Mami Shikimori is credited prominently as pianist on the cover of the Naxos album from which today's
free YourClassical is taken. There is no one else credited as an artist. I'm not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I know that that is a hint that the album is going to be entirely of piano works. And that that will include our
free piece from the album.
Indeed, our
free piece,
Peter Tchaikovsky - Valse Caprice in D (Major - Op 4), is entirely in piano. It formatted in MP3 and runs 9 minutes, 8 seconds on this album.
Find out much more about the whole album
here, on Naxos' dedicated webpage for the album.
Interested in streaming or downloading the
free piece? Well, you can do either, or both, from
this YourClassical dedicated webpage for the free piece. The stream bar will be obvious; the link to download the piece is labeled "Direct MP3 download link."
I am not a fan of piano (piano playing
classical works)--give me a traditional orchestra, with strings like the cello, woodwinds, and percussion instruments! So it is hard for me to comment on the piece. I can say that without a doubt, however, that Ms. Shikimori does a masterful job of playing the piano.
This is the YourClassical post for Thursday. Tomorrow's will be the last one for the Monday-Friday week.