Naxos Music Library is a streaming audio database that lets you hear a wide variety of classical music along with some jazz, world, and other genres of music.
To find and listen to music, use the Keyword Search or browse by Composer or Genre; the Advanced Search feature also lets you search by musical instrument, time period, and country, as well as combine different search terms.
Once you've found a CD, select individual tracks or listen to the entire album using the control panel to play your selection. Naxos Music Library uses Windows Media Player for streaming (Mac compatible with a Flip4Mac or Silverlight download). As you listen, you can keep browsing for more music or read the "Album Information" and CD liner notes to learn more about the composer, performer, and genre.
Naxos Music Library currently offers 29,946 CDs and 426,581 tracks with new music added daily! Not sure where to start listening? Try one of these CDs or tracks...
For more world music via streaming audio, also check out the
Smithsonian Folkways Recording Archive.
