The Contribution of the BBC to Hi Fi Part Two

In this podcast, the second of a miniseries of three, we shall discuss the BBC’s contribution in three specific areas: loudspeaker design, digital audio and nurturing audio engineering talent.  The music that accompanies this podcast once again reflects the BBC's long contribution to classical music.   The BBC retains ownership of most of the Proms concerts, so we feature a public domain recording of selections from Faure’s Requiem, a piece of music that I first heard performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 1982 as part of the BBC Proms season.   This recording is from 1962 and is sourced from Wikimedia Commons, featuring the Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo with the Louis Frémaux Chorale, Philippe Caillard, and Bernard Kruysen.  This sound recording is out of copyright because it was published in the European Union more than 50 years ago, and the rights of its performers and producers have expired under European Directive 2006/116/EC.  In the first part of this podcast, we will consider the contribution of the BBC to audio engineering through its groundbreaking loudspeaker designs