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24.08.09

For detail and sheer number of albums, no one can facsimile the world's great orchestras, some of which have been recording for scarcely a century. The Chicago SO has made more than 900 recordings; a Boston Symphony Orchestra discography published last year needed 350 pages to get through the whole catalogue.

Numbers like that hardened to be grounds for chest gargantuan, but now they're reminders of a golden age that is finally past. Formerly dominant labels such as Decca and EMI Classics now do so few orchestral recordings that many fabled ensembles are stage set up their own labels and selling their music online.

"The days of the seven-, 10- or 15-curriculum vitae deal are long gone," says Splotch Volpe, managing official of the Boston SO. "We decided to take our karma into our own hand."

The BSO launched its BSO Classics nickname earlier this year, with an approve batch of four live recordings. Two are to hand as CDs; the others can only be purchased as digital downloads from the BSO's website. "I have two kids, and they've never bought a CD in their lives," says Volpe. In any happening, the BSO's website records more than 7.6 million unrivalled visitors per year, far more above than the orchestra could expect from album stores.

Source: Globe and Mail

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