Anything's better than ruddy iTunes. (It's horrid, bloated, clunky software, which the technical press frequently advises against installing).
Simply download you MP3 files to your chosen location on your PC and then play them either in VLC (which is the best all-round media player by far) or, if you'd prefer a player specifically designed for audio files, and which offers the same type of file management that iTunes does, use the excellent MusicBee:
https://www.getmusicbee.com/