THE CLASSICAL REVIEWER – ONE YEAR ON
When the Classical Reviewer blog was launched in February
2012 its stated aim was for ‘a new classical review blog that aims to be both
informative and thought provoking’.
From the outset I also wanted to look at the best in
classical music. There are many websites and journals that are prepared to
severely criticise poor performances or recordings. This is perfectly valid but
I also felt that there should be a place for highlighting all that is best in
classical music, whether it is a great recorded performance, unusual
repertoire, contemporary works or a particularly fine live concert. There has
also been the occasional opportunity to review interesting new music books.
Links are always provided to other relevant and interesting
websites. I also send copies of all my blogs to the artists and contemporary
composers involved – after all they are the most important people without whom
there would be no such marvellous music making.
The Classical Reviewer blog has grown in just one year to
have over 1000 Twitter followers and has, to
date received over 10,000 page views. The average number of page views now
exceeds 2000 per month.
I have been supported in this by many record companies and
publishers including the following:
Avie Records, Boydell Press, Divine Art (Divine Art and
Metier), Harmonia Mundi (Harmonia Mundi, Audite, Piano Classics and Signum
Classics), Nimbus Alliance (Nimbus, BMS Records, EM Records, Red Priest
Records), Select Distribution (Naxos, BIS, CPO, Dacapo and Ondine), Sony
Classical, Souvenir Press, Toccata Classics and Universal Classical (Decca,
Deutsche Grammophon).
My thanks go to all of the companies above that have
supplied and continue to supply review copies. Most of all I thank my followers
for supporting The Classical Reviewer blog.
My intention for the future is that The Classical Reviewer
will widen to include reviews of releases from even more record companies,
review more music book publications and continue to explore contemporary music
and unusual music from the past as well as the best performances of the great
classics, all within an interesting blog format.
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