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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Okay, I am officially P.O.'d. at ArchivMusic. I signed up to get their emails, and get them all of the time. Yet, I got nary a word from them about the following freebie and had to find out from a third party about it.
Well, I guess that I should be glad that I did, at least, find out about it. And, it is a great offer.
Here's the deal. First of all, it's not completely free, if you count the 2 minutes or so that you have to spend completing a survey.
The free album comes from Naxos publishing (the dedicated Naxos webpage for the album is here). It is Rossini, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 4 (Prague Sinforia, Benda [that means that Prague Sinforia performsand someone named Benda directs, G}). You may notice that among the pieces on the album is the popular Barber of Seville (made famous and popular by that Bugs Bunny cartoon with it in it, no doubt. ha. That cartoon was soooooo funny! But, I digress.)!
Also, check this out. You can get the album in either MP3 or FLAC (Now, why would someone choose the MP3 album, if they could get the FLAC? Come to think of it, I can think of one reason. But, I digress, again.)!
Here's the simple process to get the free album. Navigate to this website. Complete the easy survey. After you do, click on "submit," or something like that. The next webpage will ask you for your email address so that they can send you a link to the album.
Does anyone besides me feel like they're making off like a bandit getting this free deal? |
Very nice album, if you like Rossini.
If you're interested in doing some reading, maybe while you're listening to the album, there is a PDF file, within the zip file that you'll have to unzip to listen to the individual pieces, about Rossini. It has a stated 6 pages, but the text is tightly kerned, the line spacing is narrow, the margins are very narrow--in other words, a lot is packed into those 6 pages.