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The Death of Internet Radio?
Internet radio broadcasters say a controversial royalty increase threatens to drive them out of business. The music industry says it's only looking for fair compensation for its artists and recording labels. Today, a look at whether a bill introduced in congress could keep Web radio station's afloat. Also: The Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis, aka JacobTV, has been active on the European music scene in the past decade, with orchestral music, boombox works, chamber music and video. He joins us today. Finally, in advance of Lincoln Center's staging of "The Tristan Project," we get a primer on recordings of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde."
Pay to Play?
Online radio stations are facing a hefty hike in the royalties they pay to record labels for streaming music. If a federal copyright panel's ruling stands, it could wipe out smaller companies in one fell swoop.
I Want My JacobTV
The Dutch composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis is considered a major figure on the European music scene, and he's obsessed with America – and especially, with American media. Also known as Jacob TV, he is now beginning to make a name for himself on American shores, with a three-day mini-festival of his multimedia work taking place this week at the Whitney Museum.
A Tristan Primer
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is the mother of all fatal attractions, a five-hour epic of two neurotic lovers undone but ultimately transformed by their love. The opera arrives at Avery Fisher Hall this week under the guise of "The Tristan Project," an ambitious multimedia adaptation. Today we get a primer on some famous Tristan recordings with James Jorden, editor of the online opera magazine Parterre Box.
A Trio of Tristans: Three Essential Recordings:
1) Recent: Pappano; Domingo, Stemme. (Studio recording 2004-2005). EMI Classics 558006-2.
2) Historical: Beecham; Melchior, Flagstad, Covent Garden, June 1937. This is released on several labels including Archipel ARPCD 0021-3 and Arkadia 3CD 78085.
3) James Jorden's choice: Boehm; Nilsson, Windgassen, Bayreuth 1966. Released on Deutsche Grammophon Originals 449 772-2. Also available as Philips Classics 434 425-2
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Sound Off
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Throughout May, Soundcheck presents “Sound Off” a Friday series on the many aspects of noise in music and our lives. The series -- which coincides with “Better Hearing and Speech Month” -- looks at issues like New York’s noisiest neighborhoods, the latest research on iPods and hearing loss, and what happens when noise becomes a musical ingredient.
