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If you are a subscriber to Naxos' New on Naxos newsletter, you may be aware of the following. But in case you missed the monthly email, or you are not subscribed to the newsletter, I'll fill you in on this.

There are three free albums available, once again, directly from Naxos. I hesitate to say "three free," because actually you get a choice of one free album from among three choices.

Each month's freebies, I have come to find out, center around a theme. This month's is "Halloween." Klaus Heymann writes:
Halloween, All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Eve – whatever your preferred moniker for October 31, a number of countries will be revving up during the coming month in anticipation of this eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. Nowadays, it's keenly anticipated by many for the attendant carnival of ghoulish pranks and fancy dress, but it's observed more traditionally as the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs and all the faithful departed. This watershed zone between life and death has inspired some highly affecting music from many of the great composers, examples of which are on our choice of free albums this month.

The three albums come from Rachmaninov. Liszt, and Mozart. As always, all of them are in the high-quality flac format, no others.

If you are a subscriber to the newsletter, scroll down it nearly all the way (if your email software truncates messages, make sure that you're seeing the entire message). There will be a list of the albums that you can choose from, and quite a bit of information about each one of them. Immediately after that, there is an orangey-colored button that says "Click Here to Make and Receive Your Choice." When you do that, you come to a webpage that very clearly tells you how to make your choice. There is also some additional information about each of the albums.

If you are not a subscriber to this newsletter, you cannot access the webpages that I mentioned above. We've discussed this matter on this thread, so unless you are a newbie, you have no excuse if you haven't subscribed. However, I have heard that sometimes a person can subscribe and get access to that month's free choices; on the other hand, I have heard that some people are not able to, until the following month.

Keep in mind that Naxos also offers another free album each month that they announce by a newsletter, but you do not have to be a subscriber of a newsletter to take advantage of that offer.