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The BBC's long association with classical music makes beeb.com the obvious choice, for buying recordings, videos and books on the Internet
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| I buy a lot of classical music, and I wanted a copy of Angela Hewett playing Bach's Goldberg Variations. I'm a regular listener to Radio 3, so it made sense to ask the BBC. I just typed in the details, and straight away got a review and a price comparison. It also told me which of beeb.com's partners could rush the CD to me in the fastest time, and that was the retailer I chose. |
When
it comes to Classical music, nobody has quite the same profile as the BBC.
It's a reputation that rests on the prestige of BBC Radio 3, the enduring
popularity of the BBC Proms concerts and the quality of BBC Music Magazine
the best-selling classical music title anywhere in the world. Now BBC Music
Magazine is arriving on the Internet, with its own beeb'com shopping guide.The
website gives readers the chance to browse the latest reviews and buy CDs,
books and videos online. It's all you need to build up your own classical
music library and learn about the best recorcings.
Each month, the shopping guide gives details of its CD recommendations your
guarantee of the very best performances, including the editor's choice and
the current top 10 most popular discs. To keep you right up to date with
the latest developments, tne website's news section supplements the print
version with each day's breaking stories from the classical music world.You
can look up the contents of the current magazine, and find out what's to
come in the following month's issue. If you're looking for a particular
recording, the shopping guide allows you to search through a database of
thousands of CD reviews. All are impartially and independently compiled by
the magazine's panel of experts. Once you have found your crosen recording,
be it of Beethoven or Mozart, Elgar or Stravinsky you can compare the prices
and delivery times offered by all of beeb.com's retail partners. Live music
isn't neglected, either.All major live classical events in the UK, such as
Glyndebourne and the Proms, are featured in a concert listings guide, which
can be searched by area or date. Finally there are also lots of special
promotions and competitions to win everything from a trip to the opera in
Paris to a box set of CDs. At beeb.com's BBCMusic Magazine shopping site,
you find everything you need to enjoy the best in classical music.
