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/alwynBach, Johann Sebastian (includes database of works):
www.jsbach.org Bach cantatas:
www.bach-cantatas.comBeethoven, 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.orgFinzi, Gerald (The Finzi Trust):
www.geraldfinzi.org Grainger, Percy (The Percy Grainger Society):
www.bardic-music.com/grainger.html Glass, Philip:
www.philipglass.comHaydn, Joseph (The Haydn Society of Great Britain):
www.haydnsocietyofgb.netfirms.comHugill, Robert:
www.hugill.demon.co.uk Ives, Charles (Charles Ives Society):
www.charlesives.orgKorngold, Erich:
www.korngold-society.orgLiszt, 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 venuesAlbert 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 seriesAustralian 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.comMusic 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.ukFinnish 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.orgAutomatic 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.htmlOrgan (The Incorporated Association of Organists, UK):
www.iao.org.ukOrgan, The (online magazine of the Royal Dutch Organists Association):
www.hetorgel.nlOrgan (The Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America):
www.apoba.comOrgan, 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 ensemblesAcademy 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.comJuilliard String Quartet:
www.juilliardstringquartet.orgKodaly Quartet:
www.kodalyquartet.orgKronos Quartet:
www.kronosquartet.orgLondon Mozart Players:
www.lmp.orgLondon Philharmonic Orchestra:
www.lpo.org.ukLondon Sinfonietta:
www.londonsinfonietta.org.ukLondon Soloists Chamber Orchestra:
www.londonsoloists.comLondon Symphony Orchestra:
www.lso.co.ukLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra:
http://wdch.laphil.comMaggini Quartet:
www.maggini.netManchester Camerata:
www.manchestercamerata.comMendelssohn String Quartet:
www.mendelssohnquartet.comMonteverdi Choir & Orchestra:
www.monteverdi.co.ukMoscow Chamber Orchestra:
www.moscowchamberorchestra.comNational Symphony Orchestra (USA):
www.kennedy-center.org/nso/National Youth Orchestra of Scotland:
www.nyos.co.ukNew York Philharmonic:
www.newyorkphilharmonic.orgNew Zealand String Quartet:
www.nzsq.co.nz/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra:
www.nzso.co.nzOrpheus Chamber Orchestra:
www.orpheusnyc.comOrchestraNET (listings for symphony, chamber and youth orchestras):
www.orchestranet.co.ukOrchestra of St. John's:
www.osj.org.ukOrchestra of the Age of Enlightenment:
www.oae.co.ukOrchestre de Paris:
www.orchestredeparis.comPhiladelphia Orchestra:
www.philorch.orgPhilharmonia Orchestra:
www.philharmonia.co.ukPrague Chamber Orchestra:
www.pko.cz/Prague Symphony Orchestra:
www.fok.czRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Concertgebouwworkest:
www.concertgebouworkest.nlRoyal Danish Orchestra:
www.kglteater.dkRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra:
www.rlpo-live.comRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra:
www.rpo.co.ukRoyal Scottish National Orchestra:
www.rsno.org.ukRTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland:
www.rte.ieSt. Louis Symphony Orchestra:
www.slso.orgSt. Paul Chamber Orchestra:
www.stpaulchamberorchestra.org St. Petersburg String Quartet:
www.stpetersburgquartet.comSan Francisco Symphony:
www.sfsymphony.orgScottish Chamber Orchestra:
www.sco.org.ukScottish Opera:
www.scottishopera.org.ukSeattle Symphony Orchestra:
www.seattlesymphony.orgShanghai Quartet:
www.shanghaiquartet.comSidney Symphony:
www.sydneysymphony.comSinfonia Viva (previously the East of England Orchestra):
www.vivaorch.co.ukSmith Quartet:
www.smithquartet.comTakacs Quartet:
www.takacsquartet.comTokyo String Quartet:
www.tokyoquartet.comUlster Orchestra:
www.ulster-orchestra.org.ukVienna Philharmonic:
www.wienerphilharmoniker.atWelsh National Opera:
www.wno.org.uk Organisations promoting classical musicAmerican Guild of Organists:
www.agohq.orgDvorak Society, The (promoting Czech and Slovak composers and performers):
www.dvorak-society.orgFilm Music Society (promoting film and TV music):
www.filmmusicsociety.orgIncorporated Society of Musicians (UK):
www.ism.orgInternational Computer Music Association:
www.notam02.no/icmaInternet Cello society:
www.cello.orgLondon String Quartet Foundation (developing talent and audiences for the string quartet):
www.playquartet.comNational Association of Composers USA:
www.music-usa.org/nacusa/National Association of Youth Orchestras (UK):
www.nayo.org.ukSociety for American Music:
www.american-music.orgSociety for Music Theory (encouraging the development and dissemination of music theory):
www.societymusictheory.orgVan Cliburn Foundation (promoting classical music and performers around the world):
www.cliburn.orgVoices (music education charity working with primary schools):
www.voices.org.uk Performers of classical musicArgerich, Martha:
www.argerich.orgBarbirolli, John (The Barbirolli Society):
www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.htmlBernstein, Leonard:
www.leonardbernstein.comCallas, Maria:
www.callas.itCasals, Pablo:
http://members.aol.com/boriken01/casals.htmCarreras, Jose:
www.jcarreras.comCaruso, Enrico:
www.henryrosner.org/caruso/Domingo, Placido:
www.placidodomingo.comDu Pre, Jacqueline:
www.jacquelinedupre.netFurtwangler, Wilhelm (The Wilhelm Furtwangler Society of America):
www.wfsa.orgFischer-Dieskau, Dietrich:
www.mwolf.de/start.htmlGould, Glen:
www.glenngould.comHogwood, Christopher:
www.hogwood.orgJarvi, Neeme:
www.neemejarvi.comJarvi, Paavo:
www.paavojarvi.comKarajan, Herbert von:
www.karajan.orgKirkby, Emma:
www.uc.edu/libraries_CCM/kirkby/EmmaHome.htmlKleiber, Carlos:
www.thrsw.comKubelik, Rafael:
www.kubelik.orgMelchior, Lauritz:
http://wwwsys.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/melchior/melframe.htmlMa, Yo-yo:
www.yo-yoma.comMae, Vanessa:
www.vanessamae.comMutter, Anne-Sophie:
www.anne-sophie-mutter.deNorman, Jessye:
www.brainyday.com/jessye/Normandy, Eugene:
www.eugeneormandy.comPavarotti, Luciano:
www.lucianopavarotti.comPartridge, Ian:
www.ianpartridge.pwp.blueyonder.co.ukRichter, Sviatoslav:
http://www.trovar.com/str/Stade, Frederica von:
www.fredericavonstade.comStokowski, Leopold:
www.stokowskisociety.netStott, Kathryn:
www.kathrynstott.comToscanini, Arturo:
www.toscaninionline.comUchida, Mitsuko:
www.mitsukouchida.comWild, Earl:
www.earlwild.com Publishers and retailers of classical sheet music and books on musicAmadeus Press (books on music and opera):
www.amadeus.comBoosey & Hawkes:
www.boosey.comMusic Room (retailers of sheet music and songbooks):
www.musicroom.comMusic-Scores (sheet music to download free):
www.music-scores.comSaraband Music (Australian publisher of Early Music):
www.saraband.com.auG. Schirmer Inc (US music publisher):
www.schirmer.comSheet Music Archive (free public domain music):
www.sheetmusicarchive.netVirtual 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/classicBavarian Radio (Bayerischer Rundfunk):
www.br-online.de BBC Radio 3:
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3Classical KCSC (Oklahoma's 24-hour classical music station):
www.kcscfm.comClassic fm (UK):
www.classicfm.comKDFC (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.orgWBGH Classical (classical music station based in New England, USA):
www.wgbh.org/classicalRecord labels for classical musicABC Classics (Australian label):
www.buywell.com/bw/indexa.html?mv_arg=aAlba (Finnish label):
www.alba-records.f
Alice (Swedish label):
www.alice-musik.seAltara (small UK label promoting young artists):
www.altaramusic.comAltus:
www.altusrecords.comArchiv:
www.deutschegrammophon.comArion (French label):
www.arion-music.comArte Nova:
www.artenova.comAstree Naive:
http://www.naive.frASV:
www.asv.co.ukAtma (French label):
www.atmaclassique.com/frBIS (Swedish label):
www.bis.seBlack Box:
www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0BMG Classics (including RCA & other labels):
www.bmgclassics.comBoheme (new and archive Russian recordings):
www.bohememusic.comBongiovanni (Italian label concentrating on rare Italian, French & English music):
www.bongiovanni70.comBoston Records (American label devoted to leading orchestral players):
www.bostonrecords.comBrewhouse Music (independent English label):
www.brewhousemusic.co.ukBrioso Recordings (Canadian label):
www.brioso.comBrodsky Records (the label of the Brodsky Quartet):
www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0Cala Records:
www.calarecords.comCalliope:
www.calliope.tm.frCBC Records (label of the Canadian Broadcasting corporation):
www.cbcrecords.caChamber Orchestra of Europe (orchestra's own label):
www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0Chandos:
www.chandos.netChannel Classics:
www.channelclassics.comClaves (Swiss label):
www.claves.chChannel Classics:
www.channelclassics.comCol-Legno (Austrian label devoted to contemporary music):
www.col-legno.comCPO:
www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/homeCRD:
www.lyndworth.co.uk/crdCrystal Records (US label):
www.crystalrecords.comDacapo (Danish label):
www.dacapo-records.dkDecca:
www.deccaclassics.comDelos:
www.delosmus.comDeutsche Grammophon:
www.deutschegrammophon.comDorian (US label):
www.dorian.comDutton Laboratories (re-issues of classic recordings):
www.duttonvocalion.co.ukDynamic (independent Italian label):
www.dynamic.itECM (German label specializing in new music):
www.ecmrecords.comEMI:
www.emiclassics.comFleur de Son Classics (small US label owned by classical guitarists Joanne Castellani and Michael Andriaccio):
www.fleurdeson.comGaudeamus (early music label):
www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0Gimmell (label devoted to the Tallis Scholars):
www.gimell.comGlossa (Spanish label):
www.glossamusic.comGuild Music (Swiss label):
www.guildmusic.comHalle (the label of the Halle Orchestra):
www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0Hanssler Classic:
www.haenssler-classic.deHarmonia Mundi:
www.harmoniamundi.comHMV:
www.hmv.co.ukHelicon Records/Kleos:
www.heliconrecords.comHungaraton (Hungarian label):
www.hungaroton.huHyperion:
www.hyperion-records.co.ukIvory Classics (US label devoted to piano recordings):
www.ivoryclassics.comKoch International:
www.kochint.comLa Ma de Guido (label devoted to Spanish & Catalan composers):
www.webcom.com/musics/guido.htmlLammas Records (English label devoted to choral and organ music):
www.lammas.co.ukLes Arts Florissants:
www.arts-florissants.comLinn Records:
www.linnrecords.comLive Classics (live concert recordings):
www.live-classics.comLiving Era (original recordings of the stars of the 1920s-1950s):
www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0LSO Live (label devoted to live London Symphony Orchestra performances):
www.lso.co.ukMarco Polo:
www.naxos.comMarston Records (label mainly devoted to opera re-releases):
www.marstonrecords.comMetier (label devoted to contemporary compositions):
www.metierrecords.co.ukMetronome (small English label, mainly early music):
www.metronome.co.ukMusic & Arts (independent US classical & jazz label):
www.musicandarts.comNaive:
www.naive.frNaxos (Naxos & Marco Polo labels):
www.naxos.comNew Albion (contemporary music):
www.newalbion.comNew Music Box (web magazine of the American Music Center):
www.newmusicbox.orgNew York Philharmonic:
www.nyphilharmonic.orgNimbus Records:
www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/index.htmlNightingale Classics (Austrian label, mainly opera and vocal):
www.nightingaleclassics.comOlympia (label specializing in Russian music):
www.olympia-cd.comOndine (Finnish label):
www.ondine.fiOpera Rara (label dedicated to reviving little known 19th C operas):
www.opera-rara.comParnassus Records (re-issues of rare historic recordings):
www.parnassusrecords.comPatria Productions (US label specializing in piano music):
www.patriamusic.comPavilion Records (site covering Pearl, Flapper, Topaz & Opal labels):
www.pavilionrecords.comPierre Verany (French label):
www.arion-music.comPhilips Classics:
www.philipsclassics.comPreiser Records (Austrian label):
www.preiserrecords.atPriory Records (label devoted to choral & organ music):
www.priory.org.ukResonance (new budget label):
www.sanctuaryclassics.com/labels.php?section=5&subsection=0Sanctuary Classics:
www.sanctuaryclassics.comSony Classical:
www.sonyclassical.co.ukSupraphon (Czech label):
www.supraphon.czTacet (Small German label specializing in technically advanced recordings):
www.tacet.deTahra (French label specializing re-issues of rare recordings):
www.tahra.comTelarc:
www.telarc.comTestament:
www.testament.co.ukTimpani Records (small French label):
www.timpani-records.comUniversal Classics (site for group which includes DG, Decca & Philips):
www.universalclassics.comWarner (including Erato, Teldec & other labels):
www.warnerclassics.comVirgin Classics:
www.virginclassics.comVox:
www.voxcd.comWalsingham Classics (Australian label devoted to native performers and repertoire):
www.walsingham.com.auWigmore Hall Live:
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/live Reference sources for classical musicClassical Composers Archive (biographies): voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/picgalr2.html
Classical Composers Database:
www.classical-composers.orgGood Music Guide (guide to music on CD):
www.good-music-guide.comGrove Dictionary of Music & Musicians:
www.grovemusic.comMUSIClassical (day-by-day chronicle of music history events):
www.classicalmanac.comSearchMuze (definitive guide to music released in the UK):
www.searchmuze.co.ukWikipedia (details of composers by era): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_music_composers
