Orchestral Movements: 99 Cents

Inter­est­ing arti­cle in the NYTimes last Sun­day (March 4, 2007) about iTunes being one of the futures of clas­si­cal music.

Quot­ing from the arti­cle: Zarin Mehta, the New York Philharmonic’s pres­i­dent and exec­u­tive direc­tor, had this to say about the lone com­pact disc released by the NY Phil last year:

The CD is ‚Äúa van­ity project, if you like, for sponsors,‚Äù Mr. Mehta said in a recent phone con­ver­sa­tion. Oh, he added, it will also be sold in stores. ‚ÄúBut how many stores are there?‚Äù

When an orches­tra sees a CD release on a major label as some­thing neg­li­gi­ble, you know that the clas­si­cal record­ing indus­try is not in Kansas anymore.

Wow. How true!

The full col­umn, by Anne Midgette, is here.