Let's see if I can read your mind! Your first thought about this page was - "Why make a page with almost the same content as Wikipedias classical section, YouTube and the top free classical music download sites on the internet?". Were I right? Well even if that wasn't your first thought it is a question worth answering!

The internet is a wonderful place - never before has so much information been so easily accessible and never before have so many people been able to work together so easily. However, the strength of the web is also it's weakness - for too much information published in an unorganized fashion will deter most people from ever digging deep enough to find the real nuggets.

In other words - the internet is full of amazing content but sometimes it can be hard to find.

That's where Al Segno comes in, well at least that's the idea. If what you're looking for is related to classical music and classical composers we hope that you will be able to find it here! For the first release of this website we have added four composers - Ludvig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For each of these composers you will find:

• An extensive biography including a list of their works (From Wikipedia)
• A comprehensive and easily browseable index of videos of high quality performances (YouTube)
• MP3s, podcasts and recordings of their music (Different pages).

As of now - August, 27th 2008 - Al Segnos composer portraits database has been officially launched.