Library guides: Music: Video & audio

Video & audio

Key video databases

Classical music in video

Over 40 Masterclasses are on offer through Alexander Street Press's Classical music in video database. These masterclasses cover a wide variety of instruments and music and are conducted by some of the best musicians in the world. The masterclasses are highly recommended.

Music Online: Classical music in video
A video streaming database of classical music performances of leading orchestras, soloists, chamber music, oratorios, masterclasses and covers music from the Medieval to the 21st century.

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Music Online: Opera in video (via Alexander Street Press)
Music Online: Opera in Video presents a collection of streaming video performances of the most commonly studied operas and covers the full range of operatic composition, from the Baroque to the 20th century. Selections represent the world's best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance in the world of opera.

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Kanopy Australia
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines.

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TVNews (via Informit)
Stream and download video of Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks.

Indexes Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content in a compressed format. NOTE: Coverage - September 2007 to present.
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Key audio database

Naxos Music Library
Access streaming music, cover artwork, biographies and more. Covers classical, jazz, world, classic rock and nostalgia music.

Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. The Naxos Music Library offers complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 400 independent labels such as ARC, Berlin Classics, BIS, Capriccio, Chandos, CPO, EMI Classics, Erato, Haenssler Classic, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Naïve, Naxos, Nimbus, Ondine, Teldec, Vanguard Classics, Virgin Classics and Warner Classics. Resources include music notes, cover artwork, tracklistings, instrumentation and publisher information, libretti and synopses of more than 700 operas, more than 40,000 composer and artist biographies, pronunciation guide for composer and artist names, glossary, guide to musical terms and work analyses. Streaming quality is 128 Kbps.
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Naxos Music Library - App

Get the Naxos Music Library App

Download the app from your respective store.
If you have a Naxos Student Playlist account, your email address and password will also act as your login credentials for the NML mobile apps.
If you do not have a Student Playlist account, sign up here.
Complete the registration process by clicking the activation link in your email.
The email address and password you assign will act as your login credentials for the NML mobile apps.

Congratulations! You're now ready to save personal playlists, and enjoy NML everywhere through the mobile apps. Your login is now functional. Log in to the NML app and enjoy!
Please note that under certain rare circumstances, it can take up to 15 minutes for your registration to be completed.

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