For today, YourClassical is offering Johannes Brahm's
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Adagio as a
free MP3 download.
The free Christmasy songs from YourClassical appear to be over until the next holiday season.
This rendition of
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Adagio comes from a Paladino Music album, fittingly enough called
Johannes Brahms - Horn Trio. Violin Sonatas. The music on the album from which this piece comes is described, on
the Naxos dedicated webpage for the album, as being Chamber Music, from the Romantic period.
On the blurb on
YourClassical's dedicated webpage for the album, Bojidara Kouzmanova-Vladar is credited with the violin perfomance and Magda Amara is credited with the piano part. Additionally, Wolfgang Vladar appears in the credits--and at the top of the list--on the album cover. However; neither
the YourClassical webpage for the album nor
the dedicated webpage for the album, from Naxos, appear to give any real additional information about his part. There is this guy in the foreground on the album cover, though, holding a French horn (I
think that that is what it is), and I suspect that he is probably Mr. Vladar.
But, back to the particular piece from the album that we can get
free . . . . this rendition of
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Adagio runs 4 minutes, 5 seconds long. Follow the same procedure as you always do in order to download the
freebie: Click on "Direct MP3 download link" on
the YourClassical webpage for the free piece. The download to your default drive or default wherever will begin immediately.
My quick take on the
free piece: There is nothing exceptional that makes the piece stand out from other classical pieces. As expected, the piano and violin are prominent. The violin is not overwhelming, which highly pleases me. A fine piece, all in all.