SHOPPING FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC

There is a clear distinction between shopping for commercial music and shopping for classical music, be it on the net or outside of it. For one thing, you will find fewer places to buy your classical music. For this reason, the net is a better place to buy classical music; it’s the only place where you will find thousands of recordings under one banner. www.classicalarchives.com boasts of holding over 34,000 recordings performed by over 2000 artists. They charge a modest 25$ a year as membership fees, which gives you access to their entire database of mp3s and MIDIs , their learning center and their radio station (which was nominated as the best radio station for classical music, 2004 by Live265). The website has a simple search by artist/music/composer or midi. They also host a video room.