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"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"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.

Sad to say.

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.

Sad, but true. I'm doing all that I can in my little part of the world
to battle that. Today I heard part of a youth concert by the Rochester
Philharmonic. 3200 kids a day are being bussed in to the Eastman
Theater on three days this week. The kids look and seem enthralled.
Where this kind of activity takes place, it makes a difference.
Rochester, an interesting mix of a "blue collar" and "high tech" town,
supports classical music in a big way.