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The numbers are unambiguous: vinyl is booming. Even as overall album sales plummet, vinyl sales are up nearly 50% over last year. Though vinyl sales are still just a small fraction of overall album sales, record labels are fueling consumer demand for vinyl both with new issues and reissues — often deluxe editions loaded with extras.
Classical labels, though, have been slow to embrace the vinyl resurgence. As recently as this April, Sinfini was reporting that classical labels — already working with slim margins — were reluctant to risk pressing expensive vinyl they might be unable to sell.
That may be changing, though: Deutsche Grammophon has just announced that they're issuing several of their releases on vinyl — including the complete recordings of Carlos Kleiber; recordings featuring soloists Anne-Sophie Mutter, Helene Grimaud, and Martha Argerich; and a split album with music by the National's Bryce Dessner and Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood.
"And this is just the beginning! 2015 will mark a big push in our vinyl release schedule," says the DG press release. Classical music enthusiasts, it seems, may finally be catching the vinyl bug — again.
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