The Arts and Media

CD Review (BBC Radio 3 programme - including "Building a Library" database)
GramoFile - database of reviews from "Gramophone" from 1983

UK Classifieds

www.loot.com Loot, UK. Includes music classifieds

US Classifieds

Sheet Music

http://www.sheetmusicarchive.com Great site for downloadable sheet music that’s out of copyright

http://www.wilhelm-hansen.dk/ Danish – Sibelius etc

http://www.musicroom.com Music Room

http://andrys.com/books.html Searches for sheet music etc

Music Books

www.bookfinder Used book dealers

www.bibliofind.com Used book dealers
www.abe.com Used book dealers

Online record retailers

http://thercguild.tripod.com/ The Record Collectors Guild – information on buying

http://indigo.ie/~pamolo/faq.html Great site listing a number of classical online stores

www.gfas.co.uk Going for a Song, UK as of Dec 2000 suspended - Telephone: (44) (0)1689-899005

www.play247.com UK

www.boxman.com Boxman, UK

www.cow.co.uk Cheap or What, UK

www.1cd4u.com 1CD4U, UK – Currently seems down
www.cdselections.com CD Selections UK

www.cds-unlimited.co.uk CDs Unlimited UK, useful second hand section
www.cdzone.co.uk CD Zone UK
www.classicalmusicshop.com Specialist CDs from keyboardist Martin Souter

www.the-woods.co.uk CD Club, UK

www.crotchet.co.uk Crotchet UK
www.sijen.com/dervorguilla/ Dervorguilla (Oxford University, UK)
www.mdt.co.uk MDT UK
www.oxrecs.com OxRecs DIGITAL UK
http://www.pl-music.com/pl/default.asp Paradise Lost France, Cheap deals!

www.cdmail.fr CDMail/Acceuil France

www.fnac.fr La Fnac France

www.alapage.tm.fr/ A La Page France

www.iperdue.com Iperdue Italy

http://www.bigbag.de/ Germany – good but commercialised

http://www.klassik.com/de/index.htm Germany – good

http://www.zweitausendeins.de/ Germany – Excellent stock and low to giveaway prices

http://www.jpc.de/ JPC Germany

http://www.adorishop.de/ Adori Germany – good stock and decent prices. Good search

http://www.musikfreunde.de/ Germany inc. used CDs

http://www.flying-music.de/ Germany inc. used CDs

http://www.albert-classic.de/cgi-bin/web_store.cgi smaller, but excellent collection, also for rare discs

www.cleanrecord.com Clean Record USA/Holland (specializes in LPs)

www.musicexpress.com Music Express, Netherlands

www.kuijperklassiek.nl Kuijper Klassiek, Netherlands

www.musicexpress.com German Music Express Netherlands

www.cdmusic.cz CD Music, Czech Republic

www.folio.hu Hungarian – good offers

www.toccata.nu Toccata Sweden – Scandinavian preference

www.bekkoame.or.jp/~abend/ Abend Japan
www.absound.ca A&B Sound Canada
www.everycd.com 1-800-Every-CD USA

www.amazon.com Amazon.com USA
www.bluemarble.net/~arsnova Ars Nova USA
www.audiohousecd.com Audio House Used CDs USA - Not so cheap

www.broinc.com Berkshire Record Outlet USA – The best: incredible stock and offers

www.lainet.com/cdbanzai/ CD Banzai

www.cdconnection.com CD Connection USA
www.cdeurope.com CD Europe USA

www.cdnow.com CDNow/N2K USA
www.cdparadise.com CD Paradise

www.cduniverse.com CD Universe USA

www.cdworld.com CDWorld

www.cedillerecords.org Cedille Records USA
www.cdchoice.com Classical Choice USA

www.ClassicalMusicNet.com Classical Music Net

www.cybermusicsurplus.com Cybermusic Surplus,

www.hbdirect.com H&B Recordings Direct USA

www.massmusic.com Mass Music USA

www.musicblvd.com Music Boulevard USA

www.musicspot.com MusicSpot

www.musicimports.com Music Imports USA
http://www.music-lovers.com/classical.asp for the best search engine, good service, and slightly higher USD prices.
http://www.mymusic.com/Classical.asp?curr=0& for the lowest USD prices and good service

www.totale.com TotalE USA
www.towerrecords.com Tower Records USA
www.tower.com Tower Records
http://www.101cd.com/ Rare titles – CD and LP and Singles

http://www.secondspin.com/index.cfm Second Spin s/h CD, DVDs, Videos

www.audiohousecd.com Used CDs

Note: http://indigo.ie/~pamolo/faq.html Maintainer of the Online Classical-CD Stores FAQ

This excellent site provides the following useful information:

Sites with search facilities:

- 1-800-Every-CD (primitive, improving)
- 1CD4U
- A&B Sound (1-field search engine; generally inadequate CD descriptions - verify the provided catalogue number)
- Amazon.com
- Audio House Used CDs
- Berkshire Record Outlet
- CD Connection (2-field compound; only single-field for label,catalog #)
- CD Europe
- CDNow/N2K (multi-parametric, no label or cat# fields)
- CD Selections
- CD Universe (redesigned search engine for classical music - possible to search using the Schwann catalog numbers.
The direct URL for this is cdu2.cduniverse.com/asp/classical/main.asp)
- Classical Choice (extensive capabilities)
- Clean Record
- Crotchet
- German Music Express
- H&B Recordings Direct
- JPC Klassik
- Music Boulevard (multi-parametric, including catalog #; no label field)
- TotalE
- Tower Records
- MDT (browse the catalogue and supply the label and number or code)

Vinyl (LP) stores

www.schoppers.ch
www.vinylconnections.co.uk Vinyl Connections UK
www.lpclassics.co.uk LP Classics UK

http://www.diverse-music.co.uk/ Diverse Music UK

http://space.tin.it/clubnet/pgiberto/heritage/index.htm Heritage collectible records.

Record companies

Albany Records
BIS
Black Box Music
Blue Note (Jazz Records)
BMG / RCA
Bridge Records

http://www.joan-records.nl/ Brilliant Classics
Chandos Records
Danacord Records
Decca
Deutsche Grammophon
Nimbus Records
NMC Recordings
New World Records
Doyen Recordings
ECM Records
EMI Records
Erato
Gimell Records
Harmonia Mundi
Hyperion Records
Koch International Classics
KontraPunkt records
Naxos
Ondine
Olympia
Opera Rara
Pavane Records
Philips Classics
Priory Records
Redcliffe Recordings
Sony Classical
Telarc
Teldec (Warner Classics)

Shopping for CDs in New York

The stores in Manhattan with the largest selection of classical music recordings are:
- HMV: Lexington Ave. at 86 St., Fifth Ave. at 46 St.
- J&R Music World: 25 Park Row (across from City Hall park)
- Tower Records: Broadway at 66 St., Broadway at 4 St.
- Virgin: Broadway between 45 and 46 Sts., Broadway at 14 St.

Tower has the largest selection; HMV and Virgin are next in size; J&R has the smallest selection. There are other Tower and HMV locations, but the ones that I have visited have small classical music sections. J&R usually has the lowest prices. The other stores charge about the same price, although there may be some differences. The differences are greatest when a store has a sale on some labels (for example, EMI or
Sony) or on all labels. Tower has a clearance outlet at Lafayette and 4 Sts. (one block east of the Tower store at Broadway and 4 St.).

For used LPs and CDs try:
Gryphon Record Shop at 251 W. 72 St. Mainly LPs

Academy Records & CDs at 12 W. 18 St. Great for used CDs

J&R at Park Row across from City Hall complements Tower well as the buyers seem to find different merchandise. If you are sightseeing and a good walker, walk from Tower down to City Hall and detour to the east side of Broadway between Houston and Canal Streets to go through Little Italy and China Town. Great
places for a meal. HMV at Lex and 86th is a distant 3rd (or 4th, if you count both Towers). It's not worth a visit if you hit the other two or three, though it does have imports.

Shopping for CDs and LPs in London:

Harold Moore

Notting Hill Classical Music Exchange, Notting Hill Gate