Thought this lot might come in handy for some of us here. It's broken down into 15 sections, thus:
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
Enjoy. :)
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, UK): www.myweb.tiscali.co.uk/franzschubert/intro
Schubert, Franz (The Schubert Society of the USA): www.schubertsocietyusa.org
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 Villa-Lobos Museum in Rio de Janiero): www.museuvillalobos.org.br
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 (USA's largest performing arts centre): www.kennedy-center.org
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, USA): www.cmnw.org
Cheltenham International Festival of Music: www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk
English Heritage (Music on a Summer Evening concerts): www.picnicconcerts.com
Gaudeamus Music Week ( Netherlands): www.gaudeamus.nl
Glyndebourne Festival: www.glyndebourne.com
Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival: www.grandcanyonmusicfest.org
Hampton Court Palace Festival: www.hamptoncourtfestival.com
Henley Festival: www.henley-festival.co.uk
London Handel Festival: www.london-handel-festival.com
Longborough Festival Opera: www.longboroughopera.com
Malboro Music School & Festival: www.marlboromusic.org
Music in the Mountains (Durango, Colorado) www.musicinthemountains.com www.sfcmf.org
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 (Finland's main festival): www.operafestival.fi
Seattle Summer & Winter Festivals: www.scmf.org
Sitka Summer Music Festival (Anchorage, Alaska): www.sitkamusicfestival.org
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 (US online magazine, reviews, recommendations): www.classicstoday.com
Concert Finder (searchable site for classical music concerts in the UK): www.concertfinder.co.uk
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 America: www.chamber-music.org
The Contemporary Music Centre (Ireland): www.cmc.ie
Danish Music Information Centre: www.mic.dk
Early Music Institute (Indiana University): www.music.indiana.edu/som/emi
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 America (promoting opera in North America): www.operaam.org
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, Italy (medieval sacred music): www.cantusgregorianus.com
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, UK): www.lutesoc.co.uk
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 (UK's oldest music magazine): www.musicaltimes.co.uk
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 (Canada): www.thewholenote.com
Music schools
Carnegie Mellon School of Music: www.music.web.cmu.edu
Chetham's School of Music: www.chethams.com
Cleveland Music School Settlement: www.thecmss.org
Guildhall School of Music & Drama: www.gsmd.ac.uk
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music: www.music.indiana.edu
International School of Music & Fine Arts, Prague: www.musicschoolprague.com
Longy School of Music, Massachusetts: www.longy.ed
Manhattan School of Music: www.msmnyc.edu
Moores School of Music, Houston: www.music.uh.edu
Royal Academy of Music: www.ram.ac.uk
Royal College of Music: www.rcm.ac.uk
Royal Northern College of Music: www.rncm.ac.uk
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama: www.rsamd.ac.uk
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama: www.rwcmd.ac.uk
University of Alabama School of Music: www.music.ua.edu
Yehudi Menuhin School: www.yehudimenuhinschool.co.uk
Orchestras and other ensembles
Academy of Ancient Music: www.aam.co.uk
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields: www.asmf.org
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 Japan: www.bach.co.jp
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra: www.thebco.intertwinesys.com
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: www.baltimoresymphony.org
BBC National Orchestra of Wales: www.bbc.co.uk/wales/now
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/philharmonic
BBC Symphony Orchestra: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/so
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra: www.filharmonien.no
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: www.berliner-philharmoniker.de
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
Hanover Band: www.hanoverband.co.uk
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 (USA): www.kennedy-center.org/nso/
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland: www.nyos.co.uk
New York Philharmonic: www.newyorkphilharmonic.org
New Zealand String Quartet: www.nzsq.co.nz/
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: www.nzso.co.nz
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 Orchestra: www.ulster-orchestra.org.uk
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 (UK): www.ism.org
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 USA: www.music-usa.org/nacusa/
National Association of Youth Orchestras (UK): www.nayo.org.uk
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, Eugene: www.eugeneormandy.com
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.com
Music 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.au
G. Schirmer Inc (US music publisher): www.schirmer.com
Sheet 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 (Oklahoma's 24-hour classical music station): www.kcscfm.com
Classic fm (UK): www.classicfm.com
KDFC (San Francisco Bay area 24-hour classical music station): new.kdfc.com
Klassic Radio Live (Germany): www.klassikradio.de
Operaradio (10 channels of continuous music): www.operadio.com
Swiss Classic Radio: www.swissclassic.ch
XLNC (broadcasting to the San Diego/Tijuana region of California): www.xlnc1.org
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 (US label devoted to piano recordings): www.ivoryclassics.com
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 US classical & jazz label): www.musicandarts.com
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 American Music Center): www.newmusicbox.org
New York Philharmonic: www.nyphilharmonic.org
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 UK): www.searchmuze.co.uk
Wikipedia (details of composers by era): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_music_composers
Mark,
Thanks so much for your list! I really appreciate it.
Anne
Wow!
Extraordinary list, Mark! Thank you so much - an invaluable resource.
Rice University Shepherd School of Music - http://music.rice.edu/
The Joachim Raff Society ;D - http://www.raff.org/
Quote from: brianrein on October 06, 2007, 08:36:31 PM
Wow!
Extraordinary list, Mark! Thank you so much - an invaluable resource.
Rice University Shepherd School of Music - http://music.rice.edu/
The Joachim Raff Society ;D - http://www.raff.org/
Indeed Mark!!
A sleepless night? :-\
Don't get too excited: I nicked the lot wholesale from another site which I know isn't frequented by most people here - www.classicalcdexchange.co.uk ;)
you forgot biber:
http://www.bluntinstrument.org.uk/biber/
The Brahms link doesn't function ....... >:(
Quote from: Mark on October 07, 2007, 07:32:46 AM
Don't get too excited: I nicked the lot wholesale from another site which I know isn't frequented by most people here - www.classicalcdexchange.co.uk ;)
It's a good thing that you copied only a tiny chunk of that webpage, because I noticed this on the left margin:
Copyright © 2007
The Classical CD Exchange
Resource web pages for labels:
http://www.classical.net/music/links/commercial/musiclabel.html (http://www.classical.net/music/links/commercial/musiclabel.html)
http://allrecordlabels.com/ (http://allrecordlabels.com/)
Q
The Society for 18th Century Music:
http://www.18thcenturymusic.com/
Wonderful site for those interested in such things.
8)
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Now playing: Crusell Clarinet Concerti - Johnson English CO / Schwarz - Crusell Concerto #2 in f for Clarinet & Orchestra Op 5 1st mvmt - 04 (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/johnson++english+co/track/crusell+concerto+%232+in+f+for+clarinet+%26+orchestra+op+5+1st+mvmt)
Quote from: D Minor on October 07, 2007, 08:25:03 AM
It's a good thing that you copied only a tiny chunk of that webpage, because I noticed this on the left margin:
Copyright © 2007
The Classical CD Exchange
Oh dear. Looks like a life in jail for me, then. ::) ;D
Quote from: Mark on October 07, 2007, 08:53:04 AM
Oh dear. Looks like a life in jail for me, then. ::) ;D
a 500 site list...and I thought you are adopting to minimalism...cutting out the signature and now avatar and all...
good job Mark, thanks so much.
There is also Sterling cds: http://www.sterlingcd.com/ (http://www.sterlingcd.com/)
(http://www.listenmusicmag.com/_resources/img/covers/03-12-full.jpg)
Listen Music Magazine (http://www.listenmusicmag.com)
Quote from: jlaurson on July 04, 2012, 02:12:46 AM
(http://www.listenmusicmag.com/_resources/img/covers/03-12-full.jpg)
Listen Music Magazine (http://www.listenmusicmag.com)
Shame your article is grayed out, but this was my favorite quote from the previous article: "And they want to work with me because I'm also fabulous." So modest and humble!!
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 04, 2012, 02:35:50 AM
...this was my favorite quote from the previous article: "And they want to work with me because I'm also fabulous." So modest and humble!!
What a wonderfully wacky whirlwind interview. Hadn't read it until now, because I haven't yet received a hard copy...
These are all helpful sites. Thank you for sharing this :)
I made an article about the whole note, hope you can tell me what you think:)
https://musicadvisor.com/what-to-know-about-the-whole-note/ (https://musicadvisor.com/what-to-know-about-the-whole-note/)
And a good one for all of us needing to dispose of our CDs:
www.cdrecyclingcenter.org