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Posted by MINe 109 on 10/06/05 15:58
In article <u5adnYoQUvcc2NjeRVn-ig@comcast.com>,
<normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote:
> All the services I've come across seem limited to pop music or extremely
> common classical. Is there a pay service that has available some of the
> less well known classical music?
Have you tried Naxos? This might help:
http://www.stereophile.com/news/082205naxos/
August 22, 2005 Naxos, the world's leading distributor of classical
music, has just signed a worldwide digital distribution deal with the
Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA), which will use its
Digital Distribution Dashboard (D3) technology platform to distribute
and manage music files from the Naxos family of distributed music
labels. The deal entails distributing titles to many of Naxos' 22
Digital Service Providers, including Sony Connect, Rhapsody, iTunes,
Napster, and Microsoft (which charges consumers the lowest download
price of all: $4.99 for an entire Naxos CD).
Kevin Arnold, IODA's CEO, told Stereophile that he founded the alliance
in spring 2003 both to help indie labels manage and organize their
information, and to get their music licensed and into stores. Currently
representing over 700 labels, IODA expects its 125,000 online files to
increase to over 200,000 with the addition of Naxos' catalog.
Prior to signing with Naxos, less than 10% of IODA's music was
classical. While their largest classical label, until now was Hnssler,
they have recently signed with Harmonia Mundi, Arabesque, New Albion,
Other Minds, the London Symphony Orchestra, Essay (which had one of the
top-selling classical titles of 2004), and a major US symphony orchestra
whose name has yet to be announced...
End quote.
Stephen
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