Sorry for the belated YourClassical post today. If you happen not to see it before the change in free pieces occurs at YourClassical between 1 a.m.-2 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow morning, and would have liked to have gotten it, you can grab it
here, at an archive that YourClassical maintains of their posts for the previous 7-10 days or so.
Today's
free piece is
Zigeunerin-Quadrille, from composer Johann Strauss II.
The piece is performed by the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice. Alfred Walter is the conductor. This rendition runs 5 minutes, 2 seconds long.
In the event that you do not recognize the piece (I'm one of those who didn't), it is an operatic piece. It comes from a Naxos album called
Johann Strauss II at the Opera. It is an album of "dances by Strauss based on the melodies from operas" of various composers, including Strauss. You can find out much more about the album by pointing your browser to
this dedicated Naxos webpage for the album.
As with all of YourClassical's daily freebies, this one, too, is formatted in MP3. Take a listen to the piece by clicking on the stream bar on
YourClassical's dedicated webpage for the free piece. On the same webpage there is a "Direct MP3 download link," which, if you click, will download the piece to your device of choice.