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The Directory's listings are divided into 15 categories: Composers Concert halls and other venues Festivals and concert series General classical music sites Genres of classical music Instruments Magazines devoted to classical music Music schools Orchestras and other ensembles Organizations promoting classical music Performers of classical music Publishers of classical music Radio stations broadcasting classical music - available online Record labels for classical music Reference sources for classical music Composers of classical music Adams, John: www.earbox.com Alwyn, William: www.musicweb.uk.net/alwyn Bach, Johann Sebastian (includes database of works): www.jsbach.org Bach cantatas: www.bach-cantatas.com Beethoven, Ludwig van: www.all-about-beethoven.com Beethoven, Ludwig van: www.lucare.com/immortal Beethoven Piano Society of Europe(providing a forum for the greater appreciation of Beethoven's piano music): www.bpse.org Brahms, Johannes: brahms.unh.edu Brian, Havergal: www.havergalbrian.org The Britten Pears Foundation (site devoted to the legacy of Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears): www.brittenpears.org Chopin, Fryderyk (The Chopin Society, London): www.chopin-society.org.uk Composers Classical Music (dates, birthplaces and principal compositions of 16,000 composers): www.composers-classical-music.com Delius: www.delius.org.uk Elgar, Edward (The Elgar Society): www.elgar.org Finzi, Gerald (The Finzi Trust): www.geraldfinzi.org Grainger, Percy (The Percy Grainger Society): www.bardic-music.com/grainger.html Glass, Philip: www.philipglass.com Haydn, Joseph (The Haydn Society of Great Britain): www.haydnsocietyofgb.netfirms.com Hugill, Robert: www.hugill.demon.co.uk Ives, Charles (Charles Ives Society): www.charlesives.org Korngold, Erich: www.korngold-society.org Liszt, Franz (Instituto Liszt): http://www.liszt.it/ Liszt, Franz (The American Liszt Society): www.americanlisztsociety.org Machaut, Guillaume de (International Machaut Society): www.loyno.edu/~avclark/Machaut/imshome.html Maxwell Davies, Peter: www.maxopus.com McCabe, John: www.johnmccabe.co Moeran, E.J: www.moeran.com Mozart Foundation: www.mozarteum.at Mozart Project, The (life, times, music): www.mozartproject.org Salzburg Mozarteum (scores of Mozart's works online for free): dme.mozarteum.at Offenbach, Jacques (The Jacques Offenbach Society): www.billabong.demon.co.uk/offenbach/offenbach.html Prokofiev, Serge (The Serge Prokofiev Foundation): www.sprkfv.net Rachmaninoff, Sergei (The Rachmaninoff Society): www.rachmaninoff.org Schoenberg, Arnold (The Arnold Schoenberg Centre): www.schoenberg.at Schubert, Franz (The Schubert Institute, Schubert, Franz (The Schubert Society of the Scriabin, Alexander (The Scriabin Society of America): www.scriabinsociety.com Shostakovich, Dmitry (The Centre Chostakovitch, Paris): www.chostakovitch.org Shostakovich, Dmitry (The UK Shostakovich Society): www.shostakovich-uk.com Stockhausen, Karlheinz: www.stockhausen.org Theodorakis, Mikis: www.mikis-theodorakis.net Vaughan Williams (The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society): www.rvwsociety.com Villa-Lobos (site of the Wagner, Richard (The Wagner Society): www.wagnersociety.org Wagner, Siegfried (International Siegfried Wagner Society): www.siegfried-wagner.org Warlock , Peter (The Peter Warlock Society): www.peterwarlock.org Weill, Kurt: www.kwf.org Wolpe, Stefan: www.wolpe.org Concert halls and other classical music venues Albert Hall, The Royal: www.royalalberthall.com The Barbican Centre: www.barbican.org.uk Florence, Teatro del Maggio Musicale: www.maggiofiorentino.com Glyndebourne: www.glyndebourne.com The John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts ( La Scala Milan: www.teatroallascala.org Royal Albert Hall: http: www.royalalberthall.com Royal Festival Hall (+ Queen Elizabeth Hall & The Purcell Room): www.rfh.org.uk Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: www.royalopera.org Wigmore Hall: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Festivals and classical music concert series Australian Festival of Chamber Music: www.afcm.com.au Bath Festival: www.bathfestivals.org.uk Bayreuth Festival: www.festspiele.de Brighton Festival: www.brightonfestival.org British Arts Festivals Association (includes links to over 100 arts festivals): www.artsfestivals.co.uk Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival: www.capecodchambermusic.org Chamber Music Northwest Festival (Portland, Cheltenham International Festival of Music: www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk English Heritage (Music on a Summer Evening concerts): www.picnicconcerts.com Gaudeamus Music Week ( Glyndebourne Festival: www.glyndebourne.com Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival: www.grandcanyonmusicfest.org Henley Festival: www.henley-festival.co.uk London Handel Festival: www.london-handel-festival.com Longborough Festival Opera: www.longboroughopera.com Music in the Mountains (Durango, Newbury Spring Festival: www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk Ottowa Chamber Music Festival: www.chamberfest.com Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: www.sfcmf.org Savonlinna Opera Festival ( Seattle Summer & Winter Festivals: www.scmf.org Sitka Summer Music Festival (Anchorage, General classical music sites AllMusic (classical section gives overall introduction and recommended discs): www.allmusic.com Andante (news, magazine, reference and archives): www.andante.com Cadenza (information and links): www.cadenza.org ClassicalLink (samples of every track from 23 independent labels and 5,000+ reviews): www.ClassicalLink.com Classical London (monthly international classical music e-mail newsletter): www.classical-london.com The Classical Music Navigator (information on composers): www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/welcome.htm ClassicalNet (general introduction, guide to composers' works, recommended recordings): www.classical.net Classical Notes (reviews, articles & commentary): www.classicalnotes.net Classics Today ( Concert Finder (searchable site for classical music concerts in the Classical Source (concert and CD reviews): www.classicalsource.com Essential Music (introduction to music site supported by Sony): www.essentialsofmusic.com Global Music Network (arts site with classical music news & information): www.gmn.com LondonNet (guide to classical music performance in London): www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/out/music/classical.html Musica (guide to building a classical library): www.musica.co.uk Music & Vision (the world's first daily online music magazine): www.mvdaily.com Music At School (site for young music students): www.musicatschool.co.uk Music Web International (CD reviews and music information): www.musicweb.uk.net OBKB (comprehensive lists of recommended recordings): www.obkb.com/dcljr/clcd0.html Online Classics (classical music information site with extensive downloads): www.onlineclassics.com Opus 1 Classical (international guide to classical music performance): www.opus1classical.com The Quotations Page (music quotations): www.quotationspage.com/subjects/music Genres of classical music and national schools American Music Centre (site for new American music): www.amc.net Australian Music centre (site devoted contemporary Australian music): www.amcoz.com.au Austrian Music Centre: www.mica.at Baroque Cantata, The: www.baroquecantata.com Baroque Music: www.baroquemusic.org Baroque Music (composers and instruments): www.baroque-music.com Belgian Music Information Centre: www.cebedem.be British Classical Music (20/21st Century British Classical Music): www.britishclassicalmusic.com British Music Information Centre (site devoted to contemporary music): www.bmic.co.uk The British Music Society (site dedicated to lesser known British composers): www.musicweb.uk.net/BMS Canadian Music Centre: www.musiccentre.ca Chamber Music of The Contemporary Music Centre ( Danish Music Information Centre: www.mic.dk Early Music Institute ( Early Music Network (Arts Council funded organisation promoting Early Music in the UK): www.earlymusic.org.uk Early Music News: www.earlymusic.org.uk Finnish Music Information Centre: www.fimic.fi German Music Information Centre: www.miz.org Gerontius (site devoted to choirs and choral music): www.gerontius.net Gopera (opera info with links to opera houses etc.): www.gopera.com Gregorian Association (promoting the study and practice of plainsong): www.beaufort.demon.co.uk/chant.htm Historic Opera: www.historicopera.com Hungarian Music Information Centre: www.hunmusic.hu Medieval Music & Arts Foundation: www.medieval.org New Music Box (online magazine for contemporary American music): www.newmusicbox.org New Zealand Music, Centre for: www.sounz.org.nz Norwegian Music Information Centre: www.mic.no Operabase (comprehensive opera information site): www.operabase.com Opera Operaphile (message board and links): www.operaphile.com Opera Glass (comprehensive opera site): www.opera.stanford.edu Operissimo Concertissimo (world's most complete opera and concert database): www.operissimo.com St. Michael Association, Stroncone, Schola Antiqua (the study and performance of early medieval liturgical music): www.scholaantiqua.net Slovakian Music Centre: www.hc.sk/src/index.php Swedish Music Information Centre: www.mic.stim.se www.idrs.colorado.edu Una Voce (site devoted to Gregorian chant and the Latin mass): www.unavoce.org Instruments American Musical Instrument Society (promoting the study of the history and use of all musical instruments): www.amis.org Automatic musical instruments (The Musical Museum, London): www.musicalmuseum.co.uk Bassoon & oboe (International Double Reed Society): www.idrs.colorado.edu Brass (Historic Brass Societ): www.historicbrass.org Cello (music and instruction for all ages): www.celloonline.com Clarinet (International Clarinet Association): www.clarinet.org Double Bass (International Society of Bassists): www.isbworldoffice.com Guitar (The Guitar Foundation of America): www.guitarfoundation.org Harp (Historical Harp Society): www.historicalharps.org Harpsichord (British Harpsichord Society): www.harpsichord.org.uk Lute (The Lute Society, Lute (The Lute Society of America): www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa Medieval & Renaissance Instruments (Musica Antiqua Guide): www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html Organ (The Incorporated Association of Organists, UK): www.iao.org.uk Organ, The (online magazine of the Royal Dutch Organists Association): www.hetorgel.nl Organ (The Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America): www.apoba.com Organ, The (online magazine of the Royal Dutch Organists AssociatPercussion (The Percussive Arts Society): www.pas.org Recorder (The Society of Recorder Players): www.srp.org.uk Trombone (International Trombone Association): www.ita-web.org Trombone (Online Trombone Journal): www.trombone.org Trumpet (The International Trumpet Guild): www.trumpetguild.org Viola & violin: www.violinandviola.co.uk Viola (International Viola Society): www.viola.ca Viola (Viola da Gamba Society of Amercia): www.vdgsa.org Viola (Viola da Gamba Society of France): www.violedegambe.free.fr Violin (Digital Violin): www.digitalviolin.com Violin (The Violin Society of America): www.vsa.to Violin (music and instruction for all ages): www.violinonline.com Woodwind: www.woodwind.org Magazines devoted to classical music American Record Guide: www.americanrecordguide.com BBC Music Magazine: www.bbcmusicmagazine.co.uk Choir & Organ: www.choirandorgan.com Classic FM Magazine: www.classicfm.com/sectional.asp?id=9334 Classic Record Collector: www.classicrecordcollector.com Goldberg Magazine (Early and baroque music): www.goldberg-magazine.com The Gramophone: www.gramophone.co.uk International Piano: www.pianomagazine.com International Record Review: www.recordreview.co.uk La Scena Musicale/The Music Scene: www.scena.org Musical Opinion: www.musicalopinion.com Musical Times ( Muso ('the magazine that re-writes the score'): www.muso-online.com Opera magazine: www.opera.co.uk Piano Today: www.pianotoday.com The Strad (website of the magazine devoted to strings): www.thestrad.com Strings: www.stringsmagazine.com WholeNote ( Music schools Chetham's Longy School of Music, Moores School of Music, Houston: www.music.uh.edu University of Orchestras and other ensembles Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia: www.santacecilia.it Alexander String Quartet: www.asq4.com Allegri Quartet: www.allegriquartet.org.uk Amadeus Chorus & Orchestra: www.amadeusorchestra.co.uk Ambache, The (chamber orchestra and ensemble): www.ambache.co.uk American String Quartet: www.americanstringquartet.org Arditti Quartet: www.ownvoice.com/ardittiquartet Australian Chamber Orchestra: www.aco.com.au Australian String Quartet: www.asq.com.au Bach Collegium Baltimore Chamber Orchestra: www.thebco.intertwinesys.com Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: www.baltimoresymphony.org BBC National Orchestra of BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/philharmonic BBC Symphony Orchestra: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/so Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra: www.filharmonien.no Birmingham Contemporary Music Group: www.bcmg.org.uk Boston Classical Orchestra: www.bostonclassicalorchestra.org Boston Symphony Orchestra: www.bso.org Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: www.bsolive.com Brno Philharmonic Orchestra: www.musica.cz/bpo Brodsky Quartet: www.brodskyquartet.co.uk Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra: www.bpo.hu Chamber Orchestra of Europe: www.coeurope.org/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra: www.cso.org Chronos Quartet: www.kronosquartet.org Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra: www.cincinnatisymphony.org City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: www.cbso.co.uk City of London Sinfonia: www.cityoflondonsinfonia.co.uk Cleveland Orchestra: www.clevelandorch.com Concertgebouwworkest: www.concertgebouworkest.nl Concentus Musicus Vienna: www.kdschmid.de/deutsch/03orch/1orchester.php3?k_id=115 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra: www.czechphilharmonic.cz Dallas Symphony Orchestra: www.dallassymphony.com Detroit Symphony Orchestra: www.detroitsymphony.com Dorset Opera: www.dorsetopera.com Edinburgh Quartet: www.edinburghquartet.com Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra: www.edinburghsymphonyorchestra.org.uk Emerson String Quartet: www.emersonquartet.com English Chamber Orchestra: www.englishchamberorchestra.co.uk English National Opera: www.eno.org Ensemble Intercontemporain: www.ensembleinter.com Halle: www.halle.co.uk Handel & Haydn Society (performing baroque and classical music for choir and period instruments): www.handelandhaydn.org Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra: www.hel2.fi/filharmonia Houston Symphony: www.houstonsymphony.org I Musici de Montreal: www.imusici.com Juilliard String Quartet: www.juilliardstringquartet.org Kodaly Quartet: www.kodalyquartet.org Kronos Quartet: www.kronosquartet.org London Mozart Players: www.lmp.org London Philharmonic Orchestra: www.lpo.org.uk London Sinfonietta: www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk London Soloists Chamber Orchestra: www.londonsoloists.com London Symphony Orchestra: www.lso.co.uk Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra: http://wdch.laphil.com Maggini Quartet: www.maggini.net Manchester Camerata: www.manchestercamerata.com Mendelssohn String Quartet: www.mendelssohnquartet.com Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra: www.monteverdi.co.uk Moscow Chamber Orchestra: www.moscowchamberorchestra.com National Symphony Orchestra ( National Youth Orchestra of New York New Zealand New Zealand Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: www.orpheusnyc.com OrchestraNET (listings for symphony, chamber and youth orchestras): www.orchestranet.co.uk Orchestra of St. John's: www.osj.org.uk Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: www.oae.co.uk Orchestre de Paris: www.orchestredeparis.com Philadelphia Orchestra: www.philorch.org Philharmonia Orchestra: www.philharmonia.co.uk Prague Chamber Orchestra: www.pko.cz/ Prague Symphony Orchestra: www.fok.cz Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Concertgebouwworkest: www.concertgebouworkest.nl Royal Danish Orchestra: www.kglteater.dk Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: www.rlpo-live.com Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: www.rpo.co.uk Royal Scottish National Orchestra: www.rsno.org.uk RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland: www.rte.ie St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: www.slso.org St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: www.stpaulchamberorchestra.org St. Petersburg String Quartet: www.stpetersburgquartet.com San Francisco Symphony: www.sfsymphony.org Scottish Chamber Orchestra: www.sco.org.uk Scottish Opera: www.scottishopera.org.uk Seattle Symphony Orchestra: www.seattlesymphony.org Shanghai Quartet: www.shanghaiquartet.com Sidney Symphony: www.sydneysymphony.com Sinfonia Viva (previously the East of England Orchestra): www.vivaorch.co.uk Smith Quartet: www.smithquartet.com Takacs Quartet: www.takacsquartet.com Tokyo String Quartet: www.tokyoquartet.com Ulster Vienna Philharmonic: www.wienerphilharmoniker.at Welsh National Opera: www.wno.org.uk Organisations promoting classical music American Guild of Organists: www.agohq.org Dvorak Society, The (promoting Czech and Slovak composers and performers): www.dvorak-society.org Film Music Society (promoting film and TV music): www.filmmusicsociety.org Incorporated Society of Musicians ( International Computer Music Association: www.notam02.no/icma Internet Cello society: www.cello.org London String Quartet Foundation (developing talent and audiences for the string quartet): www.playquartet.com National Association of Composers National Association of Youth Orchestras ( Society for American Music: www.american-music.org Society for Music Theory (encouraging the development and dissemination of music theory): www.societymusictheory.org Van Cliburn Foundation (promoting classical music and performers around the world): www.cliburn.org Voices (music education charity working with primary schools): www.voices.org.uk Performers of classical music Argerich, Martha: www.argerich.org Barbirolli, John (The Barbirolli Society): www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.html Bernstein, Leonard: www.leonardbernstein.com Callas, Maria: www.callas.it Casals, Pablo: http://members.aol.com/boriken01/casals.htm Carreras, Jose: www.jcarreras.com Caruso, Enrico: www.henryrosner.org/caruso/ Domingo, Placido: www.placidodomingo.com Du Pre, Jacqueline: www.jacquelinedupre.net Furtwangler, Wilhelm (The Wilhelm Furtwangler Society of America): www.wfsa.org Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich: www.mwolf.de/start.html Gould, Glen: www.glenngould.com Hogwood, Christopher: www.hogwood.org Jarvi, Neeme: www.neemejarvi.com Jarvi, Paavo: www.paavojarvi.com Karajan, Herbert von: www.karajan.org Kirkby, Emma: www.uc.edu/libraries_CCM/kirkby/EmmaHome.html Kleiber, Carlos: www.thrsw.com Kubelik, Rafael: www.kubelik.org Melchior, Lauritz: http://wwwsys.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/melchior/melframe.html Ma, Yo-yo: www.yo-yoma.com Mae, Vanessa: www.vanessamae.com Mutter, Anne-Sophie: www.anne-sophie-mutter.de Norman, Jessye: www.brainyday.com/jessye/ Normandy Pavarotti, Luciano: www.lucianopavarotti.com Partridge, Ian: www.ianpartridge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Richter, Sviatoslav: http://www.trovar.com/str/ Stade, Frederica von: www.fredericavonstade.com Stokowski, Leopold: www.stokowskisociety.net Stott, Kathryn: www.kathrynstott.com Toscanini, Arturo: www.toscaninionline.com Uchida, Mitsuko: www.mitsukouchida.com Wild, Earl: www.earlwild.com Publishers and retailers of classical sheet music and books on music Amadeus Press (books on music and opera): www.amadeus.com Boosey & Hawkes: www.boosey.comMusic Room (retailers of sheet music and songbooks): www.musicroom.com Music-Scores (sheet music to download free): www.music-scores.com Saraband Music (Australian publisher of Early Music): www.saraband.com.auSheet Music Archive (free public domain music): www.sheetmusicarchive.net Virtual Sheet Music (sheet music downloads): www.virtualsheetmusic.com Radio stations devoted to classical music (available on-line) ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): www.abc.net.au/classic Bavarian Radio (Bayerischer Rundfunk): www.br-online.de BBC Radio 3: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 Classical KCSC ( Classic fm ( KDFC ( Klassic Radio Live ( Operaradio (10 channels of continuous music): www.operadio.com Swiss Classic Radio: www.swissclassic.ch XLNC (broadcasting to the San Diego/Tijuana region of WBGH Classical (classical music station based in New England, USA): www.wgbh.org/classical Record labels for classical music ABC Classics (Australian label): www.buywell.com/bw/indexa.html?mv_arg=a Alba (Finnish label): www.alba-records.f Alice (Swedish label): www.alice-musik.se Altara (small UK label promoting young artists): www.altaramusic.com Altus: www.altusrecords.com Archiv: www.deutschegrammophon.com Arion (French label): www.arion-music.com Arte Nova: www.artenova.com Astree Naive: http://www.naive.fr ASV: www.asv.co.uk Atma (French label): www.atmaclassique.com/fr BIS (Swedish label): www.bis.se Black Box: www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0 BMG Classics (including RCA & other labels): www.bmgclassics.com Boheme (new and archive Russian recordings): www.bohememusic.com Bongiovanni (Italian label concentrating on rare Italian, French & English music): www.bongiovanni70.com Boston Records (American label devoted to leading orchestral players): www.bostonrecords.com Brewhouse Music (independent English label): www.brewhousemusic.co.uk Brioso Recordings (Canadian label): www.brioso.com Brodsky Records (the label of the Brodsky Quartet): www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0 Cala Records: www.calarecords.com Calliope: www.calliope.tm.fr CBC Records (label of the Canadian Broadcasting corporation): www.cbcrecords.ca Chamber Orchestra of Europe (orchestra's own label): www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0 Chandos: www.chandos.net Channel Classics: www.channelclassics.com Claves (Swiss label): www.claves.ch Channel Classics: www.channelclassics.com Col-Legno (Austrian label devoted to contemporary music): www.col-legno.com CPO: www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/home CRD: www.lyndworth.co.uk/crd Crystal Records (US label): www.crystalrecords.com Dacapo (Danish label): www.dacapo-records.dk Decca: www.deccaclassics.com Delos: www.delosmus.com Deutsche Grammophon: www.deutschegrammophon.com Dorian (US label): www.dorian.com Dutton Laboratories (re-issues of classic recordings): www.duttonvocalion.co.uk Dynamic (independent Italian label): www.dynamic.it ECM (German label specializing in new music): www.ecmrecords.com EMI: www.emiclassics.com Fleur de Son Classics (small US label owned by classical guitarists Joanne Castellani and Michael Andriaccio): www.fleurdeson.com Gaudeamus (early music label): www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0 Gimmell (label devoted to the Tallis Scholars): www.gimell.com Glossa (Spanish label): www.glossamusic.com Guild Music (Swiss label): www.guildmusic.com Halle (the label of the Halle Orchestra): www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0 Hanssler Classic: www.haenssler-classic.de Harmonia Mundi: www.harmoniamundi.com HMV: www.hmv.co.uk Helicon Records/Kleos: www.heliconrecords.com Hungaraton (Hungarian label): www.hungaroton.hu Hyperion: www.hyperion-records.co.uk Ivory Classics ( Koch International: www.kochint.com La Ma de Guido (label devoted to Spanish & Catalan composers): www.webcom.com/musics/guido.html Lammas Records (English label devoted to choral and organ music): www.lammas.co.uk Les Arts Florissants: www.arts-florissants.com Linn Records: www.linnrecords.com Live Classics (live concert recordings): www.live-classics.com Living Era (original recordings of the stars of the 1920s-1950s): www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0 LSO Live (label devoted to live London Symphony Orchestra performances): www.lso.co.uk Marco Polo: www.naxos.com Marston Records (label mainly devoted to opera re-releases): www.marstonrecords.com Metier (label devoted to contemporary compositions): www.metierrecords.co.uk Metronome (small English label, mainly early music): www.metronome.co.uk Music & Arts (independent Naive: www.naive.fr Naxos (Naxos & Marco Polo labels): www.naxos.com New Albion (contemporary music): www.newalbion.com New Music Box (web magazine of the New York Nimbus Records: www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/index.html Nightingale Classics (Austrian label, mainly opera and vocal): www.nightingaleclassics.com Olympia (label specializing in Russian music): www.olympia-cd.com Ondine (Finnish label): www.ondine.fi Opera Rara (label dedicated to reviving little known 19th C operas): www.opera-rara.com Parnassus Records (re-issues of rare historic recordings): www.parnassusrecords.com Patria Productions (US label specializing in piano music): www.patriamusic.com Pavilion Records (site covering Pearl, Flapper, Topaz & Opal labels): www.pavilionrecords.com Pierre Verany (French label): www.arion-music.com Philips Classics: www.philipsclassics.com Preiser Records (Austrian label): www.preiserrecords.at Priory Records (label devoted to choral & organ music): www.priory.org.uk Resonance (new budget label): www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0 Sanctuary Classics: www.sanctuaryclassics.com Sony Classical: www.sonyclassical.co.uk Supraphon (Czech label): www.supraphon.cz Tacet (Small German label specializing in technically advanced recordings): www.tacet.de Tahra (French label specializing re-issues of rare recordings): www.tahra.com Telarc: www.telarc.com Testament: www.testament.co.uk Timpani Records (small French label): www.timpani-records.com Universal Classics (site for group which includes DG, Decca & Philips): www.universalclassics.com Warner (including Erato, Teldec & other labels): www.warnerclassics.com Virgin Classics: www.virginclassics.com Vox: www.voxcd.com Walsingham Classics (Australian label devoted to native performers and repertoire): www.walsingham.com.au Wigmore Hall Live: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/live Reference sources for classical music Classical Composers Archive (biographies): voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/picgalr2.html Classical Composers Database: www.classical-composers.org Good Music Guide (guide to music on CD): www.good-music-guide.com Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians: www.grovemusic.com MUSIClassical (day-by-day chronicle of music history events): www.classicalmanac.com SearchMuze (definitive guide to music released in the Wikipedia (details of composers by era): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_music_composers
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