Comprehensive collection of classical music available for streaming online; also includes selections from historical recordings, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music. Contains the entire Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da Capo catalogs as well as recordings from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, BIS (Sweden), and Analekta. Updated monthly.
Access limited to 15 simultaneous users.
Classical Music Library not only includes recordings but also program notes, composer biographies, and images cross-referenced to the recordings.
The Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall makes available live video of concerts by this great orchestra. The site also offers on-demand streaming of both recent and archived concerts by the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as educational films about important musicians and musical works.
Instructions for Access:
In order to access Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall, users must create an account. To create an account, use your Crimson or Bama email account and select "Start institutional access" to begin registration. After registration, select “I would like to use the free institutional access for my account.” You will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. Accounts can only be created while on campus, but returning users can use their login credentials to access from anywhere.
Digital Theatre Plus showcases British theatre, music, and dance productions from The Old Vic, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court Theatre, Glyndebourne, English National Ballet, and London Symphony Orchestra, along with rehearsal films and interviews.
Dance in Video is a video collection for the study of 20th Century concert dance, featuring the most influential performers and companies together with dozens of documentaries, interviews, and dance instruction videos.
In this collection of archival and historical films, dramatic and suspenseful newsreels have recorded public events, wars, cultural phenomena, government programs and many more historical events.