Finding resources: RecordingsListening to great music is an important part of your musical education!
As part of your MUSC 1201 assignment you will need to find and evaluate some sound recordings related to your paper topic. The library has lots of online and physical recordings to help you!
The Naxos Music Library is our primary audio streaming service available through the library. It features over 2.5 million tracks of classical music so if you are looking for something, there is a good chance it is available here! You can access it through our A-Z Database List or with the link above and listen in your web browser or you can download the NML app for your smartphone to listen on the go!
The Music Library has a large collection of about 3,500 CDs, several hundred DVDs, and around 4,000 LP records. While streaming audio is fast and convenient, our physical collection is helpful to search to find items which may not be available online or are older or rarer recordings.
The Music Library has a listening station where you can listen to all of our physical recording formats and features a USB turntable to digitize our LPs so you can take them on-the-go! Click here to learn more about our A/V equipment available to you!
From the Library homepage, click the Advanced Search link below the Novanet search box.
To search for physical recordings we have here at MtA, click the option for Mount Allison in the top search criteria and change the Material Type filter to sound recordings. You can enter any search term you like to find recordings: let's try Beethoven.
The search will show a list of results to browse. When clicking the Availability link, it will show you more information about the recording and where to find it.
You can see that this CD recording is available at the Music Library Circulation desk. All of our CDs are kept behind the circulation desk, so if you would like to listen to or borrow a CD or DVD, come ask and we can get it for you! The call number starting with CDISC will help us find it faster for you!
The details section also shows useful information, like performers on the recording or which pieces are featured on the recording.
