Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Classical music under different stewardship

There are many great things about Naxos. They kee...

2007-04-08T17:04:19.264+01:00

There are many great things about Naxos. They keep their older recordings available, and they use their many arms to explore all sorts of lesser-charted waters of the repertoire, but perhaps the best thing is that their primary function is to make music available to people easily and cheaply.

In the beginning they didn't record super stars. They recorded excellent musicians. They introduced me to Jeno Jando, Ilya Kaler, the Eder Quartet, and a lot of music by "unknown" composers through their Marco Polo label.

I have plenty of Naxos CDs. I find the quality var...

2007-04-08T13:59:42.270+01:00

I have plenty of Naxos CDs. I find the quality varies just as much as it does with the old major companies -some discs sound excellent, some are average, and others disappointing.
A large budget is no guarantee that the engineer will know where to position the mics, or how many to use. A small budget may be a good thing if it encourages the use of fewer mics.____I agree that obvious mains hum should have been removed (Cedar have a module for this).

Does anyone really still care about the "majors" a...

2007-04-08T00:24:11.445+01:00

Does anyone really still care about the "majors" anyway? Their astounding lack of imagination has hastened their own entropy. Example: the Cleveland Orchestra hasn't made a recording in nearly a decade, and when they finally get the wherewithall to do so, on DG no less, what do they announce? Beethoven's 9th. The yawns are deafening. I can't remember the last time I bought a major label recording.