Category: music

The name of the biggest-selling American recording of the century was revealed this week. Move over Michael Jackson… – San Francisco Examiner

Recordings with which to remember one of the great conductors of the century. – National Post

Terms include a 30 percent raise, making the orchestra the highest-paid in Canada. But about that troubling multi-million-dollar deficit… – CBC

Personnel changes in top jobs in musical capitals portends a future not worth waiting for. – London Telegraph

• The new man in Salzburg – New York Times 12/8/99

– will account for 80 percent of music sales by 2005. But it won’t be cheaper, says one recording exec – it’ll cost you more. – Wired

Manuscripts for twelve violin and guitar sonatas by Paganini have been found in Italy. They were written “with teaching in mind.” They’ll be auctioned in Rome next week. – Sydney Morning Herald

Sixty-four year-old Daniel Hays is a pianist who plays in grocery stores, at parties, wherever. Never had a big career. Now he’s ready to perform with an orchestra, so he put an ad in a Baltimore paper: “SENIOR CITIZEN ready to perform the Rubinstein D-minor Piano Concerto but needs an orchestra. Can you help?” – Baltimore Sun

June made-for-TV $10 million production in Paris will be beamed to 125 countries for 1.5 billion people. – (AP) Cleveland Plain Dealer

Musical hackers have been mining recordings to digitally remix music of all sorts and re-release it. Latest object of their affection – world music. Says one: “It is from such encounters that the most beautiful projects are born.” CBC

Philadelphia Orchestra is desperate to raise the last $25 million for its new hall. Will it sell its current digs – the venerable Academy of Music? Absolutely not, it says. But…the orchestra would “transfer ownership” of the Academy in exchange for $50 million. “Under the right conditions, the orchestra would accept money for the 142-year-old hall, turn over title to someone else, and no longer own it.” But it wouldn’t be a sale. Really. Confused? – Philadelphia Inquirer