700,000 download Beethoven music

Nearly 700,000 listeners of BBC Radio 3 downloaded live performances of Beethoven's first five symphonies, with number one proving the most popular.
The music was performed as part of The Beethoven Experience on Radio 3 and free downloads were available for a week-long trial.

The pieces were performed by the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester. Roger Wright, Radio 3 controller said: "We hope it will encourage audiences to explore online classical music. "This trial was all about gauging listeners' appetite for downloads and the results are astonishing."

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