Note: When searching for an individual recording of a musical work, a search in the Discover catalog for can be a good place to begin. Depending on the "content type" you select, "audio recordings", "streaming audio", and/or "video recording", results from many of the databases listed below will display.
Streaming audio access to CD-length recordings. Principally classical music, with jazz, world, and pop/rock also represented. Includes program notes, cover artwork, tracklist, instrumentation and publisher information, libretti and synopses of more than 700 operas, and biographical information on composers and artists.
Select from:Boston Public Library 78 collection (Internet Archive)
The Boston Public Library (BPL) sound collection includes hundreds of thousands of audio recordings in a variety of historical formats, including wax cylinders, 78 rpms, and LPs. The recordings span many genres, including classical, pop, rock, jazz, and more.
