Passionato is a new online service which is said to be the world’s largest collection of quality classical downloads with over 18,000 recordings in high-quality (320Kbps) DRM-FREE MP3 files, compatible with any digital audio player.

Passionato's aim is to become the world's most comprehensive online classical resource and offer classical music lovers the largest available collection of high-quality DRM-free classical music downloads. Passionato provides access to catalogues from the two largest major labels, Universal Music and EMI Classics, as well as the key independent classical labels including Naxos, Chandos, Avie and Arts.

Designed for classical music lovers, Passionato's main features are: DRM-free recordings, transferable to any portable device and burnable to CD; high audio quality downloads (320kbps DRM-free MP3 and lossless FLAC); access to free software the Passionato Player specifically developed to help organise users' existing Classical CDs alongside tracks purchased through the Passionato Store; an unprecedented level of recording information which users benefit from when they download a track, work or album, and when they import their own CD libraries to their computers; the ability to search Passionato's recordings using over 20 fields, including by work, composer, conductor, venue and recording engineer.

You can search their vast list of classical music CDs, but you can also look through their catalogue by composers, artists, genres/periods, and record labels. They have a blog and a forum where registered users can be part of the classical music lover community.