New ClassicsOnline Labels
ClassicsOnline, the leading online independent classical music store, features titles from more than 300 independent labels.
The newest labels on ClassicsOnline (as of December 2011):
EMI Classics ,
Virgin Classics ,
Blue Note Records,
Westminster Choir College ,
NMC Recordings,
Arcadia,
Penguin Café,
New Focus Recordings,
Vienna Modern Masters,
Musik Museum,
Acqua Records,
Regis, and
Russian Compact Disc.
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For more than a century EMI Classics has remained one of the world’s pre-eminent classical labels, with a peerless recorded catalog and a roster of artists ranging from legends like Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan and Yehudi Menuhin to present-day superstars such as Itzhak Perlman, Nigel Kennedy, Sir Simon Rattle, Angela Gheorghiu and more.
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Founded in 1988 by entrepreneur Richard Branson, Virgin Classics has quickly established itself as one of the world’s top classical companies, winning the “Label of the Year” award in 2006 from both Gramophone and Classic FM. Specializing in baroque repertoire, the label has a roster of world-class artists including Philippe Jaroussky, Joyce DiDonato, The Ébène Quartet and brothers Renaud and Gautier Capuçon.
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Blue Note Records, established in New York by German-born record executive Alfred Lion and art director Francis Wolff in 1939, is a renowned jazz label that has produced a number of legendary albums including John Coltrane’s “Blue Train” and other classic albums from iconic artists such as Herbie Hancock, Jackie McLean, Dexter Gordon, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter and many others. The label is revered by jazz fans across the globe. Throughout the fifties and early sixties and continuing for the next five decades, Blue Note continues to discover and launch impressive talents to a new level.
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Renowned as a center for choral excellence, Westminster Choir College (of Rider University) recordings feature performances by its choral ensembles, including the Westminster Choir, hailed by American Record Guide as the “gold standard for American academic choirs.” Westminster is also the home of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which regularly performs and record with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors.
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NMC Recordings is a record label and registered charity, established in 1989 to record and promote the best in British contemporary classical music. It releases around ten titles per year – divided between the main, full-price label, and Ancora, the mid-price label dedicated to reissuing important recordings previously released on other labels. NMC operates a non-deletion policy, so its catalog stands as an archive of British contemporary music. The quality of the catalog, which now has over 170 recordings by 200 living British composers, is reflected in the numerous awards and outstanding reviews NMC has received over the years.
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This company started producing records in 1991 and was named “Arcadia” by a music management firm located in New York City. Since then the label has produced over fifty albums recorded by world-famous classical musicians, including I musici di Roma, The Spiritual Singers of Harlem, pianist Kong Xiang Dong and cellist Leslie Parnas. In 2000 the label established offices in Korea and China. This marked the beginning of Arcadia’s expansion into Asian territories.
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"Thirteen years after Simon Jeffes' death, his son Arthur, has started playing his father's music again. Under the name Penguin Café, Arthur, accompanied by a new group of musicians, is starting a new chapter in the story of this unique and strange creative world. Arthur's new material compliments and responds to the old. A love-letter to the original music, the album "A Matter Of Life...." is the result of Arthur's endeavour and is the Penguin Café label's inaugural release. Also available are re-mastered editions of "Union Café" and "Concert Program" by the original Penguin Café Orchestra and "Piano Music", the posthumously released album by Simon Jeffes.
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New Focus Recordings, founded in 2004 by guitarist Daniel Lippel and composer Peter Gilbert, is an artist-led company focusing on contemporary classical recordings. Based in New York, the label strives to present albums as works unto themselves as opposed to collections of individual tracks. Artists featured in the New Focus catalogue include the most active young performers and composers in the city, as well as the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble.
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Vienna Modern Masters is a recording company devoted to contemporary classical music. Founded in 1990, its principal focus is on orchestral and orchestral–choral music by living composers from all around the world. VMM also releases CD recordings of new, contemporary solo repertoire, chamber music and opera.
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Musik Museum is the record label of the Tyrolean State Museums (Tiroler Landesmuseen). The museum holds internationally renowned collections of sheet music and musical instruments. It also hosts a highly acclaimed concert series which is devoted to selected masterpieces from the regional musical tradition and music played on precious instruments from the collection of the museum.
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Acqua Records is an independent Argentinean label based in Buenos Aires, and began its activity in 1997. The catalogue includes approximately 300 titles from the most varied music and genres, having a strong presence of Argentine tango, as well as folk music, jazz and classical music items.
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Regis Records, founded in 2000, is a budget re-issue label featuring critically acclaimed recordings of varied classical repertoire performed by world-renowned artists. There are 350 titles in the catalogue.
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Russian Compact Disc, established in 1992, is an independent label. Recordings of the great Russian musicians are featured in its catalogue, which also boasts numerous CD series, including Russian Folk Music, Czech Historical Recordings and Wilhelm Furtwängler Collection. In a market which, more than ever, demands creativity, flexibility and unwavering standards of excellence, RCD succeeds in producing and distributing albums internationally within the genres of jazz, classical, sacred and folk music.
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