Digital Reproduction, wherein the FT goes all Benjaminian on the concept of HDcasting from the opera house, and
Historical Reproduction, wherein the FT talks technical on the record industry's new-found interest in shellac. Which in Benjaminian terms is pretty funny, since the medium -- and its mechanical reproduction -- is now a component of the art itself.
Late addition: Over at the NYT, Jonas Kaufmann talks to Peter G Davis about the tyranny of Fach.
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