The Washington Post's Anne Midgette interviews Klaus Heymann, founder and CEO of Naxos,
who aims to be "the last man standing" in the business of recording classical music:http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-classical-beat/2010/07/the_future_of_the_recording_in.html#more
Note Heymann's remarks on the recession: "The 2008 recession hit manufacturing. People in manufacturing don’t buy classical music. . . . But in the [U.S.], if they start firing school teachers and government employees, that will affect classical music sales."
BACKLOG: Naxos has "149 orchestral recordings in the pipeline now; 174 chamber music, 148 instrumental, 85 vocal/choral. More than 700 in all. I told my staff not to take on new projects for a year, maybe a year and a half," Heymann tells The Baltimore Sun's Tim Smith:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2010/07/naxos_founder_klaus_heymann_up.html