Yes, today is the day that I call "Super Tuesday"--all of the free classical music sites that I track make a post on or near this day.
Classical-music.com's has just been posted. It is from Renaissance composer Jean Richafort:
'O quam dulcis'. A group called "ORA" performs, under the direction of conductor Suzi Digby.
'The ORA singers' thoughtful, introspective phrasing distils a sense of spirituality difficult to communicate on record,' write Terry Blain. 'The choir give a sentient, immaculately balanced interpretation.'
The disc received a four-star rating in February's
BBC Music Magazine.
Richafort is another composer with whom I am not familiar (not a surprise).
Classical-music.com, unlike some other free classical music websites,
does require that you be a subscriber and
does require that you are logged in, in order to download their freebies. So, you might as well start
here (assuming that you are already a subscriber, if not there is a link on
the webpage to a webpage where you can subscribe), by logging in.
Once you are logged in, navigate to
this webpage. If you are, in fact, logged in, you should see a bright red "Download Now" button superimposed over the thumbnail of the cover of the album from which today's
free piece is taken.
Again, I haven't had time yet to review the
free piece. If I am able to later, I will make a follow up post. I do know that it is a religious choir piece from the Renaissance. I have opened the piece in my MP3 player. It gives the name of the group performing (ORA), the name of the song (
O quam dulcis) and "Refuge from the Flames, Miserere and the Savonarola Legacy". The last statement is extremely interesting. If you do not know about Savonarola, I encourage you to read
Wikipedia's article about him!