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Passionato: Classical music downloads done right

If you're a classical music connoisseur, chances are you've never felt much love for the likes of iTunes and Napster. While iTunes boasts a decent helping of classical music, the DRM and low bit-rate encoding of its music files meant that moving those downloads to your hi-fi has not been an attractive option.

…We're impressed with Passionato -- it's got all the makings of a successful music store: good prices, no DRM, lossy and lossless offerings in standard formats, decent content, a recommendations engine, a friendly design, plus a forum for classical lovers to discuss music…it's a compelling offering all classical music fans should check out, particularly if they've previously steered clear of the likes of iTunes.

Nate Lanxon, cnet.com