As for the musical values, the Philharmonic lets you hear them for yourself, presenting a broadcast recording of the entire performance in the Web tribute.
Black and white photos of the opposing forces meeting over the 1914 Christmas period were shown during the broadcast, recorded earlier this month in Buckingham Palace's state dining room.
The other day, while searching the Internet for information about that performance, I happened upon a broadcast recording of it, which someone in Japan had digitized.
In a broadcast rights auction, the big loser was the British Broadcasting Corporation, which lost to ITV in a battle to broadcast recorded highlights of Premier League matches.
The song performed by Salma on the broadcast, recorded in the 1970's, speaks of rural life and love for the nation.
Now on the BBC Legends label comes a live broadcast recording, made in July 1969 at the Proms, which thrillingly captures her astonishing range of expression and tone-colour.
That year NBC pioneered the first coast-to-coast transmission of a colour television broadcast, and in 1956 it made the first television broadcast recorded on videotape (rather than presented live).
The F.B.I. said the warning, transmitted to state and local law enforcement agencies, was prompted by threats contained in recently broadcast recorded statements by Osama bin Laden and his chief deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
The broadcast recording will doubtless be mixed so as to minimise the imbalances encountered in St David's Hall, but, too often, the live audience saw rather than heard Marcel Reijans' Faust.
Along the bottom, we can see buttons labeled for broadcast, record, mute, and preferences.
