tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-52172880342560288092007-11-12T16:30:00.000Z2007-11-12T16:30:00.000Z2007-11-12T16:30:00.000ZSince when can, or should, we expect products that retail for vastly difference prices (a factor of 3 or 4!) to have the same level of quality?<BR/><BR/>Still, some Naxos recordings *are* excellent. That is what keeps them alive.<BR/><BR/>And for a lot of repertoire (consider Havergal Brian and Rawsthorne for two, without going beyond the bounds of Less Famous 20th-Century English Symphonists) there is basically nowhere else to go except Naxos. It is just a different business model, which has strengths and weaknesses compared to the old EMI model.<BR/><BR/>And no-one would claim that *every* old EMI recording is worth keeping.sphaerenklanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355010444546331416noreply@blogger.com