I like that I can listen to a 'station' that takes my musical interests in mind. However, I am disappointed that Pandora only plays only part of the classical pieces. I'm assuming they do that so that they don't have to pay the recording companies for the use of the recordings - and of course, record companies like it because it advertises their recordings and may increase sales.
When I have more time, perhaps I will add to my 'stations' list and hopefully find one that plays the compete works.
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Hi Bryan -
Thanks for trying Pandora, and thanks for your comments. We do in fact pay royalties on every track we stream, no matter how short it may be.
The thing is, Pandora is caught in a complicated set of licensing rules that were designed for the world of pop songs and ignore the realities of how classical music is presented by the record labels.
One of these licensing rules prevents us from playing a number of consecutive tracks from the same album.
Unfortunately many labels choose to divide longer classical movements into separate tracks. We're required to treat each track as a separate "song." The result is that you sometimes don't get to listen to a whole piece uninterrupted.
We're having to choose between offering portions of fine performances of outstanding music and not offering those works at all. Meanwhile, we're always on the lookout for classical CDs where the movements are not chopped up, so we can add those to our collection.
Thanks for the great question, and you can bet we'll continue to brainstorm on this issue!
:) Lucia, from Pandora
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