Peter Wisse wrote:
>Always useful information, but I wonder if the distribution and
>availability of NAXOS CD's are as poor in other coutries, as they are
>in mine, The Netherlands. ...
It seems that Naxos distributes very differently over the world. I haven't
been to Stockholm, but I found the amount of Naxos CDs in Swedish shops
enourmous. To me, they seemed to dominate the market, rather than adding
something to it. For me that's definitely a loss and a danger. I found
that most CDs in stock were of the type "Most famous Opera Tunes". I
rather have a decent collection of that big labels than that. Of course,
most desirable would be everything! (As far as the Sweden of my experience
is concerned, Skivhugget in Gothenburg is a laudable exception, but all
smaller shops I visited had almost exclusively Naxos.)
Here in Hamburg it seems to be quite different. The Naxos assortment is
quite fine, but not nearly complete. But I would say that focus is one
the big ones (UniversalClassics, Sony, EMI, Teldec (curiously not the
other Warner labels). The independent labels besides Naxos (BIS, Chandos,
Hyperion, to name but a few) are nearly impossible to find.
Because of this lack of uncommon repertoire, I find myself ordering more
and more from the internet, which seems to be the fastest (and cheapest)
way to get CDs. Is it truly impossible to earn money with a good CD store?
Jan
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