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in Uncategorized | January 31st, 2009

This is just a quick note to let you know that you can now fol­low Open Cul­ture on Twit­ter. If you sub­scribe, you’ll know when­ev­er we post some­thing new on the site. To get going, cre­ate a Twit­ter account (if you don’t already have one), access our Twit­ter page here, and then click the word “Fol­low” beneath our logo, and you’ll be all set. If you’re won­der­ing what Twit­ter is all about, you can watch this handy video.

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Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Arturo Toscanini, 1952

in Music, Video - Arts & Culture | January 31st, 2009

Here’s a nice vin­tage clip that comes out of a YouTube Chan­nel called The Great Per­form­ers, which we’ve added to our page: Best YouTube Col­lec­tions. The video fea­tures Arturo Toscani­ni con­duct­ing Beethoven’s 5th at Carnegie Hall in 1952. You can find the sec­ond move­ment here.

For more clas­si­cal music see:

Free Beethoven and Mozart Record­ings via Pod­cast

Beethoven’s Sym­pho­ny No. 9 — Kara­jan or Mup­pet Style

The Ten Best Clas­si­cal Music Record­ings of 2008

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