By Richard Scheinin [Mercury News, 3 February 2006]

If you (like me) have grown dependent on your daily fix of andante.com, you are probably confused or in mourning. In recent weeks, the classical music Web site has been up, down, back up, static -- and now it's gone. After nearly five years of operation, Andante has ended, the plug pulled by its owners at Naive, the French record label group. Wednesday, Feb. 1, was its last day.