IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: Sometime after I accessed the download page, the Tchaikovsky movement disappeared! I have been unable to get it back, even by going to a different web browser, which had no "cookies" from Alexander Street telling them that I had been on their site. I don't know what to make of this (it seems like some similar quirk or bug came up before with an Alexander Street download, but I'm not going to take time now to hunt for the post(s) about it). But, try this: if the Tchaikovsky piece shows up as an available download,
download it first. Good luck.
Alexander Street's
free download of the week is now available.
It is Johann Sebastian Bach's
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BMV 1056. "This recording is performed by Leopold Hager, conductor and harpsichordist, and the Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra." Also, there is a bonus, that you'll see once you get the webpage with the download links, of Tchaikovsky's
Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4: Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace (I don't see any additional information about it)! As usual, all of these are in both the MP3 and WMA formats.
If you receive Alexander Street's emails, you should have an email message from them, with a download link, in your inbox. If you don't receive their emails, you may download the
freebie of the week from
this webpage. Click on the download button (its in blue), and a webpage with the actual download links will appear. FYI--there are three Bach movements in this week's
freebie. You will also see the link to the
free Tchaikovsky piece that I mentioned earlier.
I haven't listened to the movements yet, but I will be, to insure that everything sounds alright. No news is good news.