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28/05/2004 Classical Brit awards for Bartoli, Terfel and Fleming
Just as the "jazz" soundscape has been invaded by lightweight, heavily-promoted, flavour-of-month artists, so the classical music charts are dominated by teenage prodigies and crossover light classical compilations, backed by mountainous promo budgets. Music for Grown-Ups welcomes all new talent, in any genre, but we're sceptical about the distortion of the market caused by selective marketing. Every pound spent on a heavily promoted classical wunderkind - by record companies and consumers alike - is a pound not spent on superior talents from the classical repertoire - like Callas or Domingo (or even Villarzon). Ditto time budgets: every crossover fan who spends an hour listening to a compilation album of soothing classical bilge is missing the opportunity to spend the same hour experiencing more satisfying work by Bach, say, or Mozart. So it was a surprising relief to see this week's industry love-in, the Classical Brit Awards, saluting a trio of great musicians - serious performers who dominate the contemporary scene, and whose recordings will still be listened to in 2054: Cecilia Bartoli (Female Artist of the Year), Bryn Terfel (Male Artist of the Year) and Renee Fleming (Outstanding Contribution). Gerry Smith
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