Is Spotify The Best Classical Streaming Service?

JohnGavin

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Mar 17, 2017, 12:49:57 PM3/17/17

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I'm wondering if there are other services that have significantly different libraries of recordings. Not at all complaining about Spotify which seems excellent to me - just notice that certain labels like Hyperion aren't present. Is there any service that offers vinyl recordings that never made it to CD? I came across at least one on Spotify.

Thanks

meyers...@gmail.com

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Mar 17, 2017, 1:30:35 PM3/17/17

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On Friday, March 17, 2017 at 12:49:57 PM UTC-4, JohnGavin wrote:
> I'm wondering if there are other services that have significantly different libraries of recordings. Not at all complaining about Spotify which seems excellent to me - just notice that certain labels like Hyperion aren't present. Is there any service that offers vinyl recordings that never made it to CD? I came across at least one on Spotify.
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> Thanks

Both Amazon and Apple music steaming have huge classical music libraries

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Mar 18, 2017, 8:51:11 AM3/18/17

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IMO, it's pretty hard to beat Spotify. The only place I think you'd be able to find more rare clips would be YouTube, but much of that is lower sound quality, subject to being taken down at any time, and of dubious legality. Hyperion in particular has decided they make more money staying off Spotify and forcing people to buy rather music, which is probably the right business decision; an outsized portion of my CD purchases these days are Hyperion.

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Frank Lekens

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Mar 18, 2017, 9:05:45 AM3/18/17

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JohnGavin schreef op 17-3-2017 17:49:

> I'm wondering if there are other services that have significantly different libraries of recordings. Not at all complaining about Spotify which seems excellent to me - just notice that certain labels like Hyperion aren't present. Is there any service that offers vinyl recordings that never made it to CD? I came across at least one on Spotify.
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> Thanks
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It's probably those labels' choice not to offer their music for
streaming, and I assume they won't do that on other platforms either
(unless they're significantly more expensive platforms in order to
render them the revenues they probably feel are lacking in the Spotify
model).

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Frank Lekens

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Andrew Clarke

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Mar 18, 2017, 7:31:38 PM3/18/17

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Hyperion make their recordings available as downloads from their website at very reasonable prices.

Andrew Clarke
Canberra

Raymond Chan

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Mar 18, 2017, 8:05:22 PM3/18/17

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On Friday, March 17, 2017 at 12:49:57 PM UTC-4, JohnGavin wrote:

> I'm wondering if there are other services that have significantly different libraries of recordings. Not at all complaining about Spotify which seems excellent to me - just notice that certain labels like Hyperion aren't present. Is there any service that offers vinyl recordings that never made it to CD? I came across at least one on Spotify.
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> Thanks

Other than Hyperion, are they "main" Classical labels that are not offering their content on Spotify?
I've been using Spotify for sometime and absolutely love it, I have created a lot of playlists and folders to organize what I found there.

BTW, are there any group/Facebook page/Facebook group that people know that talk/share more about Classical Music on Spotify?

Happy listening,
Raymond Chan
Canada

Frank Lekens

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Mar 19, 2017, 4:15:28 AM3/19/17

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Raymond Chan schreef op 19-3-2017 01:05:

> On Friday, March 17, 2017 at 12:49:57 PM UTC-4, JohnGavin wrote:
>> I'm wondering if there are other services that have significantly different libraries of recordings. Not at all complaining about Spotify which seems excellent to me - just notice that certain labels like Hyperion aren't present. Is there any service that offers vinyl recordings that never made it to CD? I came across at least one on Spotify.
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>> Thanks
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> Other than Hyperion, are they "main" Classical labels that are not offering their content on Spotify?

Depends on what you call main. MDG has some beautiful recordings (e.g.
by Leonskaja & Zacharias) but is not represented on Spotify at all. Nor
is ECM.

Chandos didn't use to be but they seem to have more (if not all) of
their recordings on Spotify now.

woytek

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Mar 19, 2017, 4:53:04 AM3/19/17

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https://m.facebook.com/ritirata/posts/10153143081449875

woytek

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Mar 29, 2017, 4:55:07 AM3/29/17

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W dniu niedziela, 19 marca 2017 09:53:04 UTC+1 użytkownik woytek napisał:
> https://m.facebook.com/ritirata/posts/10153143081449875

Glossa and Accent are back to Spotify! :)

nitr...@gmail.com

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Feb 21, 2018, 8:24:10 PM2/21/18

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Just went and checked out there latest album which is really great. Will spend more time listening to the entire thing over the next few days.

Still, it's a shame that smaller groups such as MDG don't jump onto the band wagon as well as the heavy weights Hyperion et al. It will probably require coordination and negotiations on the sides of both Spotify and the labels+artists.

wkasimer

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Feb 22, 2018, 9:09:18 AM2/22/18

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On Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 4:15:28 AM UTC-4, Frank Lekens wrote:

> > Other than Hyperion, are they "main" Classical labels that are not offering their content on Spotify?
>
> Depends on what you call main. MDG has some beautiful recordings (e.g.
> by Leonskaja & Zacharias) but is not represented on Spotify at all. Nor
> is ECM.
>
> Chandos didn't use to be but they seem to have more (if not all) of
> their recordings on Spotify now.

Just an update a year later - ECM is now on Spotify (and Demenga's recording of the Bach cello suites is superb!). Hyperion still is not.

Another label that isn't on Spotify is Testament.