RUBBISH CLASSICAL WEBSITES!!

All I ask for is one online destination for all my classical music needs including forums and discussion, *high quality* downloads from an infinite classical catalogue, half decent search facilities so I can search efficiently on composer, ensemble, instrumentalist etc... decent and up to date reviews...am I asking too much????

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... What kind of thread is this?

Yes you're asking for too much. If you're so desperate, why don't YOU do it yourself?

Jeesh...

http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/home.asp

Has most of the things you mentioned. It will cost you though!

Naxos Music library won't always cost you. The likelihood is a college, library or university attended by you or one of your friends will have a subscription password you can use. It's not quite as brilliant as it looks though.

I assumed this was just another spam preparation post. Let's see.

talented people want money...and casino and porno ad's just dont give them the satisfaction they need financially...therefore you will probably never find a site like that. If there are ever any good ones...they will be free probably to start with...but then will charge you.

SO...no there are none. IMSLP starts up again soon :) ...if all goes well.

All I ask for is one online destination for all my classical music needs including forums and discussion, *high quality* downloads from an infinite classical catalogue, half decent search facilities so I can search efficiently on composer, ensemble, instrumentalist etc... decent and up to date reviews...am I asking too much????

*laughs* "All I ask for is... an infinite classical catalogue."

This reminds me of the old saying, "Beggers can't be choosers."

I can't wait for IMSLP. Yesterday I paid

Archive.org :>

All he wants is a site with everything pertaining to any classical music ever made for free? Oh scraggy, those are all over the place!!/sarcasm

Look around, there are a lot of places where you can find free music. Some of it's legal, and some of it isn't. It won't all be on one site, in any case, so you have to look. OR, the other option, actually BUY the music and be courteous enough to provide money to composers and artists who need it.

You're asking too much if you expect to find it all on one site, but there are a myriad of sites that provide what you want.

Forums and discussion

Piano Society Forum :: Index (specifically intended for pianists)

http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/ (specifically intended for composers)

Classical Music Forums - Talk Classical (for general enthusiasts)

Unfortunately, all three of these forums are pretty damn slow. Not a lot of traffic, so don't expect "instant-messenger-like" response time. But if you use all three, that should keep you company. :)

*high quality* downloads from an infinite classical catalogue

Classic Cat - the free classical music directory (more than 4,800 recordings by hundreds of different composers; all sorts of different instrumental ensembles)

Piano Society - Free Classical Recordings and Sheet Music (more than 2,800 recordings by over 130 different composers)

Peabody Institute - Ensembles: PCO Concert Recordings (many great recordings by the Peabody Concert Orchestra)

Peabody Institute - Ensembles: PSO Concert Recordings (many great recordings by the Peabody Symphony Orchestra)

Audio - Columbia University Orchestra (a small selection of recordings by the Columbia University Orchestra)

MIT Chamber Music Society live recordings: Catherine McCurry, Juliet Gopinath, Mea Cook, Sunny Wicks, Vincent C. K. Cheung and friends (chamber recordings by the MIT Chamber Music Society)

ISGM Music: The Music Library (chamber music from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)

Washington Musica Viva: Recordings (many recordings by the Washington Musica Viva)

Classical | iCompositions - Music (many recordings by independent musicians)

All of the above sites are completely free and legal. Classic Cat encompasses all of the sites below it, except for iCompositions, but I listed these sites because they're generally the "cream of the crop" for directly getting music to download. The quality is never FLAC-like, but generally it's pretty good, especially the Peabody and Columbia recordings. None of these are commercial recordings.

If you want exceptionally high-quality/commercial recordings, you'll have to use torrents.

half-decent search facilities to search on composer, ensemble, instrumentalist etc

Piano Society - Free Classical Recordings and Sheet Music (oriented for piano works)

Main Page - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (not to be underestimated; you can also check the References and External Links)

decent and up to date reviews

allmusic (personally I haven't visited here much, but it looks decent)

Amazon.com: Index: Classical Music (Jeff Bezos won't let you down)

Well, this should be more than enough.

You're asking too much if you expect to find it all on one site, but there are a myriad of sites that provide what you want.

Forums and discussion

Piano Society Forum :: Index (specifically intended for pianists)

http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/ (specifically intended for composers)

Classical Music Forums - Talk Classical (for general enthusiasts)

Unfortunately, all three of these forums are pretty damn slow. Not a lot of traffic, so don't expect "instant-messenger-like" response time. But if you use all three, that should keep you company. :)

HAY DUDE, HEADS UP. You postin' on the 2nd one there. :>

So chances are, he already found it.

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Also, slow?

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Really?

^ Yeah, but I decided I might as well make a "definitive" list and include everything. ;)

And, yes. This forum is quite slow. It's certainly slower than some of the other forums I used to visit. ;)

Needs more members. :[

This forum [youngcomposers.com] is quite slow. It's certainly slower than some of the other forums I used to visit. ;)

Needs more members. :[

I think the size of this community is great, and allows for better discussion. I wouldn't like it if it were much bigger...

What's slow about it here? Are you expecting a 2-minute turnaround after posting? Be patient, grasshopper.

I think the size of this community is great, and allows for better discussion. I wouldn't like it if it were much bigger...

What's slow about it here? Are you expecting a 2-minute turnaround after posting? Be patient, grasshopper.

Meh, it just saddens me to see so many threads go unnoticed. For example, that opera collaboration thread sounded like a great idea, but there just simply aren't enough interested people here for it to work. And that one guy was going to make a guide on using GPO with Finale, but he realized that there just aren't enough interested people to make that worthwhile either. I prefer a more dynamic environment where threads get the attention they deserve. ;)

So far, the only thread here at YC that I can think of that got more attention than I could ever imagine is the masturbation thread. -_-

Meh, it just saddens me to see so many threads go unnoticed. For example, that opera collaboration thread sounded like a great idea, but there just simply aren't enough interested people here for it to work. And that one guy was going to make a guide on using GPO with Finale, but he realized that there just aren't enough interested people to make that worthwhile either. I prefer a more dynamic environment where threads get the attention they deserve.

Some people are great at ideas but SUCK at follow-through.

Truth be told, what you get out of a contributing web site is what you put into it.

Personally I feel my laziness has a positive correlation with my activity on internet forums. ;)

The majority of the members on the forums I've visited have been students. And ya can't have too many Young Composers working...that'd be child labor. :O

So far, the only thread here at YC that I can think of that got more attention than I could ever imagine is the masturbation thread. -_-

welcome to the world...

i would agree that it is not a buzzing website, but i wouldn't say slow or sluggish... maybe just unique... lol

Lol, unique in content, maybe, though not in traffic. :o

Btw, Flight of the Conchords ROCK.

lol. how many sites host a 12% member survival rate? lol

you bet they do!!

Did STEVE tell you that? >:[

STEVE... <_

What kind of rapping name is Steve?

Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis that Stevopolis isn't on top of this hiphop gameopolis?