Research Guides: Music: Subject Guide: Recordings

Music Recording Resources

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
The Naxos Music Library, an on-line library of more than 75,000 tracks of classical music, may be searched in standard/advanced modes or browsed in a large number of categories and genres. Naxos also offers a number of text resources including overviews of music history, program notes for recordings, and the complete libretti of many operas. YOU MUST LOGOUT AFTER USING THIS DATABASE!

WorldShare Local Online Catalog
WorldShare Local lists all of the library's several thousand CDs and LPs, most of which are classical, but also include jazz, popular, world, etc. All CDs and LPs are in SLC 111.
International Music Score Library Project
The International Music Score Library Project's Petrucci Music Library offers digital public domain scores and recordings.
National Jukebox: Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress
Over 10,000 digital recordings from the collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.
Spotify
Spotify is a free online resource providing streaming access to sound files.
YouTube
YouTube has no quality assurance function for posted performances so it is not a preferred source, but it does include videos of live performances by major conductors and ensembles not released as audio CDs.