After receiving two free daily downloads from YourClassical yesterday, I had to wonder if they would skip one day, such as today, to make up for it. Well, I was almost right.
For the life of me, I can't find my original post of the two downloads, but here's what I think happened. YourClassical accidentally posted both Wednesday's and Thursday's posts yesterday, Wednesday. I think that both of them are posted today, too, only they just reversed the order of the two. The upshot is, we don't get a designated freebie from them today.
<-----he's crying.
I know that you've come to expect one every weekday, so what I've done is to Google YourClassical's freebie from a year ago (actually Nov. 18, 2015), which was before I started posting their freebies. I found it in YourClassical's archives, and am posting it below.
The album's published by a company called Ondine. The album is
Karita Mattila - Wild Rose. The album has pieces from a selection of different classical composers of the past. The particular
free piece from the album is
Gretchen am Spinnrade, by composer Franz Schubert. As the title of the album suggests, soprano Karita Mattila is the singer. On this piece, at least, Ilmo Ranta performs on the piano.
Find out miscellaneous and general information about the album from
Naxos' webpage here. There does not appear to be a dedicated webpage for reviews.
Stream and/or download this 3 minute, 47 second piece from
this webpage. The streaming bar is obvious. To download the piece, however, click on "Direct MP3 download link," and the piece will automatically download to your computer's drive of choice, smartphone memory, or whatever.
I'll post YourClassical's freebie for Friday at some point after they post it on their website.