I've suggested to Our Leader that perhaps an 'Internet Radio Booth' be created alongside the food & drink & photo sub-forums, so that this can be a readily accessible and central resource (e.g. for those seeking alternatives to ignorant and witless comedians 'guesting' on "Essential Classics" etc etc )

Maybe not Hi enough Fi for your new-found eminence, but for content I find Rai5 to be excellent, with a good mix of orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal items:

http://www.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/list/ContentSet-e9b15bdc-b94c-46ef-b485-980e9767de3a.html

(The 'palinsesti' will lead you to the monthly schedules. Remember Italy is an hour ahead.)

[teamsaint]

Thanks for that informative post , Cals.

I assume the translation comes later?

anyhow, this is my current fave, non stop C20/C21 stuff, and available through Live 365 on Itunes radio, abeit on 128 kbps. (Edit : I THINK its available on Itunes, but then I don't have Itunes on my laptop, because itunes is of course the work of the )

http://www.live365.com/stations/20classics?play=1