I know AF has generally focused on popular stuff, but I was wondering if they've looked at classical at all? Because the repertoire is all public domain I'd imagine the licensing costs are lower, and there's a worldwide market for the music, not least in Japan. Pentatone have done pretty well working with Universal Music, but no-one is releasing anything controlled by Warner or Sony. Obviously Sony had its own SACD program at one point, where they horribly botched two of their most obvious classical quad releases - the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra with Boulez and New York, and the Holst Planets, with Bernstein and New York. In both cases they did an artificial mix from the stereo instead into surround.
RCA also did a number of recordings in quad which I think would be of public interest. The "Fantastic Philadelphians" records with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra (two volumes, fitting on one CD) was recorded in quad, and I would think it would sell well (it's a collection of popular short orchestral pieces).
RCA also did a number of recordings in quad which I think would be of public interest. The "Fantastic Philadelphians" records with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra (two volumes, fitting on one CD) was recorded in quad, and I would think it would sell well (it's a collection of popular short orchestral pieces).