Library Guides: Media &amp; Communication: Recordings

SU Recording Collections

Naxos Music Library
Streaming audio of classical, jazz, musical theatre, and world music; includes a playlist feature
Naxos Music Library - Jazz
Streaming audio of jazz music

Open Access Music and Sound Recordings

National Jukebox The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.
Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project A collection of historical music available for streaming and download from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection The festival's archive - preserved by the Stanford University Archive of Recorded Sound - contains recordings of live festival performances throughout the history of this enduring American cultural institution.
Archival Sound Recordings Digital access to selected recordings from the British Library Sound Archive. Researchers can search all recordings on the site, listen to recordings where copyright permits.
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Internet Archive Music and Arts Collection The audio Music collection features nearly 600 virtual record labels found in the Netlabels collection, the unique contemporary compositions and performances found in the Other Minds collection, and the hundreds of popular songs from the early 20th Century found in the 78 RPM collection.
Early Music Radio & Streaming | Early Music America An archive compiled through user submissions.
Classical Connect Free classical music site
Early Music Recordings | Yale University A list maintained by librarians at Yale University Libraries.
NPR Music National Public Radio interviews, profiles, videos, tiny desk concerts, and other performances.