Naxos created a compilation album of Franck and Grieg songs called
Franck - Grieg - Violin Sonatas - Grieg - Lyric Pieces. YourClassical has managed to get one of the Cesar Franck pieces from that album--
Violin Sonata: IV. Allegretto Poco Mosso--and offer it as their
free piece of the day.
Apparently all of the violin parts of the album are performed by Takako Nishizaki; all of the piano pieces are performed by Jeno Jando. If you wish to research the album further, YourClassical has provided us a link to
a dedicated Naxos webpage for the entire album.
The
free piece uses the talents of both Nishzaki on the violin and Jando on the piano. This piece from the album, at least, is formatted in MP3. It is 5 minutes, 59 seconds long. Wanna stream it to see what you think of it? There is a stream bar located at
this webpage for you to do that. If, at any point, you wish to download the
freebie, point your web browser to
the same webpage as I gave just above and click on the "Direct MP3 download link." The download should begin immediately.
I know that all of you wait with bated breath every day of the week (M-F) to find out my opinion of that day's free piece.
I don't want to sound like a curmudgeon (even if I am. ha), but this piece combines two things that I have a distaste for in a classical piece--what I call a screeching violin and a banging on the piano keyboard. Despite that, it was tolerable. I'll certainly keep it on my hard drive.