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    Sections in this category: Associations | Resources | Selected Labels | Selected Vendors

    Associations

    Resources

    AMG All Music
    Comprehensive database of information about popular and classical music recordings and movies. Includes bibliographies, reviews, essays, and samples of recordings

    Gramophone
    E-newsletter includes reviews of new releases, recommended recordings, news features, competitions, and awards.

    Recorded Sound Reference Center
    Access the commercial and archival audio holdings of the Library of Congress, including its recorded sound catalog, online recordings, and NBC Radio Archive.


    Selected Labels

    Chandos

    Columbia

    Decca Music Group

    Deutsche Grammophon

    EMI Classics

    eOne Music US

    Harmonia Mundi

    Ladyslipper Music

    Musical Heritage Society
    Society bought out 2011 by Passionato; links now dead at both www.musicalheritage.com and www.passionato.com as of 15-Dec-2016; look for news online.

    Naxos

    New World Records

    Rounder Records

    Smithsonian Folkways

    SONY Masterworks

    Warner Classics


    Selected Vendors

    Berkshire Record Outlet Inc.
    Closeouts and overruns of classical music labels. Also opera, film scores, original cast, jazz, blues, and world music recordings.

    CD Universe

    Classical Music Commercial Sites

    Compact Disc Connection

    GEMM
    GEMM has gone out of business and shut down their website as of July 2015. Rare and collectible LP's, 45's, 33's, CD's, cassette tapes, and memorabilia from stores worldwide.

    Multicultural Media
    World music and dance CD's, videos, and DVD's.

    Parnassus Classical Compact Discs and Records
    Difficult-to-find LP's, CD's, DVD's, and historical reissues.

    Tower Records

    Web Resources for Out-of-Print Sound Recordings
    Compiled by Anna Seaberg.