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[ARSCLIST] Naxos (was Re: [ARSCLIST] CD versus Download was "All hail the analogue revolution...")
Tom Fine wrote:
Also, looking at their website ... who are these artists? If you enjoy
it, great, but I highly doubt these products or artists have very large
audiences. Hence -- NICHE business.
Most of the 'name' artists are signed up with other companies. That's
not a problem for Naxos. They have some major names either who stay with
them or who get to do what they want - a luxury the majors do not afford
them.
However, they do not attempt to compete on that basis. They provide
sound performances in excellent sonics at a bargain price. They're not
alone in that, of course. They fill many niches with material that is
proving both popular and profitable. But if the Cleveland Orchestra
cannot find a major publisher for their work, Naxos is not ready to
compete. It's a different philosophy.
The orchestras they use will never have the cachet of the BSO. Their
singers are not competitors of Pavarotti. Midori is not signed with
Naxos. But they deliver product the public likes and which seems to many
to satisfy the composers' dictates.
Mike
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