Will Tristan And Isolde Save The ENO?

“…Whilst metadata and audio quality have been the burning issues for classical journalists and listeners, it’s the economics of streaming that has been alarming certain independent specialist classical record companies. In fact, as far as they are concerned, streaming poses unique and far greater problems for the classical industry than it does for the pop…

Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim of the New York Times, writes about this form of ‘high-culture hooliganism’.  

This is a perceptive and compelling article on the impact of internet streaming services on creativity  and the livelihood of artists. The writer, David Byrne is a founding member and principal songwriter of Talking Heads. Born in Scotland he lives in the US and warns that disseminating art via the internet – be it literature, music or…