The Best New Classical Music Pieces to Listen to This Fall

[ad_1] Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Chris Lee, Jen Rosenstein, Paola Kudacki, Stephanie Berger, Zenith Richards It’s time for new rules. The Metropolitan Opera, once fearful of upsetting its base with too much novelty, is now desperate enough to try a novel diet of new operas. The New York Philharmonic begins the multiyear process of rolling over… Continue reading The Best New Classical Music Pieces to Listen to This Fall

Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music

[ad_1] The case against the music-streaming industry is as damning as ever. The leading services pay pittances to artists—usually, less than one cent per play. In a textbook demonstration of monopoly economics, megastars magnify their wealth while everyone else struggles to break even. Streaming technology is environmentally destructive, resulting in the release of up to… Continue reading Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music