Some names (of composers) come up again and again. And it's almost a guarantee that those whose names do that are among the better composers.
The name Antonin Dvorak comes up again and again, and he is well known as being that of a great classical music composer. And, today, courtesy of YourClassical and probably other benefactors, we can get a
free MP3 piece from his body of work.
It is
Cypresses: When Thy Sweet Glances. It is a 2 minute, 39 second rendition which comes from a Naxos album,
Dvorak - Works for String Quartet - Cypresses - Quartet Movement in F major - Two Waltzes - Gavotte.
The works on the album, including our
freebie of the day, is performed by Vlach Quartet Prague. I do not see the name of a conductor mentioned anywhere; I remember that, at least once before when a performance was by a quartet, there was no conductor, either. I take it that one must be considered optional when a quartet performs--the next time that I talk to a classical music expert I'm going to try to find out why that is. As usual, when the YourClassical freebie of the day comes from a Naxos album, there is a dedicated webpage from Naxos about the album provided for us. Here's
where to go to in order to view the webpage for today's donor album.
The piece is serene. Except for one spot in the piece the music is slow and low in volume. The violin is not overpowering, so my aversion to violin in classical music is not piqued by this piece.
Wanna take a listen for yourself and see what you think? Then navigate to
this webpage. You can stream the piece from there or, by clicking on "Direct MP3 download link," you can directly download the piece to the device that you use to store and listen to MP3's.
This is Friday's YourClassical
freebie, so we won't see the next one until Monday. Maybe we can persuade them one day to do it seven days a week . . . .
