Audio Collections

Recordings of a wide variety of styles and artists are available on compact discs (CDs), vinyl LPs and 78rpm. CDs are freely browse-able in the Media Room, while other formats are available upon request in the Grosvenor Room. All CDs, cassettes, and some vinyl records can be located in the online library catalog, but the comprehensive listing of vinyl records is found in the Record Index card catalog located in the Grosvenor Room.

The Rare Book Room collection contains a number of audio recordings related to Mark Twain, including Orson Welles’ radio broadcast adaptation of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Another prized recording in the collection is the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra playing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7: Leningrad, which is not only the premier recording of this work, but also the first recording made by conductor William Steinberg with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the first recording made in Kleinhans Music Hall.