Some of you may remember my obsession with Beethoven and the fact that I was going to see the Cincinnati Symphony's performance of his Ninth Symphony late last year.
Well, I went (twice) and it was awesome.
The performance - which also included Schoenberg's "A Survivor From Warsaw" - was part of their One City, One Symphony program, designed to bring the CSO experience to as many people as possible using as many media as possible.
With that in mind, they've made the recordings of one of the performances available for free download. If you're interested, they can be found here:
http://cincinnatisymphony.org/Content.php?id=29
Edit: aaaaand OMG OMG OMG I just looked at next year's schedule and they're doing #4, #5, and best of all... #8! Plus the 3rd piano concerto. Oh and they're also doing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris. I guess I better start saving up now.
