Classical
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Now Fully Under Louis Langrée, and its Five-Year Plan to Get (and Keep) New Audiences
While Vinyl Sales Increase, CDs and MP3s Experiencing an Untimely, Yet Expected Demise
The older generation must look at the younger one and wonder. In a rapidly advancing society--where immediate access to, in this case, music being the social norm--the revival of vinyl sales is a particularly mystifying idea to note. Quickies: Anna Netrebko's Winter Olympics Bod, Classical is Dead, Classical's NOT Dead, Caroline Shaw Pedals Violin, 'Living Stars' @ Sundance
Ann Netrebko, second only to Val Gergiev as Vlad Putin's favorite court musician, lets her glasnosts fly high above New York City--"L'Elisir d'Flu," indeed.