Post by Peter November 6, 2006 (11 of 25)
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I'd be much richer if my computer took it upon itself to block any website where I would be in danger of spending money.
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Post by Julien November 6, 2006 (12 of 25)
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Peter said:
I'd be much richer if my computer took it upon itself to block any website where I would be in danger of spending money.
I'm with you on this one!
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Peter said:
I'd be much richer if my computer took it upon itself to block any website where I would be in danger of spending money.
What, like this one?!?
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Post by Peter November 6, 2006 (14 of 25)
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Polly Nomial said:
What, like this one?!?
Especially this one and its links!
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Post by Beagle November 6, 2006 (15 of 25)
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Having just bought a new vehicle last month, and already throwing heavy money at my daughter's wedding next month... I am a tight knot of fiscal restraint, putting lovely items into The Shopping Cart but not Proceeding to Checkout. As if November (in northern hemisphere) weren't depressing enough!
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Post by Claude November 26, 2006 (16 of 25)
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This doesn't look good for the Living Stereo SACD reissue programme:
"Shake-Up at Sony BMG Classical
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The Times quotes Susan Schiffer, a spokeswoman for the department as saying (reading aloud from a statement), "Masterworks is now part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment Commercial Music Group. This will make the label leaner, more responsive and more effective in adapting to the new realities of reaching the classical music consumer. As a result of this change, there will be more resources in digital sales promotion and A&R [artists and repertoire]. Masterworks is totally committed to being a leader in classical and Broadway music as well as soundtracks."
http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5627.html
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Post by DrZhivago November 26, 2006 (17 of 25)
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Claude said:
This doesn't look good for the Living Stereo SACD reissue programme:
"Shake-Up at Sony BMG Classical
(...)
The Times quotes Susan Schiffer, a spokeswoman for the department as saying (reading aloud from a statement), "Masterworks is now part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment Commercial Music Group. This will make the label leaner, more responsive and more effective in adapting to the new realities of reaching the classical music consumer. As a result of this change, there will be more resources in digital sales promotion and A&R [artists and repertoire]. Masterworks is totally committed to being a leader in classical and Broadway music as well as soundtracks."
http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5627.html
This is even bleaker.
http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?archived=0&storyid=14985&categoryid=1&cookies=1
Regards
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Maybe, maybe not. Look at what has happened with Haitink now that he is free from the shackles of Universal (recordings here from RCO & LSO Live's & on RBCD some stuff from France - can't remember the label). This would give Pentatone, Channel et al the chance to snap up some big sellers and raise their profile and also encourage the "big five" to form their own labels a la RCO/LSO Live.
WRT the back catalogue, well we all know what a sterling job a company like Pentatone can do with well mastered tapes, so lets wait and see - this move might actually be a blessing in disguise.
My few problems are not now with the recording industry but with artists like Rattle or Abbado (to name two conductors currently at the helm of very good orchestras) who choose not to care about the issued sound quality of their recordings...
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Post by ramesh November 27, 2006 (19 of 25)
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Sony/ BMG Classics were next to useless anyway.
Look at the RCA LS SACDs. Nothing wrong with what was released, but what wasn't. 2006 was Mozart year, all classical companies were churning out Mozart sure-fire sellers. Did BMG release on SACD the Heifetz Mozart concertos, or the six Rubinstein recorded in stereo? Nope! It doesn't take a genius to work out that many audiophiles don't listen to much opera. There's a great Porgy with Leontyne Price which could've been released along with the four opera sets. Nope.
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ramesh said
It doesn't take a genius to work out that many audiophiles don't listen to much opera.
Is that really true? Evidence?
Posters on this website seem to always be crying out for more opera to appear on SACD.
Many audiophiles don't listen to classical music, but that has not stopped the flow of releases.
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