Bad news from Paris

Have a look at these bad news.

Not only is there no need for an extra hall in Paris. This project is just not going well and is likely to run into cost and expense overrun.

Once again at the risk of repeating myself, Paris has Pleyel and the Theatre des Champs-Elysees as well as Gaveau as well the Cité de la Musique as well as Bastille and Garnier as well as the Opera-Comique. Pleyel in particular has been redone several years ago and has a very good sound. These halls are also well

If the State wants to promote music, why not reassign the Theatre du Chatelet to classical music as it was in the time of Lissner and Brossman ?

Sorry for the genuine rant but what a waste

Not to be missed

The Salle Pleyel has started recording live some of their concerts, some of which are available on their excellent site. What I have heard and seen is superb musically but also visually with a lot of variety in the images perspective. Be careful, they are available only available for a short period. Do not miss the Tchaikowsky cycle done by Gergiev and his Mariinsky team.

Is there any real need for studio recordings when you can have access to these documents ? Concert halls are the future of classical music recordings.

(PS for techies: these videos are in Flash which means that they would not run on future Ipads.)