Marcus Maroney wrote:

>Last Thursday, the president of CRI came and talked with us at Yale about
>the classical CD industry.  He asked us where we read about American-based
>CD releases and the issue of Fanfare came up.  He did in fact confirm that
>Fanfare will only review your discs if you pay for advertising with them.
>I don't think it necessarily guarantees a good review, however he said that
>the reviews were always "generous".  Hence the fact that I don't read
>Fanfare.

I have real trouble believing that the reviews are always generous.  In
particular, Fanfare was not very positive about one of Leslie Howard's
2-disk List volumes.  I went against their "non-recommendation" and
purchased the set anyway, jsut to get the Norma Fantasy.  I was
disappointed just like they said.  I have stayed away from several
purchases just because of their "non generous" reporting.

Joel Hill
Tallahassee, FL - USA
ALKAN Web Page: http://www.nettally.com/joelhill/alkan