Can Classical Recordings Escape the Noose?

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Classical music has surprised many doom-sayers by becoming the record industry's fastest-growing music genre. Today, Klaus Heymann, the owner and founder of the classical label Naxos, and Alexandra A. Seno, a Newsweek reporter, explain how online sales and the "long tail" theory are responsible. Also: the M. Shanghai String Band, a Brooklyn-based Americana outfit, performs live from its second album, "From the Air." And finally: the latest in the ongoing battle over the studio spaces in Carnegie Hall's tower.

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