My puny little post is going to pale in comparison with TrevorViking's find. Amazing deal!
I'm not as early in the day, today, as I try to be posting the daily YourClassical post. However, with this being the last YourClassical
freebie for the week (M-F), it should be staying up all the way until Monday (even if it didn't, their posts are archived for at least 7-10 days, anyway).
The piece is
Sheherazade, from composer Maurice Ravel. It comes from the Naxos album of his works entitled
Orchestral Works - 1. As usual, at least with Naxos albums,
there is a dedicated webpage on the Naxos website for the entire album, and you might find reading or perusing the information there informative, if not enjoyable.
Back to the
free piece itself . . . . you know me, I'm no music critic. But to me, it has a more modern sound to it than most classical works that I've heard; it actually sounds like a soundtrack to an action movie of some kind. One of these days, I might have to buy the Modern Courses' course on music appreciation . . . .
The thing to do, of course, is just to stream it (that's free, also) and listen to the 12 minute, 57 second long piece, yourself, first, from
this webpage. That is, if you have any questions about it and are averse to deleting files that you don't want.ha You can download the
free piece from
the same webpage, by clicking on the link that says "Direct MP3 download link."
Credit the performance of this piece to the Lyon National Orchestra, and the role of conductor to Leonard Slatkin.
See you Monday!