New DRAM tutorial available

If you’ve been interested in listening to music on DRAM (formerly called the Database of Recorded American Music), but haven’t been quite sure how to get started, check out our new DRAM tutorial.  The guide was created by John Cook, a former ML/SRA employee who did his Kent library school practicum here this summer.

Naxos adds Van Cliburn competition recordings

From Naxos:

We at Naxos have some exciting news!  We’d like to officially welcome into the Naxos Music Library, the Van Cliburn competition recordings!

The recordings from the 2009 preliminary rounds are already available in the NML, with the complete competition being uploaded daily!  We’re also pleased to announce that all of the semi-finals, will also be uploaded!

You can hear the winners’ recordings by searching these catalog numbers:

Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medalists
Nobuyuki Tsujii: VCF090523D
Haochen Zhang: VCF090525F

You can hear the all of the other full length recordings inside the Naxos Music Library, as well as purchase them at our download store, ClassicsOnline.com.

Visit our “Listen Online” page to connect to Naxos and hear the recordings.