Comments on: Naxos Now on MusicGiants; PentaTone to Come http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/ Insights on music from the world's leading classical music label Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:52 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dan Johnson http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Dan Johnson Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:48:15 +0000 http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/#comment-1139 Whoops, of course he is. Never mind. Whoops, of course he is. Never mind.

]]> By: Mark Berry http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Mark Berry Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:17:56 +0000 http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/#comment-1138 I think Todd is referring to MusicGiant's pricing for their lossless downloads--and he has a point, for sure. Naxos's recording of John Adams's Shaker Loops on MusicGiants is $9.03; our suggested retail price is $8.99 and it's up on iTunes for $7.99. It looks as if MusicGiants does discount recordings that aren't big sellers, as I found another Naxos recording, of Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915, for only $5.16, over $2 cheaper than a disc. I think Todd is referring to MusicGiant’s pricing for their lossless downloads–and he has a point, for sure. Naxos’s recording of John Adams’s Shaker Loops on MusicGiants is $9.03; our suggested retail price is $8.99 and it’s up on iTunes for $7.99.

It looks as if MusicGiants does discount recordings that aren’t big sellers, as I found another Naxos recording, of Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915, for only $5.16, over $2 cheaper than a disc.

]]> By: Dan Johnson http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Dan Johnson Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:17:53 +0000 http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/#comment-1136 The advantages seem pretty clear to me. For one thing, there is a big discount. It looks like you can buy any of a number Wergo titles for $10, as opposed to the list price of $25. John Eliot Gardiner's new Bach cycle, retailing for $40 per volume, is available here at $20 each. Plus, as you noted, you DON'T have to go to the record store--assuming that your local record store has a copy of Silver Apples of the Moon on the shelf, which in most of North America ain't a given--which means that if you suddenly need to refer to a piece of music, it can be yours in minutes instead of hours. For a hundred bucks, you could get ten $20 CDs as fast as you could download them, without sacrificing any shelf space. (You're sacrificing a small amount of sound quality, but that's another discussion.) The advantages seem pretty clear to me. For one thing, there is a big discount. It looks like you can buy any of a number Wergo titles for $10, as opposed to the list price of $25. John Eliot Gardiner’s new Bach cycle, retailing for $40 per volume, is available here at $20 each. Plus, as you noted, you DON’T have to go to the record store–assuming that your local record store has a copy of Silver Apples of the Moon on the shelf, which in most of North America ain’t a given–which means that if you suddenly need to refer to a piece of music, it can be yours in minutes instead of hours. For a hundred bucks, you could get ten $20 CDs as fast as you could download them, without sacrificing any shelf space. (You’re sacrificing a small amount of sound quality, but that’s another discussion.)

]]> By: Richard Todd http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 Richard Todd Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:00:53 +0000 http://blog.naxos.com/2007/08/23/naxos-now-on-musicgiants-pentatone-to-come/#comment-1137 I'm afraid I don't entirely get the point. It appears that it costs as much to download an item as to purchase it in the CD format. I assume that I'd also have to download any program notes I might want. Aside from not having to go to the record store, what would be the advantage of downloading the music? Thanks. Richard Music Critic, The Ottawa Citizen I’m afraid I don’t entirely get the point. It appears that it costs as much to download an item as to purchase it in the CD format. I assume that I’d also have to download any program notes I might want. Aside from not having to go to the record store, what would be the advantage of downloading the music?

Thanks.

Richard
Music Critic, The Ottawa Citizen

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