Post by ChrisB on Oct 20, 2014 6:06:03 GMT
The AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music
I've posted about other sound archives elsewhere on TAS, but this one has a specialism for works by Schubert within its huge vault of free recordings, so I've put it in the classical section.
There are 5000 downloadable flac files of 78rpm recordings available here.
The site is here
I've posted about other sound archives elsewhere on TAS, but this one has a specialism for works by Schubert within its huge vault of free recordings, so I've put it in the classical section.
There are 5000 downloadable flac files of 78rpm recordings available here.
Apart from a special focus on Schubert songs, the CHARM transfers aimed to cover a broad range of performers in Classical repertoire, avoiding where possible tracks that were already widely available in CD or online reissues. ‘Musicians of Britain and Ireland’ focused on performers who recorded mainly in those countries and whose work fell out of the catalogues following the creation of EMI in 1931.
The site is here
and the quality is excellent considering they are from old 78s.
