| MUMBAI:
eMusic, a leading retailer of independent music and digital music service has
added a number of new independent classical label signings to its growing roster
of more than 27,000 free samples. In
its ever growing catalogue, eMusic has added classical labels such as the UK based
Chandos Records, Telarc - the 49 time Grammy award-winning label and Harmonia
Mundi (hailed by Billboard Magazine as one of this year's top classical labels).
It recently also added Naïve, Vox, Lyrita, Hungaraton, Supraphon, and CSO
Resound, the Chicago Symphony's in-house recording label to its collection. All
these additions will be available on the website worldwide, says the company. |
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| BIS,
the highly renowned and respected Scandinavian classical imprint celebrated its
35th anniversary by offering more than two hours of free classical music to all
eMusic customers. This label is credited in keeping complete recordings of composers
like Jean Sibelius,Bach Cantatas,Osmo Vänksä and the new saga of Beethoven
symphony cycle. Harmonia
Mundi's exclusive free sampler is representative of their excellence in classical
oldies as well as world class artists. eMusic President and CEO David Pakman says,
"Classical labels recognize that eMusic, with its sophisticated adult customer
base and unsurpassed editorial features, sells classical music better than any
other digital service, For example classical represents 12 per cent of our sales
in Europe and the US is not far behind." eMusic
also revealed that more than half of their customers who downloaded one of two
recent exclusive free classical music samplers went on to purchase additional
classical music which shows they have a large exposure and easy access to an audience
that's interested in timeless classical genre of music. |
