Deutsche Grammophon has canceled its recording contract with John Eliot Gardiner. This just as Gardiner finishes recording “his remarkable series of 200 cantatas in a year-long ‘pilgrimage’ to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death. Sales of expensive new classical performances are plummeting, and the major corporations are cancelling contracts with all but the most bankable and attractive of celebrity performers.” – The Independent (UK)