Topic: RECORDINGS
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Wednesday, 16 November 2005
Topic: RECORDINGS
Naxos of America has recalled more than 150 titles under its Naxos Historical, Naxos Jazz Legends and Naxos Nostalgia rubrics, after reaching a settlement with Capitol Records, Inc., which successfully sued Naxos for copyright infringement in April of this year. The titles represent close to one-third of the company's historical catalog....link
Monday, 14 November 2005
Topic: RECORDINGS
Sony to Stop Issuing Anti-Piracy CDs for Awhile
Accused of imbedding a form of spyware that compromises/harms personal computers
Friday, 11 November 2005
Katherine Jenkins - Living A Dream Topic: RECORDINGS Once upon a time, there was only one attractive Welsh operatic singer who appealed to the masses and her name was Charlotte Church. Yet since Charlotte forsook the classical world to become an RnB diva, the rather gorgeous face of Katherine Jenkins has very easily slipped into her place.
Jenkins is possessed of not just media-friendly good looks, but a truly beautiful voice - she's also been fortunate that her rise has coincided with an explosion in popularity of light classical music such as G4, Il Divo and Hayley Westenra, and her obligatory appearances at every football cup final in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium has also helped to raise her profile no end. ...LINK to complete news story
Topic: RECORDINGS
Stanford University is currently offering 69 music tracks and 30 classical concerts for free via the iTunes Music Store [iTunes link]. The tracks include performances by Stanford students, faculty, alumni and guest artists.
...LINK to complete news story
Saturday, 22 October 2005
Accessible Contemporary Music Now Playing: The Wheel of Life by Nicholas Duggan. The piece is scored for String Trio. Topic: RECORDINGS
In accordance with its mission statement to promote the music of contemporary composers, Accessible Contemporary Music will record a different piece by a living composer every week and post it to their website as an audio streaming file.
This project will continue until the end of the 2005-2006 season in May and will begin again in September at the start of the 2006-2007 season. Accessible Contemporary Music's core ensemble and guest artists include some of the best free-lance musicians working in Chicago today.
This is an exciting opportunity for composers and for lovers of new music everywhere! ...LINK to complete news story
Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Topic: RECORDINGS
The Takacs Quartet has left Decca, its longtime record label, for the British independent label Hyperion Records, the group announced. ...LINK to complete news story
Pablo Casals Festival Recordings Now Playing: on NPR, Listen Topic: RECORDINGS Fresh Air from WHYY, October 10, 2005 ? Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews recordings from the Pablo Casals Festival at Prades (on the Pearl and Music & Arts labels). ...LINK to complete news story
Friday, 7 October 2005
Topic: RECORDINGS Opera Australia’s artistic relationship with its recently arrived music director Richard Hickox is about to bear fruit with the company’s first international recording. Prokofiev's The Love of Three Oranges will be released by record label Chandos in the UK and US in November. ...LINK to complete news story
Tuesday, 4 October 2005
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Launches MSO Classics E-Label Topic: RECORDINGS
Signs Digital Distribution Deal With IODA; First American Orchestra to Distribute Works on Its Own Label Through Digital Music Stores
...LINK to complete news story
Monday, 3 October 2005
CD previews Now Playing: Classical Music Recordings Topic: RECORDINGS
Now in prodcuction. ...LINK to complete news story
Tuesday, 27 September 2005
Topic: RECORDINGS Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg has created a record label, through which she will produce her own recordings and those of other musicians. ...LINK to complete news story ...LINK to NSS RECORDS
Sunday, 25 September 2005
Sony to create classical band Topic: RECORDINGS
A MUSIC label is taking a leaf out of the book of pop svengalis who manufactured multi-million selling pop bands such as the Spice Girls and Take That by recruiting young choristers for a classical music group.
Sony BMG has advertised in the Stage newspaper for boys and girls aged ten to 14 to audition for the new band.
...LINK to complete news story
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Once upon a time, there was only one attractive Welsh operatic singer who appealed to the masses and her name was Charlotte Church. Yet since Charlotte forsook the classical world to become an RnB diva, the rather gorgeous face of Katherine Jenkins has very easily slipped into her place.
Jenkins is possessed of not just media-friendly good looks, but a truly beautiful voice - she's also been fortunate that her rise has coincided with an explosion in popularity of light classical music such as G4, Il Divo and Hayley Westenra, and her obligatory appearances at every football cup final in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium has also helped to raise her profile no end.
Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist 
Fresh Air from WHYY, October 10, 2005 ? Classical 
Opera Australia’s artistic relationship with its 
Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg has 
