NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AVAILABLE ONLINE
www.NaxosMusicLibrary.com Naxos is the world’s leading producer of classical music. Naxos produces more new recordings than any other label or corporate entity. The library offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues as well as educational products and a growing range of historical recordings* featuring the biggest performers in the history of classical music. We have added thousands of titles of over 770 other independent labels including the complete catalogues or selected recordings of BIS, Capriccio, Chandos, CPO, CSO Resound, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Erato, Dynamic, Finlandia, Grand Piano, Hänssler Classic, Harmonia Mundi, Hungaroton, LSO Live, Marco Polo, Naïve, Naxos, New York Philharmonic, Nimbus, Nonsuch, Ondine, Orfeo, PentaTone, RCA Records, Sony Classical, Teldec, Universal Classics, Vanguard Classics, Warner Classics, Warner Classics – Parlophone (former EMI Classics) and many more, and will continue to include leading independent labels from around the world.
Naxos is the only label, independent or major, with a substantial commitment to music education offering a wide range of educational products. Naxos also provides music to all major educational book publishers such as McGraw-Hill, WW Norton and Prentice Hall.
Naxos Music Library is owned by Naxos Digital Services, part of the Naxos Group of Companies. We have our own team of musicologists, programmers and designers backing up the service. We offer in the subscription a complete set of tools designed for academic institutions to manage usage in their libraries.
WHY THE NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY?
Value for money Vast range of content Naxos has stood for a combination of first-class Teaching staff can plan their courses around a wide performances and recorded sound at an affordable price. range of music. The library includes not only practically The Naxos Music Library offers the same outstanding all standard repertoire, but also a wide range of rare value-for-money proposition. Naxos owns all the repertoire not available from other sources. recordings in the Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues outright, paying licence fees only to repertoire licensed Multiple, simultaneous access from third-party labels. Multiple users can simultaneously listen to the same content or different contents at the same time. The Naxos Online content saves time, money and space Music Library is available around the clock for unlimited With the Naxos Music Library, no lost or damaged CDs simultaneous access. need ever to be replaced. No more worries about lack of shelf space. Multiple copies are no longer required. Simple set up Set up is simple and easy. For educational institutions, On-site and remote access Naxos will create a dedicated URL, and flexible access Students, teaching staff and other users can log in and control with a combination of IP address check and listen in the library, lecture room, dormitory, office or at Referring URL. Separate usernames and passwords home. will also be available for professors / teaching staff and library administrators. In-copyright musical works Naxos has valid licences with all international public Customer support performance societies allowing Naxos to stream in- Naxos’ international presence means that any assistance copyright musical works. you may need in setting Naxos Music Library up for your library is never far away. Flexible fee structure The fee structure is based on the number of simultaneous Naxos, a name you can trust users, with a minimum of only five users for universities, Naxos has been a leader in classical music since 1987. music colleges and public libraries, and three for You can be confident that Naxos will be your partner in schools. Registered users can be both individuals and digital classical music for many years to come. workstations, on and off campus / site. FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS
Easy-to-use yet sophisticated search engines New content Users can choose among three different search modes: New content is added continuously and can be searched • Advanced Search allows users to search by genre, separately under New Releases and Recent Additions. composer, country, period, instrument, artist, label, Naxos guarantees a minimum of 200 new releases each duration of work and year of composition or a year. In the last twelve months, Naxos added over 7,000 combination of these criteria. CDs to the library. • Keyword Search by name of composer, artist, work and / or disc title. Valuable resource for music professionals • Browse the library alphabetically by genre or Instrumentation of over 10,000 works along with composer. publisher information and year of composition are available. CD covers, complete track lists and music notes All search results will display the original CD covers and Administrator functions complete track lists. Users can listen to complete CDs, Live usage statistics are available to librarians logging in complete works or individual tracks. Most recordings with administrator / librarian usernames and passwords. come with liner notes which have been written by Librarians can also set the maximum time for each login. respected musicologists. Notes can be accessed and read while listening. Static URL to track, repertoire, CD and playlist Static URL can be used to deep link directly to particular Playlist tracks of music. They can be sent via email, placed in This function allows the creation of special playlists teaching resources, used in powerpoint presentations, which can be made available and accessible to all users and students can access the music simply by clicking on of the institution. Teaching staff logging in with professor the link. usernames and passwords can create and edit playlists. Access with iPhone or iPod Touch Sound quality The library can be accessed with iPhone or iPod Touch. We offer standard and/or premium sound quality. The Naxos Music Library App is now available through the iTunes App Store.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Using PCs and Mobile Devices: Our HTML5 player is supported in the following browser versions: • Windows 7+ • OS X 10.6+ • iOS 4.0+ • Android 3.0+ • IE 9.0 + • Safari: 5 + • Safari: Recent versions • Default browser (“Internet”): • Firefox: 21.0 + • Firefox: 21.0 + • Chrome: Recent versions • Recent versions • Chrome: 31.0 + • Chrome: 31.0 + • Chrome: Recent versions • Firefox: Recent versions
Technical Questions: All countries except USA: [email protected] USA: [email protected], 1-877-629-6723 extension 3818 and several hundred more FACTS AND FIGURES
As of March 2016 Genres • Over 1,790,000 tracks • Ballet • Musicals • Close to 120,000 CDs • Chamber Music • Opera & Operetta • Complete Naxos* and Marco Polo • Choral • Orchestral catalogues plus selected titles or complete • Concertos • Vocal & Vocal catalogue from over 770 labels • Cross-Over • Ensemble • Over 50,000 composers represented • Film and TV Music • Wind Ensemble / • New releases are added monthly • Historical Document Band Music • New additions are added daily • Instrumental
Landmark Series Repertoire • American Classics • Most standard repertoire, including complete operas • Spanish Classics • Many world-première recordings • Japanese Classics • Complete work cycles • 21st Century Classics • Historical Recordings*
* Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions.
Educational Content
Junior Section Other Resources • The Story of Classical Music • Lives and Works of the Greatest • Music for Kids Composers • Meet the Instruments of the Orchestra • Classics Explained • Opera Explained • The Instruments of the Orchestra • The History of Classical Music Study Area • The History of Opera GCSE and A-Level material • Glossary • Study notes on a wide variety of subjects • Pronunciation Guide • Topics include: musical form, music history, world music, • Opera Synopses chamber music, opera, minimalism, neo-classicism and more • Opera Libretti • Listening questions, with musical excerpts and practice exam • Music Fundamental Terms questions covering a wide range of topics • Graded Music Exam Playlist Music listening curriculum to support any K-12 music curiculum in North America
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