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  • 2009 Nonesuch Store Anniversary Sale 33 1/3% Off
    Monday, December 21, 2009
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    Final Day for 33 1/3% Off Nonesuch Store CD, LP, DVD Holiday Orders

    Today is the final day to order from the Nonesuch Store and take advantage of our Second Anniversary Sale—33 1/3% off the standard retail price on CDs, LPs, DVDs—before the holiday. Order today, December 21, by 9 PT EST, using rush shipping, to be sure your order arrives on time. Even after the holiday, the celebration continues, as we've extended the Anniversary Sale to last through New Year's.

  • 2009 Nonesuch Store Anniversary Sale 33 1/3% Off
    Monday, November 23, 2009
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    Celebrate the Nonesuch Store Anniversary with 33 1/3% Off CDs, LPs, DVDs

    In December 2007, the Nonesuch Store opened online with just a couple of new releases. Now, two years later, the store has grown to include hundreds of new and classic Nonesuch albums. To celebrate the anniversary, all CDs, LPs, and DVDs on the site are now 33 1/3% off the standard retail price. That's an extra savings of almost 20% off the everyday prices listed here.

  • Michael Steinberg
    Monday, August 10, 2009
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    Michael Steinberg: An Appreciation

    Two weeks ago, music writer and critic Michael Steinberg passed away at the age of 80. Mr. Steinberg was a frequent contributor of essays and liner notes to Nonesuch recordings. Nonesuch Editorial Coordinator Ronen Givony writes about working with Mr. Steinberg.

  • Henryk Górecki Symphony No. 3 [cover]
    Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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    David Drew, Music Publisher, Advocate for Composer Henryk Górecki, Dies at 78

    David Drew, the British writer, editor, recording producer, and music publisher, has died at the age of 78. As a board member and the head of the contemporary music department at Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Drew was instrumental in developing the relationship between Nonesuch and Polish composer Henryk Górecki, a close friend of his, and was involved in the now-famous Nonesuch recording of Górecki's Third Symphony, for which he wrote the liner note. Nonesuch President Bob Hurwitz shares a page from his personal diary on the day of the recording session.

  • Michael Steinberg
    Monday, July 27, 2009
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    Michael Steinberg, Music Writer and Frequent Nonesuch Contributor, Dies at 80

    Michael Steinberg, the music critic, author, frequent contributor of essays to Nonesuch recordings, and greatly respected colleague, died on Sunday, July 26, at hospice in Edina, Minnesota, at the age of 80. The Boston Globe, where Steinberg was classical music critic from 1964 to 1976, quotes composer John Adams's recent memoir: "Michael’s ability to render, in beautiful and uncluttered English prose, complex and subtle musical issues set the gold standard for how one communicates about music in words."

  • FLYP: "No Such Label"
    Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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    Nonesuch Records Focus of FLYP's Special Music Issue: "No Such Label"

    Any way it's told, the story of Nonesuch Records, through its now 45-year history, is and has always been about the music. FLYP, a new online multimedia magazine, has dedicated its latest issue in its entirety to telling that story, through 50-plus pages, more than a dozen articles, and scores of images, video interviews and performances, streaming audio, personal journal excerpts, an interactive name-that-tune, and a jukebox of songs to select and play from the Nonesuch catalog.

  • Nonesuch logo
    Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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    Nonesuch.com Nominated for Webby Award

    The Nonesuch Records website, which was relaunched last summer, has been nominated for a Webby Award, the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, for Best Music Site. It is the only record label site nominated in any category this year. Also in the running in the Music category are NPR Music, Pitchfork, 8tracks, and Moshcam. Nonesuch.com was built by Sisu, Inc., an award-winning design studio that creates design and technology solutions for web and mobile. All nominees are eligible in the People's Voice voting as well, so share your voice at by voting at webbyawards.com.

  • Steve Reich, "Works" [cover]
    Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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    Betty Freeman, Staunch Supporter of New Music, Dies at 87

    Betty Freeman, an ardent supporter of contemporary composers like John Adams, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass, died at her home in Los Angeles this past Sunday, January 4, at the age of 87. Freeman will be remembered for her commitment to new music, commissioning such seminal works as Reich's Different Trains. She was also an accomplished photographer, deftly capturing the composers she supported, as in the cover photo of the Steve Reich's Works: 1965-1995, pictured here, taken during a 1976 rehearsal of Music for 18 Musicians.

  • Nonesuch logo
    Friday, December 19, 2008
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    The Independent Names Nonesuch.com Among Year's Best Music Sites

    'Tis the season for Top 10 lists, and there's no shortage of Nonesuch artists among the critics' choices for Best of 2008; the Nonesuch Journal will bring you the complete round-up next week in our year-end report. In the mean time, at the risk of being unseasonably un-humble, we would like to point out a different sort of best-of mention: The Independent (UK) has named Nonesuch.com one of the Top 10 Music Websites of the Year.

  • Nonesuch logo
    Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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    Nonesuch.com Named Site of the Day by Adobe

    The newly redesigned Nonesuch Records site, launched this past July, has been named the Site of the Day by Adobe, which explains its selection of Nonesuch.com this way: "This site goes way beyond album promotion and song previews by giving fans more ways to enjoy their favorite music." The Nonesuch Journal was recently included among 50 Beautiful Blog Designs chosen by Smashing Magazine for having designs "that literally stand out—either through their layout or through their design or through their attention to little details." Let us know what you think.

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