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The Alternative Dutch classical music station "de Concertzender" is under attack again...Although there was a promise from Dutch minister Ronald Plasterk to support the station, this promise was broken and the Concertzender has to stop it broadcasts on radio and internet, 1st of November... for anyone who knows this station (and it's contemporary music programs), it would be a terrible loss if this would happen. Concertzender Well, time to take action again!!! Please let the Dutch government know that the decision to stop the Concertzender is wrong and unnecessary. Don't let the voice of this innovative station be shut down... You can support the Concertzender by: Become a member of the Facebook support group: Support De Concertzender, Holland?s irreplaceable musicstation! | Facebook Become a member of the LinkedIn support group: LinkedIn | Groups: Sign in Liefhebbers concertzender Send an e-mail with your support for this station concert.post@concertzender.nl I hope you will help the Concertzender in their fight for survival, they deserve it!!! Greetings, Rolf den Otter

Well Andre Rieu JR. that is. His father, Andre Rieu SR was a "serious" conductor in the '50s and 60's, and very well respected. There is a recording of him on imeem: Hans Henkemans, piano - Amsterdams Kamerorkest Andre Rieu - henkemanskv238c - Free MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music Where you can hear him with Dutch pianist Hans Henkemans in /mozart's Bb concerto kv 238. Speaking of old records, this is a splendid site: - the european archive : home page - It's a collaboration of different European radio libraries. At the the moment there are more then 800 classical Lp's from the Dutch public radio which you can download for free. There are some real rare gem's in that collection, like the Max Rostal Beethoven sonata's ($200 at Ebay!) never issued on cd: http://www.europarchive.org/item.php?id=lp-00938_BeG As American Ip addresses are blocked, Some examples of the lp's are on youtube YouTube - EuropeanArchive's Channel Note... At the moment, the "whole side" wave files on top are Raw unedited files. People mistake them for "the declicked and normalized" files. So please scroll down and you the the edited (and better sounding) files. Have fun! Arrivederci! Greetings, Rolf