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GtrsRGr8 · 10-12-2016, 02:22 PM

I don't remember coming across a free piece by Brahms in the short time that I've discovered several websites with free classical music and started making a point to post them as free pieces came up at them. But, today's freebie from YourClassical is a Brahms piece.

It's Piano Quartet No. 1: IV. Rondo Alla Zingarese, and it's from the SWR Klassik album (that's a new thing, too, I think. Most, if not all, of the freebies from YourClassical have been Naxos-published albums), BRAHMS, J.: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Double Concerto (Michael Gielen Edition, Vol. 3 (1989-2005)). It apparently is still supplied by Naxos, though; I'm guessing that Naxos is a reseller for SWR Klassik. Find out more about the album, anyway, at this webpage.

Incidentally, I've started making a point to give the name of the album that a free piece comes from, because it occurred to me that some MobileReader might like a free piece so much that he or she wants to buy the whole album. I wonder if that might not be part of the motivation of the classical music publishers that supply the free pieces. Of course, there may be a good amount of altruism involved, too, I'm not denying that.

If you think that you want to download this 8 minute, 41 second free piece, you can do it by clicking on the "Direct MP3 download link" located on this webpage. I haven't mentioned this before, either, but there are two or three places on the webpages, that I mention in every YourClassical freebie post, where you can stream the piece before you decide whether or not you want to download it.

Brahms. That was the last name of my driver's ed teacher in high school. Or maybe it was "Brahm." I wonder if he was related to Johannes . . . .

10-12-2016, 02:22 PM	#924
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	I don't remember coming across a free piece by Brahms in the short time that I've discovered several websites with free classical music and started making a point to post them as free pieces came up at them. But, today's freebie from YourClassical is a Brahms piece. It's Piano Quartet No. 1: IV. Rondo Alla Zingarese, and it's from the SWR Klassik album (that's a new thing, too, I think. Most, if not all, of the freebies from YourClassical have been Naxos-published albums), BRAHMS, J.: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Double Concerto (Michael Gielen Edition, Vol. 3 (1989-2005)). It apparently is still supplied by Naxos, though; I'm guessing that Naxos is a reseller for SWR Klassik. Find out more about the album, anyway, at this webpage. Incidentally, I've started making a point to give the name of the album that a free piece comes from, because it occurred to me that some MobileReader might like a free piece so much that he or she wants to buy the whole album. I wonder if that might not be part of the motivation of the classical music publishers that supply the free pieces. Of course, there may be a good amount of altruism involved, too, I'm not denying that. If you think that you want to download this 8 minute, 41 second free piece, you can do it by clicking on the "Direct MP3 download link" located on this webpage. I haven't mentioned this before, either, but there are two or three places on the webpages, that I mention in every YourClassical freebie post, where you can stream the piece before you decide whether or not you want to download it. Brahms. That was the last name of my driver's ed teacher in high school. Or maybe it was "Brahm." I wonder if he was related to Johannes . . . .