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