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GtrsRGr8 · 10-25-2016, 02:06 PM

I'm listening to today's YourClassical free piece of the day as I write. I was looking forward to listening to it, because it comes from a composer that I had not heard of (that I remember) before, Maurice Ravel.

It comes from a Naxos double-album, The Very Best of Ravel. The piece that you can get free from the album(s) is one of 3 minutes, 58 seconds length, called Sonatine: I. Modere.

I don't know if all of Ravel's pieces tend to be this way, but this piece, at least, is heavy on the piano. Album information credits Francois-Joel Thioller as the pianist of this(these) album(s).

As with all of YourClassical's free downloads, this one is an MP3. You can download the piece by navigating to this webpage, and clicking on the "Direct MP3 download link."

If you would like more information about the album(s) from which this free piece is taken, point your browser to this webpage. It is chock-full of information about it.

Check for another free download from YourClassical tomorrow!

Now I have some information about these free YourClassical downloads that I wish to share, but mainly it is a question to those who are more knowledgeable about such things than me (which is . . . uh . . . basically anyone else. ha). Some of you probably are disappointed that these freebies are MP3's. I know that there are formats with better audio quality, and that true audiophiles can probably detect a small difference between them and better formats (I can't). However, I have reason to believe that these MP3's have a fairly high bit rate, which I think means that the sound quality is better than most other MP3's. The bit rates on MP3's, as I understand it, can range from 8 to 320. I have reason to believe that all of these YourClassical freebies have a bit rate of 128 kbt/s, which is quite a bit (no pun intended. ha) higher than most MP3's out there. The question is: is the information about bit rates that I gave correct and, if so, can you add anything else, as concisely as possible, that will make the information about the bit rate of these freebies make more sense to people like me? Thanks.

10-25-2016, 02:06 PM	#981
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'm listening to today's YourClassical free piece of the day as I write. I was looking forward to listening to it, because it comes from a composer that I had not heard of (that I remember) before, Maurice Ravel. It comes from a Naxos double-album, The Very Best of Ravel. The piece that you can get free from the album(s) is one of 3 minutes, 58 seconds length, called Sonatine: I. Modere. I don't know if all of Ravel's pieces tend to be this way, but this piece, at least, is heavy on the piano. Album information credits Francois-Joel Thioller as the pianist of this(these) album(s). As with all of YourClassical's free downloads, this one is an MP3. You can download the piece by navigating to this webpage, and clicking on the "Direct MP3 download link." If you would like more information about the album(s) from which this free piece is taken, point your browser to this webpage. It is chock-full of information about it. Check for another free download from YourClassical tomorrow! Now I have some information about these free YourClassical downloads that I wish to share, but mainly it is a question to those who are more knowledgeable about such things than me (which is . . . uh . . . basically anyone else. ha). Some of you probably are disappointed that these freebies are MP3's. I know that there are formats with better audio quality, and that true audiophiles can probably detect a small difference between them and better formats (I can't). However, I have reason to believe that these MP3's have a fairly high bit rate, which I think means that the sound quality is better than most other MP3's. The bit rates on MP3's, as I understand it, can range from 8 to 320. I have reason to believe that all of these YourClassical freebies have a bit rate of 128 kbt/s, which is quite a bit (no pun intended. ha) higher than most MP3's out there. The question is: is the information about bit rates that I gave correct and, if so, can you add anything else, as concisely as possible, that will make the information about the bit rate of these freebies make more sense to people like me? Thanks. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 10-25-2016 at 11:11 PM.