Classical-music.com posts new freebies once a week. They just emailed us about the availability of this week's
freebie.
It is Christophe Rousset plays the
Prelude in C minor from 'The Well Tempered Clavier a JS Bach composition. The piece is only 1 minute, 28 seconds in length.
This week's free download is the Prelude in C minor from JS Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, performed by Christophe Rousset.
The recording received a four-star review in the July issue of BBC Music Magazine. 'Rousset untangles Bach's protean polyphony with the informed illumination of a seasoned tour guide steeped in his subject' writes Paul Riley.
If you are logged in to the Classical-music.com website, you should see a bright red "Download Now" button partially covering the thumbnail image of the album cover, located on
this webpage. If you click on it, the download to your drive should begin automatically. As per usual, it is formatted in MP3.
Now my expert review(
) of the piece. Remember a day or two ago when I said that I didn't like a strong harpsichord or old-style melodion element to a piece. Well, this one has it. 'nough said.