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Obviously with sites offering free downloads of recorded music, there may be instances where copyright is breached. Musicweb International, in creating these pages, have attempted to ensure that no such site is included.

However, because the copyright laws differ from country to country, and the possibility that the webpage owner may not be telling the whole truth, Musicweb accepts no responsibility for problems caused by a user downloading from a site listed on this page.

Music forums
Two online "forums" where news about various musical topics, possibly including free download sites, is exchanged are:
• the Usenet group rec.music.classical.recordings (accessible through Google Groups and Uneset newsreader software)
• Classical Music Guide Forum website

You can help! We cannot hope to be fully comprehensive - that would be impossible - so we ask your assistance. If you are aware of a website that isn't on our list and would seem to fit this category (or one of the others), please send us an email at musicweb60@yahoo.com.au. We will check it out, and if we believe that it is appropriate, will add it to the list.

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Baroque Music Club

Home page	http://www.baroquemusiclibrary.com./index.html
Format	mp3 - 128 kbps
Comments	Oryx recordings from the 1960s and 70s; there are mentions elsewhere on the site of 99c per download, but this seems outdated as all the tracks can be downloaded free

Beethoven

Home page	http://www.lvbeethoven.com/
Format	mp3
Comments	The majority of files are in midi format, but there are quite a few mp3, if you look for them.

Beethoven Reference Site

Home page	http://www.kingsbarn.freeserve.co.uk/
Format	mp3
Comments	You need to be a member of the Beethoven online forum (free) to access the files.

Classicat

Home page
Format	mp3
Comments	A links page to many individual third-party sites; the site claims 4800 performances

cnet Download.com

Home page
Format	mp3
Comments	"Self-published" performances across a range of composers

Czech Radio

Home page
Format	mp3, flac
Comments	Recordings of Bach's Brandenburg concertos

European Archive

Home page
Format	mp3 64 kbps, wav, ogg, flac
Comments	1950s out-of-copyright recordings; not the quickest download site around; downloads are whole LP sides, not individual movement tracks

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Home page
Format	mp3 128 kbps
Comments	More than 30 recordings from the Museum's concert series

Lisztonion

Home page	http://www.lisztonian.com/download/index.html
Format	mp3
Comments	Keyboard works by Liszt and others; two performers only (Jeremiah Jones and Jonathan Bowman)

Frederik Magle

Home page	http://www.magle.dk/music-mp3-downloads.html
Format	mp3 200+ kbps
Comments	A Danish composer offering recordings of his own music; his music has been recorded by EMI and other well-known labels

Alexi Matchavariani

Home page	http://www.matchavariani.ge/alexi/rec.html
Format	mp3 - 192 kbps
Comments	Site dedicated to a 20th century Georgian composer; download files are Russian recordings of Matchvariani's compositions no longer available, including violin concerto (see review), symphonies, chamber music and ballet

MF Files

Home page
Format	mp3 56 kbps
Comments	A small range of standard repertoire; source not idientified

John Mitchell

Home page	http://abm-enterprises.net/mp3.html
Format	mp3
Comments	Recordings of Mitchell's compositions - chamber, instrumental and songs; Richard Stolzmann is one performer

Peabody Concert Orchestra

Home page
Format	mp3 192 kbps
Comments	Archive of the orchestra's performances dating back to 2000

Piano Society

Home page	http://pianosociety.com/cms/index.php?section=1
Format	mp3, some video
Comments	Performances submitted by aspiring pianists; at the time of writing "140 pianists have uploaded 1,982 recordings by 120 different composers"

Wikipedia

Home page
Format	ogg
Comments	As with all Wikipedia entries, the tracks are contributed by users, and their provenance and copyright may be in doubt; a wide range of composers