RIP Andante.com
As of this morning the much revered Andante.com has ceased operations. The site, started in March 2001 aspired to be the number one classical music website on the Internet and a leader in digital downloads of classical music. Andante featured an online store selling the Andante label’s archival CDs, a web magazine with news, reviews, interviews, and essays from a stable of top critics, concert listings and a selection of streaming music files.
Andante was founded by Alain Coblence and Pierre Bergé, a co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent and the former chair of the Paris Opera, and later sold in October 2003 to the French record label Naïve.
In recent months the site experienced significant technical problems leading to days of down time, and infrequent content updates. In the last days the site relyed on archived content - ironically the same content that contributed to the site’s previous success.
[From: Playbill Arts]
![Daniel Chorzempa [Organ] - Mozart: Organ Sonatas & Solos (2 CDs, Vol.21 of 45)](http://classicalwatch.com/wp-content/plugins/ilastfm/cache/10251561.jpg)
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