I am always eager to learn of the day's free classical music download from YourClassical. How about you?
As with yesterday's freebie, I didn't recognize the name of the composer (remember that I have pointed out several times that I know almost nothing about classical music) of the
free piece today, either. Today it is Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev.
Naxos is the publisher of the album from which the
free piece comes. The name of the album, according to its cover, is
Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev - Complete String Quartets - 5. The piece from the album that we entitled to receive
free is
String Quartet No. 8: IV. Finale. Find out much more about the album at
this Naxos webpage.
A couple of things that you will learn from
YourClassical's dedicated webpage for the freebie is that the album is performed by a group called Carpe Diem String Quartet. James Buswell plays the viola.
Wanna take a listen? You can stream it from
this webpage. You can also download the 8 minute, 5 second MP3 piece from
that webpage also. To download it, you need to click on the "Direct MP3 download link."
I found the piece to be pleasant to listen to. Coincidentally, it reminds me of yesterday's freebie in some ways: it is somewhat musically complex, and it free of a great range in high and low volume (a characteristic that I like in a classical piece, personally). The viola element is pretty strong--but not to the point of being annoying to me, a person who does not care for the instrument. The piece certainly belongs in a playlist that you might want to assemble of some nice classical pieces that are less well known than many out there.