Throwdown - Shut You Down

If the concert halls are half empty, you cannot continue to do what was done before, you need to look for new ways to attract the public. And when selling CDs is slower than we would like, we should not lament, but ask ourselves why this is happening and whether the offer meets the demand. CD companies have relied on a run-in repertoire for too long, and that meant only one thing for them: releasing Beethoven’s symphonies and “The Seasons” by Vivaldi again and again, recording “Figaro” and “Carmen”, again and again to publish hits from concerts and operas that have proved their popularity and are selling well. Only Herbert von Karajan left behind four complete recordings of nine Beethoven symphonies and seven versions of Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetic”.And the number of records and CDs with the “Seasons” of Vivaldi could be included in the Guinness Book of Records.