Recreational Resources

More than 450 Met performances, dozens of Live HD productions, and hundreds of radio broadcasts.

Videos of classical music including concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, master-class, educational films, and artist profiles.

Streamed access to over 55,000 recordings including classical, blues, jazz, nostalgia, rock, pop, and many more genres.

A scholarly resource of recordings categorized by composers, performers, ensembles, instruments, and labels.

Streaming service requires a valid Western username and password to access. It contains a virtual encyclopedia of the world's music and aural traditions.

Music streaming service with millions of recordings. It is free, but there is more availability with an individual paid subscription.

Is a community project for the preservation, research and discovery of 78rpm records from 1898 to the 1950s.

Providing the highest quality live concerts in a lossless, downloadable format, while preserving and archiving live concerts for future generations. "All music is from trade-friendly artists and is strictly non-commercial, both for access here and for any further distribution."

Constantly updating list of online classical music performances from U.K.'s The Guardian newspaper.

A list of streaming concerts from WKAR PBS Station from Michigan State University.

Alex Ross, classical music critic from The New Yorker magazine, curates a list of performances to stream.