if you continue a few paragraphs further along in this article Mitch
was good enough to bring to our attention, you find the following:

   "Reissues may, in fact, become the engine that drives Sony
    BMG Masterworks.  Mr. Hetherwick said he would probably
    release more than 100 (but probably fewer than 200) reissues
    a year, a number that dwarfs the 20 to 25 new recordings."

unless your idea of a thriving classical music label is akin to a thriving
recycling operation, i don't see how this can be seen as a particularly
encouraging development.

steven l. cantor