Music for Enjoiyment and Study: NAXOS

NAXOS Music Library
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/NAXOS.html

The NAXOS Music Library provides recordings of classical, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese musics, from the complete catalogues of the Naxos, Marco Polo and DaCapo recording companies. Instructors may create playlists to supplement music courses with listening material. Accompanying texts include program notes, listeners' guides, biographies of composers and artists, and opera librettos.

This must be used to be appreciated. A diversity of music from around the world, from the Middle Ages (1150-1400) to the recent past, is avaibale free -- to listen to -- on the NAXOS database/server to members of the University community. This large collection of superbly recorded music can be enjoyed for pleasure or used for instruction. A search engine enables one to identify material using single fields or by combining fields.

Fields that may be searched singularly or in combination are:

Genre and Music Categories
Composer/Arranger/Lyricist
Disc Title/Composition Title
Artist (Soloist/Conductor)
Performing Group
Instrument
Period (Centuries)
Country
Year Composed (Enter a Range)
Moods and Scenarios (enchanted, disturbed, etc)