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Naxos Music Library has announced the addition of three new labels to its online streaming database:

Give them a listen when you get the chance!

Last week, Naxos Music Library announced the addition of three new labels to the streaming audio database:

Naxos Music Library is proud to announce the addition of the Warner Classics, Teldec and Erato labels to its streaming audio collection. These immense catalogs include many great performances which have become the standard for their repertoire, such as the Barenboim Mozart Operas and Bayreuth Wagner Ring Cycle, the Harnoncourt Beethoven Symphonies and the José Serebrier Glazunov Symphonies and Concertos. On July2^nd, more than 1,000 albums from these catalogs will be available on the Naxos Music Library with the remaining albums in the catalogs and new releases appearing over the coming months.

Dozens of legendary artists have called these labels home including Chanticleer, Chloë Hanslip, Nicolai Lugansky, Beaux Arts Trio, José Carreras, Sharon Kam, Kent Nagano, Cecilia Bartoli, Charlie Siem, Boston Camerata, John Eliot Gardiner and Mstislav Rostropovich among many others. Their performances are now available to subscribers of Naxos Music Library.

Naxos Music Library recently announced the addition of several new labels to the streaming audio database. These include Ars Harmonica, La Mà de Guido, Crystal Records, and Flower Music. Some of these are already available, so start looking for these new releases!

Check out some of the new selections in the American Song streaming audio database:

212 albums (4,467 tracks) from Archeophone Records, Appleseed Records, Mark Custom, Rebel, Sun, and Tompkins Square Records. Content includes new releases of bluegrass, boogie-woogie, country, traditional gospel, marching band music, and more.

New albums include:

Fly Down Little Bird (Pete and Peggy Seeger)
Reagan of Illinois: A Symphony to Celebrate the Centennial of President Ronald Reagan’s Birth
Let the Light Shine Down: A Gospel Tribute to Bill Monroe
Out on the Open West (Frank Fairfield)
Let’s Make a Better World! Live in Leipzig (James Booker)

Glass's Birthday Cake, by the Cake Boss.

To honor Philip Glass’s birthday on January 31st, there are some interesting recordings of Philip Glass circulating throughout the internet.  One recording is works by Glass played on accordion (by what capitalism was).  U Can Unlearn Guitar interprets and “covers” album Glassworks, called Glassworked.  And for those who love mash-ups, radio station WFMU is streaming what they call Glassbreaks. It’s a delicate blend of Hip Hop and Glass, featuring songs like Einstein on the Beast, a combination of  Einstein on The Beach and The Beastie Boys.

You can also stream more of Glass’s music at DRAM and Naxos (BGSU Authentication required), and look for even more scores and sound recordings by searching “Glass, Philip” in the library’s catalog.

Check out our newest electronic resource:  Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest (http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000734~S0).  Not only is it a great tool for exploring “social, political and cultural change between 1950 and 1975,” but lots of the source material came from BGSU!

This new database includes an interactive chronology, video clips from some of the major events in the period, image and photo galleries, online exhibits, a dictionary of slang terms, essays, and so much more.  We’re pleased as punch to be able not only to participate in this project but also to be able to share the end result with our BGSU patrons (thanks to vendor Adam Matthew Digital!).

Until October 13, we have access to a trial of Online Music Anthology, an electronic score database from from A-R Editions. Here’s a summary:

An anthology of 425 pieces of music commonly taught in music history courses, many presented in their entirety. All pages of music are digitized from new engravings with modern conventional clefs and barring and consistent sizing set for easy printing on 8 1/2 x 11″ paper.

Try it out, and please let us know if you have thoughts about whether we should acquire it for BGSU.

If you’re heading to the New Music Festival, consider listening to some of the featured composers and artists ahead of time via DRAM.

David Lang, featured guest composer

Or, learn more about contemporary music resources in DRAM with their Contemporary Music handout.

September 17th is Constitution Day and the Man in Black has something to sing about it.  Listen to his album We the People, A Musical Celebration of our Constitution online at American Song.  (BGSU Authentication Required)

We’re back on track with DRAM streaming, so give it a listen.  We still seem to be having some difficulties on Firefox IN the Music Library, so use Explorer for it for now if you’re listening on our computers.