Yes. You may listen to 25 free, complete tracks per month, or subscribe to the service for unlimited listening.  

Rhapsody is a service that lets you listen to digital music either on your computer or on a portable mp3 player. Among their attractions for classical music fans: a Metropolitan Opera channel with dozens of historical performances never released for sale, and many historic CDs from suppliers such as Naxos.

Free Music:  Rhapsody allows the public to listen free to 25 full tracks per month. It seems to “count” toward your 25 if you listen beyond 30 seconds.

Subscription prices: For about $10 per month, you get unlimited listening on your computer. For about $16 per month, you can subscribe to Rhapsody to Go and download unlimited tracks to an mp3 player. The tracks remain playable as long as your subscription is up-to-date — once a month you’ll need to sync your device to your computer and perform a quick procedure to renew your licenses so that Rhapsody knows you’re still a subscriber.  (Rhapsody to Go is not compatible with iPod — it’s based on a different digital rights management system.)

A subscription is an excellent way to get acquainted with the musical works discussed in John Gibbons’s Graham School classes.  

Individual tracks and album sales: You may also buy music from Rhapsody to save on your computer or mp3 player. This part of Rhapsody’s service is compatible with iPod. 

If you make a transaction at Rhapsody after clicking one of our links, you will be helping to support Holde Kunst.

Last updated on Mar 25, 2008 at 12:05 by John Gibbons