"Jenn" wrote in message


A conversation today with Mark Scatterday, the present
conductor of the much recorded Eastman Wind Ensemble,
brought to me a reality of the present-day classical
music recording business: It's really pretty bleak out
there. This ensemble, which has recorded over 40 albums
for Mercury, DGG, Philips, Warner, Sony, and others,
basically can't get a recording released by any of the
"majors".

Nothing is forever.

Virtually every classical recording, other
than super stars like Yo Yo Ma and cross over acts, lose
money. I know that we all know this intellectually, but
it was kind of brought home to me this week. If we lose
this niche of the record business, we will all be so much
poorer for it.

The first time I heard a young person say something like "Yes, its classical
music, like the Rolling Stones" I thought it was a joke. It's now the
current reality.