Nothing better sums up the so-called crisis of classical music than the state of so-called classical recording. We lament the end of the recording industry as we knew it — an industry that could once afford to record big orchestras and actually make money — and yet there are more recordings coming out than ever before. As recordings become less a way to generate revenue and more a way to promote an identity, they seem more varied, more personal and generally better, although the institutions that used to propagate them are struggling to survive. I’m not sure this is a problem — except for those of us who would like to be able to listen to a larger proportion of the wealth of recorded music that’s coming out these days. The following are a few of the many recent releases that caught my interest.
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