LibGuides: Music (classical & jazz) & Music Technology: Musical Sound & Video Recordings

Request or suggest that the Library buy a Musical Sound or Video recording

Use the form here to suggest a musical or video recording which you wish to study but we do not have in stock - we will be happy to consider your suggestion

Musical Sound and Video Recordings

The Library has a large collection of Compact Discs, SACDs (Super-Audio CDs), Long-Playing Vinyl Records (LPs), DVDs and and a growing collection of Blu-Ray videos. These are all in Room C001.

To search for these use the search box on the Library website especially for compilation CDs, SACDs, LPs and DVDs as these will not easily be found by browsing the shelves.

Listening Facilities

Room C001 contains CD and SACD (Super Audio CD) players and turntables (including a USB turntable for recording from Vinyl LP) for your listening and two Blu-Ray players for viewing DVDs and Blu-Ray discs.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) This link opens in a new window
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Learning on Screen's on demand TV and radio service for education.
Please see our How do I register for access to Box of Broadcasts (BoB)? FAQ for help with registration.
Digital Concert Hall This link opens in a new window
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Stream live concerts or playback previously recorded concerts, films and interviews from the Berlin Philharmonic on your desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile. Please log out when finished using. Only 1 concurrent user allowed at a time.
Met Opera on Demand This link opens in a new window
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Online streaming service for opera performances from the Metropolitan Opera. Please log out when finished using. Only 5 concurrent users allowed at a time.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse more than 2 million classical, folk and world music tracks to play. Please log out when finished using. Only 12 concurrent users allowed at a time.
Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse tracks to play of more than 12,000 jazz artists. Please log out when finished using. Only 3 concurrent users allowed at a time.
Naxos Video Library This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse more than 3,000 classical music, opera and ballet video performances to play. Please log out when finished using. Only 3 concurrent users allowed at a time.
Play with a Pro This link opens in a new window
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Stream or download video tutorials, interviews and performances from renowned musicians.
ReelMusic This link opens in a new window
Browse or create playlists of bite-sized video clips developed for music teachers and professionals.
Routledge Performance Archive This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse for practitioner overviews, commentary and videos for streaming on dance, performance and theatre. Only 1 concurrent user allowed at a time.

The following are good free sources for musical performances but anyone may upload so the quality of performance and recording is variable and performance practice may not be historically informed.

SoundCloud

SoundCloud is the world’s leading social sound platform where anyone can create sounds and share them everywhere.
YouTube

Launched in May 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. There are many music videos on here and many sound recordings without video.
Spotify

Spotify, launched in 2008, is a large music and video streaming service providing access to more than 30 million tracks provided by media companies and Record labels rather than user-generated content.

Music (classical & jazz) & Music Technology: Musical Sound & Video Recordings

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Request or suggest that the Library buy a Musical Sound or Video recording

Musical Sound and Video Recordings