Richard Wagner - Symphony In C: III> Allegro Assai. That's today's
free piece from YourClassical. As usual, the piece is taken from a much larger work--an album, in fact. Naxos, as is true most of the time, publishes the album from which this YourClassical
free piece is taken. The album is called
Wagner - Symphony in C major - Symphony in E major (fragment).
Credits, as shown on the cover of the album, are MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Jun Markl. Markl's part is not stated; however, I have learned, from making all of the classical music posts that I have, that when a name appears by itself on an album cover, it is the conductor.
The dedicated webpage for the Naxos album confirms that Markl is the conductor.
Now to focus on the piece that we get
free . . . . it is formatted in MP3. This rendition of Wagner's work is 6 minutes, 33 seconds long. There is a stream bar on
YourClassical's dedicated webpage for the free piece, if you just want to listen to it. If you wish to download it, on
the same webpage there is a "Direct MP3 download link" which you can use to have it "for keeps."
The piece is nice--lively and upbeat.
Many of you may not be aware that Wagner was a favorite--maybe
the favorite composer--of Adolf Hitler. Supposedly, in Wagner's
operas, he espoused some Nazi-like ideas, including German nationalism and anti-Semitism. Perhaps that's what attracted Hitler to him; I don't know. At any rate, I think that it is a shame that Wagner's name, largely through no fault of his own, will forever be connected with Adolph Hitler's. There is quite a bit about these things on the web should you wish to delve into the subject more.