Some MobileReaders probably don't like Mondays, because they have to go back to work after having the weekend off. I like Mondays, because that means that we start a new week (M-F) of free classical tracks, courtesy of YourClassical.
The information on the cover of the album, from which we get today's
free piece, is arranged in a confusing way to me. But if understand it correctly, this Naxos album is what I would call an anthology: Johan Halvorsen and Carl Nielsen do violin concertos; Johan Svendsen does a Romance piece. That piece is dominated by violin, too. Does Svendsen play it? I think so, but I'm not sure since below that information gives credit to Henning Kraggerud on the violin! Well, when does he play? It seems like all of the violin playing on the album has been spoken for by other people! One thing seems sure: Malmo Symphony Orchestra plays the non-violin parts, with Bjarte Engeset conducting. If you like puzzles, you can probably figure this one out by viewing the information given on
the dedicated Naxos webpage for the entire album.
I'm certain that the
free piece that we get from the album is the
Romance from Johan Svendsen, that it is formatted in MP3, and that it is 7 minutes and 29 seconds long.
I'm also certain that you can stream and/or download the
free piece from YourClassicalto by navigating to
this webpage. Unless you are blind in one eye and can't see out of the other one, the stream bar should be easy to spot. A little less apparent is the link to download the piece--it is labeled "Direct MP3 download link."
Now the following is strictly opinion. There is no right or wrong answer. I found the piece to be pleasant, even though the violin was dominant. You may have read me before when I said that I generally do not like violin music. Much of it seems too grating; but this
free piece was not that way.