Paul Badura-Skoda Piano Sonata Downloads

[Chris]

I'm not sure if this has been brought up before here, but I thought I'd mention it just so everyone knows. Paul Badura-Skoda has his entire set of recordings of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas up at mp3.com. Most movements can be downloaded, but those that cannot be can be streamed (although it doesn't always seem to work).

Badura-Skoda's set is the favored set of our good friend Rod, so you may have heard a lot about it. Well, here's your chance to try it out.

http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/117/...s_beethov.htmlHere</a> is a direct link to the page. Badura-Skoda also has a lot of other music up (Mozart, Chopin, etc., as well as some other Beethoven works) that you can find if you poke around the site a little (try following various links on the page I linked to).

[chopithoven]

Is there any way in which the complete works can be downloaded? I heard about a Gozilla link or something like that-

[Rod]

Originally posted by chopithoven:
Is there any way in which the complete works can be downloaded? I heard about a Gozilla link or something like that-

Unless you've got super-fast internet, you'll probably be in your grave before you manage to successfully download the piano sonatas alone!!! And it's unethical.

I've noticed the sonata volumes in the page supplied by Chris have a totally different track listing to my set - the order of the sonatas is different. Haven't signed up with mp3.com so I couldn't check to see if they were the same recordings as mine.
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[Chris]

I was under the impression that he only ever made one set. Has he done more?

In any case, it is certainly not unethical to download what is available at mp3.com - that's all on the level.

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[Rod]

Originally posted by Chris:
I was under the impression that he only ever made one set. Has he done more?

In any case, it is certainly not unethical to download what is available at mp3.com - that's all on the level.

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B-S has only done one set as far as I am aware.

I wasn't talking about mp3.com, there are plenty of places you can download just about whatever commercial release you like for free.

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[Chris]

Right, I was just making sure everyone understands that it's OK to download from the link I gave.

[chopithoven]

Originally posted by Chris:
Right, I was just making sure everyone understands that it's OK to download from the link I gave.

I don't have much money, so I can't disdain the free commercial recordings on many file exchange systems on the internet or in mp3.com (which is free and legal). On this site there two available movements from each sonata.

[Chris]

At the given link? No, there are several that are available for complete download. For example, 1, 8, 14, 23, and 27. And there are others.

Besides, if a file is available for streaming, but not for download, you can stream it, and then the file will be in your cache - all you have to do is search for the file name on your computer and copy the file to where you want it. So, it is possible to get everything.

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[Rod]

Originally posted by chopithoven:
I don't have much money, so I can't disdain the free commercial recordings on many file exchange systems on the internet or in mp3.com (which is free and legal). On this site there two available movements from each sonata.

Then in your case this mp3.com site sounds good. There is no rush to get everything immediately, however. You say you want the complete works - it has taken me 16 years to get to the stage where I can say to a large degree that I have the complete works (and I'm still adding the finishing touches even now!).

Patience my boy! In the future more money may come your way, or as in my case, it may not....

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[Peter]

Originally posted by Rod:

Patience my boy! In the future more money may come your way, or as in my case, it may not....

At least with all the good advice on this site he'll be saved the mistakes many of us have made in the past!

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[chopithoven]

Originally posted by Peter:
At least with all the good advice on this site he'll be saved the mistakes many of us have made in the past!

I probably commited many errors buying awful recordings with no advice. And I'm not even near of having at least the half of Beethoven's work in record.
By the way, what do you think of Karajan's 1977 performance of the Ninth? Is this the one which is known as disastrous? Or is it the later record?

[chopithoven]

Originally posted by Chris:
At the given link? No, there are several that are available for complete download. For example, 1, 8, 14, 23, and 27. And there are others.

Besides, if a file a available for streaming, but not for download, you can stream it, and then the file will be in your cache - all you have to do is search for the file name on your computer and copy the file to where you want it. So, it is possible to get everything.

Where are those entirely available sonatas? And what is the proceeding to get the streamed files in the cache? Please tell me, you computing expert? What is the appropriate program to do this? Winamp or what?

[Chris]

Check around the page, click the links, you'll find all the files.

What I said about getting files you have streamed - this isn't something you have to do, it is a consequence of file streaming and the way it works. All you have to do is click a link to a streaming file. Wait for the whole thing to load. The file will then be in your cache, without you having to do anything. Just use the find files feature of your OS (search for the name of the file) and you will find it. Then, just copy it to where you want it.

[chopithoven]

Originally posted by Chris:
Check around the page, click the links, you'll find all the files.

What I said about getting files you have streamed - this isn't something you have to do, it is a consequence of file streaming and the way it works. All you have to do is click a link to a streaming file. Wait for the whole thing to load. The file will then be in your cache, without you having to do anything. Just use the find files feature of your OS (search for the name of the file) and you will find it. Then, just copy it to where you want it.

I found the free mp3s, but I'm not so sure about the streams.

[Rod]

Originally posted by chopithoven:

By the way, what do you think of Karajan's 1977 performance of the Ninth? Is this the one which is known as disastrous? Or is it the later record?

I've only heard K's 'Galleria' series reissue of the 9th on DG. This is not a bad effort (for a 'modern' performance). So what was so disastrous about 'the one which is known as disastrous'?

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