On Now

Performance Today®
Fred Child
Listen to the Stream
Playlist
Other Radio Streams from MPR
MPR News
Radio Heartland
E-mail this page
Print this page
Submit to Digg
Save to Delicious
Share
Audio help

Blog Archive

August 2008
S M T W T F S
          1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31            


Master Archive

Recent Entries

Categories

Contact Us

Purchase the Music

  • Buy the music you've heard on-air! Your purchase helps support our classical service.
    ArkivMusic

Services

Classical Notes

Classical Notes: August 6, 2008 Archive

< August 5, 2008 | Main | August 8, 2008 >

ClassicalTube

Posted at 4:27 PM on August 6, 2008 by Rex Levang

It struck me the other day what a deep resource for classical music YouTube has become.

Want to check up on your favorite performer? Check YouTube. Somebody asks you to name that tune? Find it on YouTube, and email it to them for confirmation. Want to listen to musicians who never appeared on film or video? Chances are they're on YouTube anyhow. Someone has probably posted the audio, either with a still photograph, or maybe a slide show.

Here's an appreciation from commentator Norman Lebrecht, in which, in true Internet fashion, he manages to go from Jacques Brel, to Shostakovich, to The Barber of Seville. . . .

Become a Sponsor