Links
to Some Classical Record Companies
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corrections
Most
Requested: Decca - DG - EMI - Harmonia
Mundi (France) - Hyperion
- Telarc
– Vox Music
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Accent
(Belgium) Early music label |
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Music of Felix Draeseke on AK Coburg Recordings |
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Allegro Music - Music
Distributors of many labels, including Opera d'Oro |
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Americus Records (Washington, D.C.) |
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Analekta
(Canada) |
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Appassionato (Switzerland) |
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Arabesque Records (NY) Artists include Garrick Ohlsson |
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Arbiter
Records (Linden Hill Station,
NY) Historic recordings |
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Arte Nova (Germany) Super-bargain label |
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ASV
(Britain) Artists include John Lill, Lindsay String Quartet |
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Athene
Records (East Devon, UK) music
played on authentically restored square pianos, 1780-1840, and modern
instrument releases |
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ATMA Classique
(France) |
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Audiofon Records (Miami)
Artists include Seymour Lipkin, Ivan Davis, Leonard Shure |
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Bayer Records – Cadenza, Amati,
Impromptu |
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Bel Canto
Society (New York) Outstanding catalogue of historical and recent opera
and vocal performances on CD and Video. |
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Beulah (London) |
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Biddulph Records
(London) Edward Aldwell plays Bach |
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Bis (Sweden) |
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BMG
Classics – RCA Victor, Melodyia. |
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Bongiovanni (Italy) |
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Bridge
Records - Historical and modern
releases |
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Cala
Records (NY and London) NY
Legends with principals from the NY Philharmonic, Geoffrey Simon /
Philharmonia Orchestra |
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Calcante (Ithaca, NY) |
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Calliope (France) |
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Cantate -
Musicaphon (Germany) |
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CBC Records (Toronto) Large catalog of Canadian
performers and performances in Canada |
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Cedille
Records (Chicago)
promotes classical musicians, ensembles, and composers in the Chicago area |
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Centaur
Records (Baton Rouge, LA) |
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Chandos
Records (Britain) Opera in
English series |
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Channel
Classics (Holland) Artists: Mia Chung, Jos van Immerseel,
Pieter Wispelwey, Rachel Podger |
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Chesky Records - Classical and Jazz. Recordings by pianist Earl Wild. |
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Claves Records (Switzerland) Excellent label with a wide
variety of classical music and many well-known artists. |
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Composers
Recordings Inc. (CRI) (NY)
Contemporary music |
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CPO (Germany) Artists include Juliane Banse |
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CRD
Records (UK) |
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Crystal
Records (Camas, WA) Wind
recordings |
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dacapo (Denmark) Extensive catalogue of Danish
music and other classical |
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Danacord (Denmark) |
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Daphne
(Sweden) |
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Decca London / Decca. Artists include Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Cecilia Bartoli, Renee Fleming |
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Delos
International (CA) Features
recordings of Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony. |
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Doremi -
Historical |
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Dorian
Recordings (Troy, NY) The
Baltimore Consort, Chatham Baroque, Jean Guillou, Custer LaRue, Jaime Laredo,
Les Violons du Roy |
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Dutton
Labs - historical classical and jazz |
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Dynamic
(Italy) |
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ECM
Records (Germany) Edition of
Contemporary Music |
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Edel Classics (Germany) Berlin
Classics, Corona Classic Collection, Eterna |
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Elan Recordings (Maryland) Artists include Santiago Rodriguez, Raymond Lewenthal |
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EMI
Classics - Artists include Maria
Callas, Itzhak Perlman, Yehudi Menuhin, Sarah Chang. Great Recordings of the Century series |
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Erato
Disques (France) Warner Classics |
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Ermitage
(Italy) Unpublished tresaures from Swiss Radiotelevision |
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Eroica
Classical Recordings (Santa Fe,
NM) |
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ESS.A.Y Recordings - includes
Shostakovich: The Complete String Quartets, The Manhattan String Quartet |
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Finlandia Records (Finland) artists include Jukka-Pekka
Saraste, Andrew Davis |
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Fonè (Italy) |
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Fleur De
Son Classics (Buffalo, NY) Fleur De Son catalog
consists of over thirty chamber music titles |
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Genesis
Records (Santa Monica) produces
CDs of compositions by unjustly neglected romantic composers of the 19th
century. |
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Gebhardt
Musikvertrieb – Features many historic opera recordings. |
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Gimell Records - Artists include the Tallis Scholars |
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Globe
Records (Netherlands) many early instrument recordings |
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GM
Recordings (Newton Centre, Mass.) |
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Guild
Music Limited (UK) British
Cathedral Choirs and exclusive chamber music, Church and Organ music |
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Hänssler
Classic (Germany) artists include Helmuth Rilling, Neville Marriner. The complete works of J.S. Bach on 172
CDs. |
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Harmonia
Mundi (France) artists include
Andrew Manze, Frederic Chiu, Anonymous 4, Philippe Herreweghe,
William Christie |
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Hungaroton
Records (Hungary) |
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Hyperion
Records (Britain) Complete piano
music of Liszt (Leslie Howard).
Schubert (Complete song edition). Philip Martin Gottschalk series!! |
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IClassics (NY) Umbrella site for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon,
Philips and ECM. Formerly Universal Classics and Polygram. Universal German Site Klassik Akzente has useful info and
new releases – German only. |
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Image
Recordings (Woodbridge,
CT)
Christopher O'Riley Scriabin
CD. |
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Ivory
Classics (Ohio) exceptional performances by distinguished
pianists, including Earl Wild, Ralph Votapek. |
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John Marks
Records (Rhode Island) Artists include Nathaniel Rosen |
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Loft Recordings (Seattle) Mostly choral and organ CDs |
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Marquis
Classics (Toronto) Classical and
Celtic music |
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Marston Records (Swarthmore, PA) Historic Opera, vocal and
piano recordings |
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MDG -
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM |
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Meridian
Records (London) |
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Music
& Arts - Large catalogue of historic recordings – Furtwängler,
Toscanini, etc., as well as new classical |
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Music
Omnia (Boston) |
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Naxos (HNH) - Naxos, Naxos American Classics, Marco
Polo, Naxos Audiobooks |
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Newport
Classic (Newport, RI) Catalog
includes many rare 20th Century works |
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New Albion
Records (San Francisco) |
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Nimbus (Britain)
Went out
of business in Oct. 2001, repurchased by original owners – many Real
files of Prima Voce & Grand Piano series. |
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Nightingale
Classics (Austria) Recordings by Edita Gruberova |
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Nonesuch – Artists
include Richard Goode, Dawn Upshaw, |
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North / South
Music (NY) music
by composers from our time |
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Olympia CD
– Russian and Eastern European music and reissues |
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Omega
Records (NY) Labels include: Vanguard Classics,
Everest, Omega, The Bach Guild |
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Ondine (Helsinki, Finland) Extensive catalogue
includes Vladimir Ashkenazy |
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Ongaku Records (Boston, MA) Sergey Schepkin plays Bach, violinist Ilya
Kaler |
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Opera
d’Oro – Bargain live opera
recordings featuring famous singers |
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Opera Rara (London) |
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Ottavo
Recordings (Netherlands) Fine
series of Schubert piano music by Imogen Cooper |
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Pavane Records - independent label specialized in
classical music in Belgium |
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Pearl Records -
Very poorly designed site with tiny frames. But still a good company with
many historical releases |
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Philips
Classics (Polygram Group) - including Mercury Living
Presence. Artists include Alfred
Brendel, Mitsuko Uchida |
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Phoenix USA (NJ) |
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Priory
Records (Bedfordshire) Britain's Premier Church Music Label |
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Prophone
(Sweden) |
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ProPiano (NY) Artists include Michel Block |
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Qualiton
Imports, Ltd. (Distributor of Bis,
Elan, many others) |
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Reference
Recordings (San Francisco) Roster
includes Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra |
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Regis
Records (UK) |
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REM (France)
many recordings of baritone Francois Le Roux, and others. Unique
catalogue, French only website |
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Rene
Gailly (Belgium) |
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Romophone (Devon, UK) historical reissues of the
complete works of some of the greatest singers of the early 20th century |
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Sain
(Wales) Catalogue includes early Bryn Terfel recordings |
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SONY
Classical – CBS (Columbia
Masterworks). Editions include: Masterworks Heritage, Essential Classics, L.
Bernstein, Glenn Gould |
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Stradivarius
(Italy) |
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Suraphon (Czechoslovakia) |
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Symphonia
Records (Italy) many recordings on early (baroque, classical) instruments |
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Tactus
(Italy) |
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Tahra –
Historical recordings, mostly from Germany |
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Telarc (Cleveland) Artists include Robert Shaw, John O’Conor, Sir Charles
Mackerras, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Yoel Levi |
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Teldec
Classics (Germany) Barenboim,
Harnoncourt, Jennifer Larmore, Kurt Masur, Sam Ramey, Maxim Vengerov, Helene
Grimaud |
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Testament
Records (UK) Reissues of many
classic EMI recordings |
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Titanic
Records (NY) |
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Town
Hall Records (Chatham, NY)
Pianist Lincoln Mayorga, Piano Duo Schnabel |
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VAI Audio (Pleasantville, NY) Historical
recordings, live performances and videos.
Includes Rosalyn Tureck Bach recordings |
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Virgin Classics (UK) Artists: Daniel Harding, David Daniels,
Fabio
Biondi, Paavo Järvi, Roger Norrington,
Truls Mørk,
Véronique
Gens |
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Vivarte (Sony Classical) Early music label |
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Vox Music Group (Hauppauge, NY) Artists include Robert
Taub, Aaron Rosand, Alfred Brendel, Abbey Simon, Ruggiero Ricci |