Grab a
free track, courtesy of YourClassical, from composer Alexander Borodin's album, published by Naxos, entitled
Borodin - String Quartets - Nos. 1 and 2. The Budapest Haydn Quartet performs. You can find out a lot more about the album, from which the
free piece has been selected, by pointing your browser to
this Naxos dedicated webpage for the album (these webpages have been loading very slowly for me lately, and I think that you'll probably have the same experience).
The
freebie is an 8 minute, 26 minute rendition of Borodin's
String Quartet No. 2: Notturno: Andante. The
free piece is formatted in MP3.
Ready to download the piece, or at least stream it to see how you like it? You can do either or both on this webpage--
YourClassical's dedicated webpage for the free piece. To start the automatic download, click on the link that says, "Direct MP3 download link."
My opinion of the
free piece . . . . well, I've mentioned before (too many times, I'm going to quit doing it!) that I generally don't like violin music in classical music (now in a bluegrass band (where the instrument is called a fiddle), that's a whole different matter!). The violin is dominant in this
free piece. Otherwise, I feel like the piece doesn't have much to commend it. But, it's still going to be a keeper. Maybe you'll enjoy it more.
This is Thursday's
freebie from YourClassical, so expect one more, tomorrow, before the week (M-F) of giveaways from them is over.