BACKGuardian
I’ve found classical record buying nirvana – in Tokyo’s Tower Records
If you want a fix of actual tangible classical music product, there’s only one place to go, says Tom Service.
BBC Music Magazine
Daniel Barenboim launches new digital record label
Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has launched a digital-only record label in collaboration with Universal Music.
News Australia
Proposed Perth Opera House looks like lamb rack and a bunch of other unusual stuff too
A Perth architect has come up with a deliciously appetising design for an opera house in the West Australian capital that looks exactly like a rack of lamb.
Classical Music Magazine
Vienna State Opera launches ‘most sophisticated online streaming project’ yet
Thomas Adès’s widely acclaimed work The Tempest will be given its Austrian premiere during the Vienna State Opera’s 2014/15 season, during which what the VSO claims is the most sophisticated online live streaming project in the industry will be fully operational.
The Washington Post
John Shirley-Quirk, operatic bass-baritone, dies at 82
John Shirley-Quirk, one of the most admired operatic bass-baritones of the 20th century and a self-described “torchbearer” for his countryman, the English composer Benjamin Britten, died April 7 in a village near Bath. He was 82.
Berliner Zeitung
Der Dirigent und die Berliner Philharmoniker gründen eigene Labels, um die Nachfrage anzukurbeln. „Peral“ verkauft aber keine CDs mehr, sondern Musik nur noch über iTunes.
Concerti
„Die Welt ist abhanden gekommen“
Elitärer Zirkel? Intendanten und Musiker diskutieren, wie sie Konzerte für mehr Menschen öffnen können. Es wird Zeit, dass sie auch handeln
Le Figaro
DÉCRYPTAGE – Une chercheuse, Claudia Fritz, a osé le test iconoclaste. Mis en concours à l’aveugle, le stradivarius cède sa suprématie aux violons modernes.
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